11-08-2011, 06:18 PM
Hi. I normally work in a Windows XP environment. I use Photoshop CS4 and Adobe Lightroom to work on images.
Currently I'm at a photography residency at a photography school where they have amazing facilities but it is all MAC based. So I got an external hard drive which is supposed to be compatible with both platforms.
I haven't tried it yet. It's brand new, still in the box. Before I do anything I just want to understand a few things... maybe someone here can help me.
This is the hard drive I just purchased which hopefully will work between both platforms: [url="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/687494-REG/G_Technology_GDRONA5001ABB_G_Drive_mobile_500GB.html"]G-Technology G-Drive mobile[/url]
1. For a hard drive to be compatible with both Mac and PC (read and write), should the drive be formatted to FAT or FAT32? From what I've understood, doing a bit of research - both will work, but I don't understand which is better specifically for image processing tasks.
2. If I were to upgrade my pc to Windows 7, is there anything I need to change? Or will the drive work with Windows 7 just as it did with Windows XP?
3. When scanning negatives on the Mac, the files are saves as TIFF files. Is there any difference between a TIFF file created with a Mac and a Windows TIFF file? The reason I'm asking is because when I save files as TIFF in Photoshop, it always asks me if to save as Mac TIFF or PC TIFF? I've never understood what the difference is. And if there is a difference, what should I do in my case?
Thanks <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Currently I'm at a photography residency at a photography school where they have amazing facilities but it is all MAC based. So I got an external hard drive which is supposed to be compatible with both platforms.
I haven't tried it yet. It's brand new, still in the box. Before I do anything I just want to understand a few things... maybe someone here can help me.
This is the hard drive I just purchased which hopefully will work between both platforms: [url="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/687494-REG/G_Technology_GDRONA5001ABB_G_Drive_mobile_500GB.html"]G-Technology G-Drive mobile[/url]
1. For a hard drive to be compatible with both Mac and PC (read and write), should the drive be formatted to FAT or FAT32? From what I've understood, doing a bit of research - both will work, but I don't understand which is better specifically for image processing tasks.
2. If I were to upgrade my pc to Windows 7, is there anything I need to change? Or will the drive work with Windows 7 just as it did with Windows XP?
3. When scanning negatives on the Mac, the files are saves as TIFF files. Is there any difference between a TIFF file created with a Mac and a Windows TIFF file? The reason I'm asking is because when I save files as TIFF in Photoshop, it always asks me if to save as Mac TIFF or PC TIFF? I've never understood what the difference is. And if there is a difference, what should I do in my case?
Thanks <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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