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Why You Shouldn’t Download Large Files to an External Hard Drive
No one likes slowdowns and delays when downloading large files—especially on a deadline. Like a video editor who needs to download a batch of footage for a last-minute project. Here’s some advice that’s sure to save significant time the next time you download large files: don’t download to an external hard drive.
Jim Donnelly
Nov 11, 2021
8 Reasons To Use Cloud Over On-Premises File Sharing
For those who need a more flexible (and cost-effective) way of moving large files at great distances, the wide availability of public cloud servers and cloud-based managed file transfer (MFT) has become immensely valuable.
Jim Donnelly
Oct 7, 2021
GB vs GiB: What’s the Difference Between Gigabytes and Gibibytes?
GB vs GiB—why the lowercase ‘i’? At first what may seem like a typo is actually a separate unit of measurement with a long, complicated history. Both GB and GiB display storage capacity on a computer but one will display less available memory than the other.
Jim Donnelly
Sep 21, 2021
The Best Free Mobile Video Editing Apps for Creators in 2021
There’s an interesting paradigm happening in the world of videography right now. Mobile video content and mobile video editing apps have taken off in the past year with TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts each vying for dominance in the creator economy.
Ankit Verma
Aug 24, 2021
Digital Imaging Technician (DIT): The Unsung On-Set Heroes
Keith Putnam is a video production professional who has spent the past several years as a Digital Imaging Technician (DIT) and second unit Director of Photography and on the CBS series Bull and Madam Secretary. Read his interview.
Jim Donnelly
Jul 28, 2021
How to Upload Large Files to Google Drive Quickly
We’re big fans of Google products at MASV – it’s just one reason why we’ve built integrations with Google’s Cloud Storage and Google Drive. In this post, we'll cover the good, the bad and the ugly of uploading large files to Google Drive.
Jim Donnelly
Apr 7, 2021