4 Replies Latest reply: Sep 5, 2013 6:25 AM by Andrew_S RSS

    Sharing premiere file between Mac & Pc?

    lou4uandme Community Member

      Hello all,

      If I am working on a Mac using premiere CC, and send my project file to someone who is using a pc, can that person open/work on my project file?

      I've done this between 2 pc computers and it worked fine. I just needed to make sure that both pcs had the same drive & folder naming structure.

      I just don't know if this can be done with a Mac WITHOUT having to Relink the entire project.

      Thanks,

        • 1. Re: Sharing premiere file between Mac & Pc?
          JSS1138 CommunityMVP

          Try it.  Then you'll know.

          • 2. Re: Sharing premiere file between Mac & Pc?
            lou4uandme Community Member

            It's always a great feeling to get answers like that. (I don't know why I didn't think of that)

             

            Ok, I guess i have to elaborate a little more...

             

            I only have pcs in the household and I now need to buy a MAC.

            Can Adobe PremiereCC allow Mac & PC users to share project files without issues?

            • 3. Re: Sharing premiere file between Mac & Pc?
              JSS1138 CommunityMVP

              That's pretty much the same question, so I can only offer the same answer.

               

              Try it, then you'll know.

              • 4. Re: Sharing premiere file between Mac & Pc?
                Andrew_S Community Member

                I have opened Premiere Pro CS6.0.3 on both windows7 and Mac as a test, in the not too distant past. In other words it was only a small test project (to see if it worked) and it opened OK. However I would expect it to re-conform the audio upon changing form Win to Mac and vice versa. ( I cant remember if it did.)

                 

                Update

                I forgot to add that since Mac and Windows label hard drives differently, when you open a project in Mac which was originally created in windows (or vice-versa) the project will not know where the video files are. If you have all your files in a single folder, then its a simple matter to re-link the media to the project. But if the media is spread over different folders, then it may take a while to re-link everything. And you may have to do that every time you swap between operating systems.