MDfreak Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Although Sony said to us that Hi-MD is not compatible with MAC (also not the data-storage) I tried it today. And YES, it works! I tested it with a Powerbook G4 with Mac OS X 10.3. The Hi-MD is recognised as an external storage medium of 1 GB (off course with the 1G disc). Reading data is no problem. Writing data also no problem. And after reattaching the Hi-MD to a Windows PC the data that I wrote to the disc via MAC is also readable! For the music-part of Hi-MD a MAC-version of SonicStage will be needed. Sadly that is not available. This proofs to me that Hi-MD data-storage is compatible with MAC although Sony claimed the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latexxx Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Some guy even installed OS X into a Hi-MD disc and booted his computer from it. The thread is somewhere in the Hi-MD forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyther Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Macs read FAT/FAT32, so I don't find it suprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDfreak Posted September 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Macs read FAT/FAT32, so I don't find it suprising.Not very suprising, but strange that Sony NL checked with Sony Japan technitians about this topic and that they said that it does not work. I think they didn't even bother trying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latexxx Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Not very suprising, but strange that Sony NL checked with Sony Japan technitians about this topic and that they said that it does not work. I think they didn't even bother trying it.Perhaps they said "there is no Mac support for Hi-MD" and the people working in Holland though "not even as a usb-drive". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 I'm closing this topic as there was already a very informative discussion on this with similiar points and discoveries. I ask of you all to continue discussion here: http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?t=4207 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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