How to get my old Pro Tools Mac projects to work with my new Pro Tools for PC?
Not sure if this is exactly the info you’re looking for, but: I regularly send Pro Tools sessions back and forth with a couple of different studios, each of which is running a different Pro Tools version than I am. I run an MBox2 setup on a Mac Mini, and the ones I send sessions back and forth with run on a Mac and a PC, and both are huge HD systems. I have never had trouble getting the HD sessions to run on my LE system, nor have they had any problems. Once or twice, the HD sessions will bog down my system (there are warning boxes to click off when you first open the sessions). So, as a matter of course, my practice is to open the session, then immediately “save a copy” of the entire session on my hard drive, making sure to check the boxes to copy all session data, all audio files, etc. Then I use the saved copy rather than the original file that my collaborators sent over. Saving a copy of the session seems to always do the trick. I also regularly back up sessions by saving a copy on
Flitcraft, I don’t use Pro Tools on PC but I can at least answer part of your question. Personally, I would take the LE 5.1.1 sessions to a place where the have a newer OS X version of PT LE running (7 or 8). Open the session there and save it in the newer OS X format. There used to be a checkbox that says insure Mac/PC compatibility, I believe it is automatic after PT 6.9 or so. Copy the session to a jump drive that is formatted fat32 and move to your PC. Option 2- Download MACDRIVE and your PC will read mac volumes flawlessly. Good luck, Let me know how you make out and if I can help further.
