Best hard drive for Mac video editting and storage?

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iseegrace

I have the Mac OS X 10.7.3
2.3 GHz Intel Core i5

I am planning to get a portable external hard drive within the $200 budget mainly for video editting on Final Cut Pro and After effects and for storage.

I am so confused with fireware and 3.0
3.0 seems to be a good thing but will my macbook be compatible with it or will it function as a 2.0?

Please recommend me with the products with links. Thanks!

Answer
Final point is that Firewire 800 has wider bandwidth than USB. Also, USB never performs in real life situations equal to the spec.

Your computer (if it shows "MacBookPro8,1" for the Machine ID) is Early 2011, so it is USB 2.0. You cannot connect any USB 3.0 device to that. Your fastest option no matter what we think about USB 3.0 is still Firewire 800.... or Thunderbolt.

I also suggest an aluminum case for better heat dissipation. See links below.

How do I convert NTFS files to FAT?

LT

I just got a macbook and I'm using a Mac/PC compatible portable hard drive. I can't read the files from the portable hard drive on the mac, so I'm thinking about converting them to FAT. But how do I do that?
Do I need to buy new software to convert the files then?

Answer
You have to reformat the external drive, losing all files on that drive unless you back them up elsewhere first.

You'll want to format that drive in FAT32, not plain old FAT, for best compatibility. As you've discovered, the mac does not read NTFS formatted disks without extra software.

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