Making a DVD on a PC that a Mac can read....

[Mark Fleming]

Note: This is with Version 6, and there was no forum for that.

 

Using "Drag to disk" I created a DVD of a folder and files within it on a PC (XP). I needed a Mac to read it, yet it cannot. It could "see" the files, but the files were smaller than they should have been and there were opening errors.

 

What is the secret to making a DVD on a PC that a MAC can read properly?

[gi7omy]

I doubt if the external drive would be Mac compatible to be honest. MS stuff uses either FAT32 or NTFS file structures and a Mac uses HPFS (I think that's what it is) but the interface for the drive may not work.

 

About the only thing that can read both is Linux - but its native format is Ext2/Ext3 or ReiserFS

 

However - Macs do seem to be able to read FAT file structure - I don't know about NTFS on a Mac tho. I know from the days when I worked with both that Macs could read floppies formatted in Windows 9x and written in MS Word, but not vice-versa (but then there was a Mac version of Word). Nowadays - I can't be really certain

[Mark Fleming]

I doubt if the external drive would be Mac compatible to be honest. MS stuff uses either FAT32 or NTFS file structures and a Mac uses HPFS (I think that's what it is) but the interface for the drive may not work.

 

About the only thing that can read both is Linux - but its native format is Ext2/Ext3 or ReiserFS

 

However - Macs do seem to be able to read FAT file structure - I don't know about NTFS on a Mac tho. I know from the days when I worked with both that Macs could read floppies formatted in Windows 9x and written in MS Word, but not vice-versa (but then there was a Mac version of Word). Nowadays - I can't be really certain

The hard drive does say it works for both pc and mac, and there is a disk and installation instructions for both pc and mac. External drives usually come as FAT, and I dont' think we reformatted this one to ntfs. So, it shoudl work it seems...

[lynn98109]

Maybe you need to get a Flash drive (aka Pen / Keychain / Thumb / Jump drive) - 1GB is often on sale for $20 or less, and sometimes you can get a large one for that price. They come in sizes up to 4GB now, and on the General Chat forum is info on Flash drives up to 12GB.

 

Lynn

[Guest ml]

The hard drive does say it works for both pc and mac, and there is a disk and installation instructions for both pc and mac. External drives usually come as FAT, and I dont' think we reformatted this one to ntfs. So, it shoudl work it seems...

 

Please let us know if it works. Now I'm curious if you can take and external drive from a PC and get it to work on a Mac.

[gi7omy]

I think you hit it on the head when you said you used D2D.

 

Unless the Mac has a UDF reader, it won't be able to read the files

 

Uase a standard DVD, make the file and burn it to iso standard and finalise it - then the Mac will be able to cope

[lynn98109]

1. There IS an ECD/DVDC 6 Forum in the Legacy group - from the main index, either use the PgDn key or use the mouse on the scrollbar at the left.

 

2. There is a .udf program for Mac, but I'm not sure if it's compatible with Windows .udf. You can post on the Mac boards to ask. The Mac boards are between the EMC boards and the Legacy boards.

 

3. Best way is, as Daithi has said, use Classic Creator and close the CD.

 

Lynn

[Mark Fleming]

Please let us know if it works. Now I'm curious if you can take and external drive from a PC and get it to work on a Mac.

I tested it on a neighbors Mac. It read teh hard drive without having to install the driver on the CD that came with it.

[grandpabruce]

Note: This is with Version 6, and there was no forum for that.

 

Using "Drag to disk" I created a DVD of a folder and files within it on a PC (XP). I needed a Mac to read it, yet it cannot. It could "see" the files, but the files were smaller than they should have been and there were opening errors.

 

What is the secret to making a DVD on a PC that a MAC can read properly?

 

BTW, the version 6 forums are under Legacy Products.

 

http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?showforum=98

[Guest ml]

I tested it on a neighbors Mac. It read teh hard drive without having to install the driver on the CD that came with it.

 

Thanks for sharing the information. It sounds like the external drive is the easiest way to get those files onto a Mac. Of course, the flash drive might work too because the files would be the same as those on your external drive.

[gi7omy]

I tested it on a neighbors Mac. It read teh hard drive without having to install the driver on the CD that came with it.

 

Now there's a thought - try to make a DVD that your neighbour's Mac can read - then mail it to the other end rather than that 200 mile round trip

[tsantee]

I'm a Mac-only guy. Mac's don't support packet writing which is how the disc was written. I agree with Lynn that if the disc was closed on a PC there is a chance the Mac's UDF reader can read it. But it makes more sense to use a PC to copy the content from the disc to a new conventionally-formatted disc that gets written and closed in a multi-platform way.

 

There is no way the one you have can be read on a Mac.

[lynn98109]

Thanks, tsantee. I thought that was how it is.

 

("Conventionally formatted" on PC means directly out of the package or off the spindle, and use it just like that.)

 

Lynn

[Mark Fleming]

I'm a Mac-only guy. Mac's don't support packet writing which is how the disc was written. I agree with Lynn that if the disc was closed on a PC there is a chance the Mac's UDF reader can read it. But it makes more sense to use a PC to copy the content from the disc to a new conventionally-formatted disc that gets written and closed in a multi-platform way.

 

There is no way the one you have can be read on a Mac.

I've been posting around various forums and your last line is much appreciated! Right to the point, and answers that question.

 

So, the upside is that if I use Creator's standard DVD brunin (not drag and drop) and close it, it will work fine, right? Or, since that is Creator 6, I also have a more recent version of Nero that I made copies on. That should work as well I assume. I just selected "Make Data DVD" and let it burn to a DVD-R.

 

Sound good?

 

I think when I drive the DVDs down I'm also bringing it on an external hard drive as well, just in case. I still have the install CD for that drive and I see there are Mac drivers for it, so that should work. Not a long term solution, but a backup for this time.

[lynn98109]

A closed DVD-R is the same from any program. That means Version 6 Creator Classic (or any subequent Version of Easy Media Creator), or Nero.

 

Formatting the disc is something entirely different, and good primarily for permantly LOSING the data. So is RW media, and the two together will lose the data faster. (I learned the hard way.)

 

As to whether the External Hard Drive is usable on Mac - check the information on the drive. I had hoped my External Hard Drive would be recognizable on the Win98 SE, but it wasn't. So at present I'm only backing up the WinXP SP2 and the (newer to me) Win2K.

 

Lynn

[lynn98109]

BTW, the version 6 forums are under Legacy Products.

 

http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?showforum=98

 

Actually, Mark found it, and there's a thread there too - different crews work different boards, thus, diffeent input

 

http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?showtopic=15698

 

Lynn