4D

Fundamentals Alex McQuilkin

Spring 2021

Preparing for Editing


CREATE YOUR FOLDER STRUCTURE ON YOUR HARD DRIVE
1. Create the following folders and subfolders on your hard drive.

• PROJECT NAME (this is your root folder)
• PROJECT FILES
• MEDIA
o VIDEO
o AUDIO
o PHOTOGRAPHS
o GFX
• EXPORTS

FORMATTING YOUR EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE for MAC

In Disk Utility on Mac, you can erase and reformat storage devices to use with your Mac.
Erasing a storage device deletes everything on it.

1. If you have any files you want to save, copy them to another storage device.
2. Open the Disk Utility app on your Mac by double-clicking Disk Utility in the
/Applications/Utilities folder.
3. Choose View > Show All Devices.
4. In the sidebar, select the storage device you want to erase, then click the Erase
button. You'll be given an option to name your new volume and specify a file
system to use. Click Erase in the dialog box to begin the formatting process.
Remember that you will lose all data on the drive by doing this.
5. In the Format dropdown menu choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
6. Click Erase

FORMATTING YOUR EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE FOR PC

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-format-new-hard-drive-windows-10