I bought a 1 TB external hard drive to use with iMovie '11. When I open the app, the disk appears in my Event Library when I click the hard disk button. But it has a yellow warning icon on the external disk icon. Is it because the disk isn't formatted properly? I need a fast answer, as I have editing that needs completion tomorrow.
iMovie '11, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Verbatim Acclaim 1TB USB External
This means the drive is formatted improperly. Most drives come preformatted for Windows computers in the FAT32 format. This is not a good format for video, because the max file size is 4GB.
You can reformat the drive using Disk Utility.
Select the drive in Disk Utility. Repartition it to 1 partition (more if you prefer) and set the partitioning to GUID (assuming you have an Intel Mac), and set the Format to Mac OS Extended (journaled) also known as HFS+.
Indeed. That worked. Thanks AppleMan1958. I'm back on schedule, thanks to you! 😎
Yellow Warning on External Hard Drive Icon?
