thats not a problem but how about speed etc? will it affect logic i keep my samples and projects on a FAT32 HD? How about formating disks from OSX?

Don't know about speed. For formatting use Disk Utility.

fat32 should be the fastest. some magazine suggested to use it for audio couple of years ago (don't remember was it pc only or both). file systems haven't changed since. but if u don't need to hook up your hd with a pc u can format it with mac file system (with Disk Utility).

i have two external disks, im trying to format one as mac osx extended for all the mp3s, pics, movies, and samples and songs for production, general everything. then im gonna format the other one as fat32 so that i can work on files between PC and MAC, stuff like that. damn im realy impressed by OSX so far, best buy i did in years (still just a mini tho)

how do i change the default mp3 player, everything starts in itunes, but i dont want that. i want quicktime

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Originally posted by palm how do i change the default mp3 player, everything starts in itunes, but i dont want that. i want quicktime

Select any .mp3 file and hit Apple-I. The info window will pull up and at the bottom you'll see the Open With section. Choose the application you want to use to open ..mp3 files and then hit the Change All button below it to make it the default.

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Originally posted by Eric J Select any .mp3 file and hit Apple-I. The info window will pull up and at the bottom you'll see the Open With section. Choose the application you want to use to open ..mp3 files and then hit the Change All button below it to make it the default.

thanks mate that workeed nicely

how about antivirus programs and internet securitY??

Last edited by djpalm on Nov-02-2008 at 23:43

Internet security and especially antivirus is one thing you DON'T need on a Mac

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Originally posted by kooma fat32 read/write on both win & mac. only problem is no bigger files than 4GB.

There are other problems. Some ascii characters in your filenames will make them unable to get backed up on a fat32 volume. And fat32 is incredibly slow compared to mac os extended aka hfs+. And a lot less reliable, and not journaled.

If you need to use your volume on a windows pc, get macdrive, not too expensive, and at least it will give you the best of both worlds.

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