A newly discovered workaround lets iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max owners capture ProRes RAW HQ in Open Gate directly to internal storage, bypassing Apple’s external-SSD requirement. The method is simple, but it carries serious caveats around storage, heat, and reliability, and it is almost certainly unintended behavior. So iPhone 17 Pro internal ProRes RAW recording is possible – let’s dive in how. Photographer and YouTuber Jason Vong demonstrated that Apple’s latest iPhones can, in specific circumstances, record ProRes RAW HQ Open Gate internally. Apple’s documentation says ProRes RAW must be recorded to an external drive, yet Vong shows footage writing to the phone’s internal storage with settings preserved after a brief setup step. How the workaround works Connect an external SSD, open Final Cut Camera (version 2.0 was just released, read up on it here), choose ProRes RAW HQ in Open Gate, then minimize the app. Detach the SSD, reopen Final Cut Camera, and start recording. The phone continues capturing with the previously selected settings, writing files internally. Apple requires external recording on iPhone 17 Pro for ProRes RAW. Image credit: Jason Wong video / screenshot Storage and thermal caveats ProRes RAW HQ Open Gate is data-hungry. In Vong’s tests, nearly 300 GB of footage accumulated in a single day using Final Cut Camera. Even with up to 2 TB iPhone configurations, that amount of data can create workflow bottlenecks and increase the risk of running out of space mid-shoot. Thermal behavior remains unclear, since sustained high-rate writes typically...
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