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I can’t export from ext drive
I have to copy video to my desktop before I can export for the web.. from a couple different external drives.. if I try to export them from the ext drive my MBP shuts off! HELP PLEASE!
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7 Replies
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Are your external drives Formated MacOS or FAT?
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Hi Alexander,
I send you an e-mail few weeks ago but I wonder if you got it.
can you send me a mail?
best,
rafael -
I did not format the drives.. didn’t know i had to.. I thought the drives were ready to go w/Mac.. one is a WD ones a Maxtor and the third is a HD from my old mac powerbook.. can I do that formatt now that my media is already loaded? thx, Brad
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NEVER assume, KNOW. Select the drive on the desktop and do a “Get Info” and it will tell you how it was formatted.
Most drives are formated for WIndows DOS out of the box unless you are buying from a Mac store or Macsales. To reformat you have to delete everything on the drive no way around that.
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thankyou Micheal, My mini drive is macOS Extended (journaled) and so is the WD drive BUT the Maxtor is MS-DOS (FAT32)..so is that the problem? unfortunately that is the drive that has my historical and family video saved on it. not the project I’m doing now. can I copy that stuff (174GB) over to the other drives?
and since that drive is in the chain, that could be the foul up causing QT to shut down my macbook?thankyou all! Brad
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thankyou Micheal, My mini drive is macOS Extended (journaled) and so is the WD drive BUT the Maxtor is MS-DOS (FAT32)..so is that the problem? unfortunately that is the drive that has my historical and family video saved on it. not the project I’m doing now. can I copy that stuff (174GB) over to the other drives?
and since that drive is in the chain, that could be the foul up causing QT to shut down my macbook?
I guess I should pull that drive from the chain and see if it clears up the problem then?
I’m going out for a motorcycle ride to clear my head!thankyou all! Brad
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went to the Genius bar and booted from another drive and my macbook still shut down when doing a QT conversion. He says that means it is NOT a software issue.. blames the logic bd..
the console says previous shut down cause: 3… He said that was a code for shutting down by holding the button for 4 seconds and got all puzzled about that.
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