M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 331)

Chapter 16: File and Session Management and Compatibility 313
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 Digidesign HFS+ Disk Support Options
or the MacDrive 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.
To transfer Pro Tools Mac sessions from HFS+
drives to NTFS drives:
1 Set the Digidesign HFS+ Disk Support option
or the MacDrive 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.
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 314.
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 310.
To save session with no illegal characters,
see “Saving Copies of Mac Sessions to be
Compatible with Windows” on page 314.