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2. Your LaCie Drive
2.1. Minimum System Requirements
Mac Users
Hardware Requirements –
Computer equipped with a FireWire interface card.
Tech Note: Mac Users!
DVD Playback:
At the time of publication (September, 2005), Apple only supports DVD playback on Macintosh computers with a
System Requirements –
Single/Double Layer Recording
•4.7GB or 8.5GB Single/Double Layer disc
•700MHz G4 or later
•Mac OS 10.2.9 or later
•64MB of RAM (256MB recommended)
•QuickTime 6 or later
Toast Titanium 7
•Power Mac G4 or later
•Moc OS 10.3.9 or higher
•√300 MB disk space
•QuickTime 7.0 or later
•Recordable CD or DVD media
Apple Disc Recording Updater: In order to provide maximum compatibility with Apple software products, LaCie is constantly providing drive support updates. Visit our Web site, www.lacie.com/support, choose Optical from the
Important Info: MPEG encoding is a system intensive application and requires most of a CPU’s power. This process can take several hours on slower systems.
Additional Requirements for DVD playback and
Additional Requirements for DV Capturing and DVD Authoring – Minimum of 128MB of RAM (256MB is recommended)
1GB of free hard disk space for every 5 minutes of DV video capture 4.5GB of free hard disk space for copying a single layer
applications that utilize Apple’s DiscRecording framework. These include, but are not limited to, the following applications: Finder, iTunes, iPhoto, Backup, Disk Utility and DVD
Important Info: To ensure optimal recording results, avoid copying from a CD or DVD and record directly from a hard drive that supports sustained data transfer rates for the following speeds:
• 16x = 22.16MB/s • 8x = 11.08MB/s • 4x = 5.54MB/s • 2x = 2.77MB/s • 1x = 1.385MB/s