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November 11, 2017
Copying Files off of a GoPro Hero 5
Now, it turns out that I'm supposed to get my hair cut today, and be at Jennifer's school event at the same time. And Pokey is limping. So, there are some scheduling conflicts here.
There is so much to get done and not enough time.
Every day, boxes come in from Amazon, as if somehow, buying more technology will make things better. It's a fools dream, of course. That if we just had more electronics, then everything would be better.
But everything you but has to be charged, backed up, plugged in. Every new gadget has a new menu system to learn. More new cables. I think I was smarter when I did these trips without a GPS.
I ordered a new 4 TB seagate external drive, but I can't find it, so I go online and it says it was shipped and left in my mailbox. So I go through all of my gear and finally find it in my CC Filson bag/suitcase. Like...the gear is just coming in so fast I can't handle it all.
Now, I'll copy the files from my GoPro Hero 5 onto the 4 TB external drive just as a practice/exercise. I need to get the data off of the memory card before I start my ride, and this will be a good test of the process of archiving the camera data on the road.
Like, if I can't do this here, then I certainly won't be able to do this in Peru.
I have no clue how to use the GoPro Hero 5. Just no idea. Too much technology.
https://gopro.com/help/articles/How_To/How-to-Import-Camera-Files-to-a-Computer-Mac
OK. To turn it on, you press and hold the Mode button on the side of the camera and it comes on. Automatically detects that the USB cable is detected and goes into a USB mode.
The photos and videos automatically show up in Photos on MacBook Air in Photos.
Click 'Delete After Import'.
Click 'Import All New Videos'.
Probably it would be a good idea to count how many videos there are so you have an approximate idea of how long it will take.
Started import at 9:07 a.m. - 9:12 a.m.
14 Items Successfully Imported.
OK. Now, from Photos, I can delete the ones I don't want. Keep the ones I do want. OK. Fair enough.
Now, let's copy everything out of Photos and onto the 4 TB Seagate external drive.
So, in Photos, I select everything. Then do File - Export - Export Unmodified Originals.
Select the 'Seagate Backup Plus Drive'.
Export Complete With Errors
0 of 95 files have been exported to: Seagate Backup Plus Drive
Errors: You can't save the file because the value Macintonsh HD is read only.
Now, I look at the Seagate drive in Finder. I see that there are two files on the drive:
Start_Here_Mac
Start_Here_Win.exe
But what if we need both?
Configure Your Drive
This drive is set up to work with Windows PCs. Click Download to install software that will let your Mac work with drives formatted for Windows.
If you want to use this drive for Time Machine backups, let your Mac format the drive when it is connected.
Install downloaded software after completing all steps.
So, now I have to click download.
Now, it starts downloading, so I click Next.
You can install your downloaded software now.
So, I go to downloads.
Select NTFS_for_Mac.dmg.
Opening...
So, its installing Paragon NTFS for Mac 15, whatever that is.
Restart and you will be free to created edit copy move and delete all of your data on your connected NTFS drives.
Use Paragon NTFS for Mac Menu to access volume information and most common tasks.
OK. So, I restarted the MacBook Air. Now, let's see if we can export files from Photos to the external Seagate Drive. Select them all. Export. Export Unmodified Originals. Select external seagate drive. Create a folder on the drive named 2017_11_11_Home. Export everything here.
Click Export Originals.
95 of 95 files have been exported successfully. Took about 2 minutes. Very nice.
Now, lets copy them from the 4 TB Seagate external drive onto the home server external 8 TB NAS Simon.
\\DISKSTATION\Simon\_2017\2017_11_11_Home
Posted by Rob Kiser on November 11, 2017 at 10:35 AM
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