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Re: NTFS disks on a Mac

From RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: NTFS disks on a Mac
Date 2026-06-17 19:47 +0000
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On 17 Jun 2026 at 18:17:49 BST, Another John wrote:

> On 17 Jun 2026 at 10:05:04 BST, "Old John" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> I looked up Severance. Weird!
> 
> <OT>
> Completely. A bit like an unworldly "Twin Peaks" - unworldly because at least
> in TP you were constantly surprised/shocked by stuff happening in a world that
> you could relate to.

I loved it. The turns by Torturro/Walken/Arquette etc. just sublime too.

> Nonetheless, we have developed a sort of addiction, and before you ask "How?
> If you have this labyrinthine mess with disk formats / TV capabilities?" :
> because the first few episodes are under 4GB, and therefore we could watch
> them off a FAT USB stick in the TV; we watched the next 3 direct off my 27"
> iMac. Which I had to lug around, and that is a pain, hence my interest, now,
> in "Microsoft NTFS for Mac by Paragon", which I've now downloaded and am about
> to trial. !
> 

Maybe shrink the files down using Handbrake? I'm sure you could shrink a 4GB 1
hour video down to 200-300MB and retain much of the quality. Added bonus is
the reduced archive size - if indeed you save the files.

> </OT>
> 
> "Thanks for asking" :-D

No probs :-)
-- 
Cheers, Rob
Sheffield, UK

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NTFS disks on a Mac Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-15 13:11 +0000
  Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-06-15 15:25 +0000
    Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-06-15 15:59 +0000
      Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-06-15 17:14 +0000
  Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Nick Charles <none@none.none> - 2026-06-15 15:43 +0000
    Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-16 16:57 +0000
  Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-06-15 18:10 +0100
    Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-06-15 17:49 +0000
  Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-06-16 07:02 +0000
    Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-16 16:58 +0000
      Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-06-17 09:05 +0000
        Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-17 17:17 +0000
          Re: NTFS disks on a Mac RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2026-06-17 19:47 +0000
          Re: NTFS disks on a Mac John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2026-06-18 11:11 +0100
      Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-06-22 07:33 +0000
      Re: NTFS disks on a Mac Another John <lalaw44@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-23 19:01 +0000
  Re: NTFS disks on a Mac WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2026-06-16 08:11 -0400

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