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Pro Tools Reference Guide382
To transfer Pro Tools Mac sessions from HFS+
drives to NTFS drives:
1 Set the HFS+ Disk Support option or the Mac-
Drive Options to Normal Use.
2 Do one of the following:
• Drag the session folder from the HFS+ drive
to the NTFS drive.
– or –
• Open the Mac session on the HFS+ drive,
and when prompted, choose Save Copy In
and save a copy of the session to the HFS+
drive.
If the session previously used SD II files, the files
are converted to the new audio file format.
Recording and Playback from
HFS+ Drives on Windows
Windows supports recording and playback of
sessions directly from Mac-formatted (HFS+)
drives using either the HFS+ Disk Support op-
tion or the MacDrive software application.
When using either the HFS+ Disk Support op-
tion or MacDrive for recording and playback on
a Windows system, the session file and all audio
files must be stored on Mac-formatted (HFS+)
drives. Recording and playback of a session from
a mixture of Windows- and Mac-formatted
drives is not supported.
To record or play back from HFS+ drives with
Windows using MacDrive:
1 In Windows, go to the MacDrive Control
Panel.
2 Choose Options > File Names and select the In-
ternational Use option.
3 Delete all options listed under “File Name
Maps.”
4 In Pro Tools, choose Window > Workspace and
make sure that all Mac-formatted volumes are
set to R (record) or P (playback) in the A (Audio)
and V (Video) columns.
Saving Copies of Mac Sessions to
be Compatible with Windows
(Save Copy In to Pro Tools 6.9.x and Lower
Only)
Sessions created and saved as Pro Tools 7.x and
higher sessions are always compatible on both
Windows and Mac systems.
If you create a Pro Tools 6.9.x or lower session
on a Mac system, the session is only compatible
on Windows systems if the Enforce Mac/PC Com-
patibility option is selected when using the Save
Copy In command. In addition, there are cross-
platform limits to consider when completing
the Save Copy In command.
In older versions of Pro Tools, Mac-for-
matted HFS+ drives could only be used as
Transfer volumes when connected to
Windows systems using MacDrive.
For information on using the HFS+ Disk
Support option, see the Mac HFS+ Disk Sup-
port Option Guide.