QUESTION: HOW TO OFFLOAD MEDIA ON RED ONE CF CARDS IN 2022?

[BRANDON JAMESON]

Hello fellow original RED One owners~!

I have a question for you.

Today we fired up our RED ONE MX shot a few tests to see how she holds up to more modern offerings on the market.

When we were ready to bring our clips off our RED CF Cards and onto an iMac, we realized that we had nowhere to plug in our old LEXAR FireWire 800 reader on a modern I Mac!

We then tried to use a Pixel Flash USB 3.0 reader and although we could plug that into a USB 3.0 port on the iMac , the Mac could not see the card was attached.

When we put the card back into the RED ONE MX, the clips were all there and played back on the camera just fine.

So, I would appreciate any advice about what reader to purchase that will be recognized by the iMac running OS Monterey V 12.4.

Thank you for any and all solutions you may have!

Thank you!

Brandon

 

[Wes Printz]

Hi Brandon,

Have you tried the Firewire to USB-C adaptor from APPLE?
Compatibility
Mac Models
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015–2017)
MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012–2015)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2012–2015)
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015)
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014–2015)
Mac mini (Late 2014)
Mac Pro (Late 2013)


Regards,

Wes

 

[Mike P.]

How many times did you try seating/re-seating the card/usb3 reader in the USB slot?

I've noticed with mine (I have a PixelFlash USB3-A reader), sometimes it takes a few tries/a bit of time for the card to actually show up on the desktop. Come to think of it, it's always been that way with all my usb CF readers regardless of the camera the cards were coming from.

 

[prime leon]

The camera is old but produces incredible images… as soon as bought mine, i knew it would need old tech i bought a 2012 Mac Pro, and it had a firewire port.