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Chapter 18: File and Session Management and Compatibility 381
Sharing Sessions Created on
Different Computer Platforms
Working with Mac-Based HFS+
Drives on Windows Computers
Either the HFS+ Disk Support option or the Mac-
Drive Utility is required to mount HFS+ drives
on an NTFS system for use with Pro Tools.
HFS+ Drive Support Option
(Windows Only)
Pro Tools for Windows support recording and
playback of sessions directly from Mac-format-
ted (HFS+) drives using the HFS+ Disk Support
option. The HFS+ Disk Support option is auto-
matically installed with Pro Tools software by
default.
When using the HFS+ Disk Support option for
recording and playback on a Windows system,
the session file and all associated files (such as
audio and MIDI files) must be stored on Mac-
formatted (HFS+) drives. Recording and play-
back of a session from a mixture of Windows-
and Mac-formatted drives is not supported.
Moving Sessions on Windows
Systems to Mac-Based HFS+
Drives
(From Window-Based NTFS Drives Only)
There are specific steps for transferring session
files from Windows-based NTFS drives to Mac-
based HFS+ drives.
To transfer Pro Tools Windows sessions from NTFS
drives to HFS+ drives:
1 Set the HFS+ Disk Support Options or the Mac-
Drive Options to Backup/File Transfer.
2 Do one of the following:
• Drag the session folder from the NTFS drive
to the HFS+ drive.
– or –
• Open the Windows session on the NTFS
drive, choose Save Copy In, and save a copy
of the session to the HFS+ drive.
Moving Mac-Based Sessions on
HFS+ Drives to Windows Systems
(To Windows-Based NTFS Drives Only)
There are specific steps for transferring files from
Mac-based HFS+ drives to Windows-based NTFS
drives.
For more information, see Chapter 19,
“Mac HFS+ Disk Support Option
(Windows Only).”
To save (or create) Mac sessions to be com-
patible on Windows systems, see “Saving
Copies of Mac Sessions to be Compatible
with Windows” on page 382.
When transferring Pro Tools sessions from
HFS+ drives to NTFS drives, Pro Tools ses-
sions cannot relink to audio files and fades
that have Mac characters that are illegal in
Windows. These characters are automati-
cally converted to underscore (“_”) charac-
ters. These files are saved to the Renamed
Audio Files folder. You need to manually
relink each file by File ID. See “Missing
Files” on page 379.
To save session with no illegal characters,
see “Saving Copies of Mac Sessions to be
Compatible with Windows” on page 382.