Duel Adapter/Snow Leopard Solution FAST

[Raphael Varandas]

Agreed 100% with u Michael…joel go sonnet or the new panny usb P2 reader
cheers

[Terry Jun]

I hope this links helps. Panansonic is to release an USB P2 Card reader. 300 bucks. Available in April. I’m sure online resellers will have it for less.

https://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prModelDetail?storeId=11301&catalogId=13251&itemId=394525&modelNo=Content02122010114343665&surfModel=Content02122010114343665

[Yann Bresson]

Hi Joel !

I had the same issue as you. My workflow based on P2 Duell Adapter and my Mac Book Pro was messed up after upgrading to 10.6. Here is my solution.

After few weeks using the USB (so slow) connexion of my HPX 171, I made a 20 Gb partition using GUID on my Mac Book Pro internal HDD and installed Leopard on it (with Panasonic P2 drivers for 10.5).

On the field or at the office, when I have to ingest my P2 content in my workflow, I boot (or re-boot) my laptop with Leopard using the boot function in the System Preferences. Then I plug the Duell Adapter and insert my P2 card and import all my files on a dedicated partition or on an external LaCie Rubbed hard drive using FW800.

This works perfectly !

[Matthew Fraboni]

An option that I’ve seen is just making a small partition on your Mac (about 20-32 GB) and install Leopard, which if you use disk utility it doesn’t need to format the whole drive. Then when ever you need to use the adaptor you just switch to it, dump the files to your Snow Leopard Partition or External drive and switch back.

I haven’t tried this for my self but heard it works great. And make sure you back up before attempting it.

Cheers.

[Hal Hansen]

March 2011- Bought the Panasonic P2 Reader: AJ-PCD2 for MBP/Snow Leopard. Available at BHPhotoVideo.com (B&H Photo in NYC) for $300. Its more robust than the Duel adapter, and takes less space in my camera bag. I assume it works on all Macs, though I didn’t check that.