Can you easily transfer your files from a windows based PC to a Mac laptop and how? I am a lifelong PC Windows user and I am considering buying an Apple laptop.
2007-03-04 08:26:07 · 8 answers · asked by Marti M 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Moving your files over is no problem at all. In fact, if you buy your Mac from the Apple Store and take your PC in with you, they will move your files to your new Mac for you for free! They also have free workshops for "switchers" to teach you about the new interface.
If you are unable to buy from an Apple Store, you can either burn your files to one or more DVDs to move them over, or you can transfer files over ethernet. I recommend ethernet if you have more than the 4.7GB that will fit on a DVD. If you have a very small amount of data, you can use a USB thumb drive to move files as well.
To transfer over ethernet, just hook an ethernet cable between the Mac and the PC. You do NOT need a cross-over cable. A standard ethernet cable will do. On you Mac, go to the Sharing pane of System Preferences and select "Windows Sharing." Turn that on for your user. You will now see text explaining what IP address to direct your PC to. Use Explorer on the PC to go to that address. Now you can simply drag and drop files into that Explorer window.
My one caveat with this is that if you have any purchased (DRM-protected) WMA files, they will not work in iTunes. Otherwise, your other music files should drag and drop into iTunes just fine. Pictures can drag and drop into iPhoto.
2007-03-06 15:48:22 · answer #1 · answered by L S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burn your files on CDs and feed them into the Mac. Everything that is a standard format is openable. I now have a new imac and transfer files constantly with the PC world. Picture files like jpeg are totally standard. Even Windows media video can be played by just downloading a plug-in converter. If you use Microsoft Works documents(.wps) it makes more sense to convert them first to Word .docs on your old PC, although I find you can rip them open with Tex-Edit plus when on Mac. (A free converter from Works to Word is available from Microsoft). Word is totally standard and you just have to download Neo Office for free and you can drop your Word docs or Excel docs onto its symbol and they will open right up.
The idea that Macs are harder to maintain than PCs is bizarre to say the least. There's no such thing as the ritual downloading of MS patches, the hunt for hidden Trojans and keyloggers, the constant interruption to tell you something you don't want to know, which then refuses to be clicked off and keeps popping up at you to stop you working. With my new Mac I worked for 3 months without ever even having to run the built-in repair software, and we communicate seamlessly with the PC world, receiving Word and Excel files and sending off documents in those formats. When I see how my friends suffer with XP I keep thanking God I have a Mac!
2007-03-04 09:36:45 · answer #2 · answered by porphyry 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is very easy to transfer files. Just copy them and transfer to your mac like you would to another PC. I just switched to a Mac and have had no problems with transfering any of my files. I'm never going back to a PC!
2007-03-04 08:37:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa was good to me!
Copy your personal data to CD or DVD from Windows and then copy from CD to the Mac. Yes, it is that simple!
To open M$-Office files on the Mac, get NeoOffice from the Apple download site (click on the Blue Apple). Firefox and many other Open Source apps are there too.
2007-03-04 08:32:58 · answer #4 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-30 04:57:11 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can use a flash drive or a cd-rom. The same way you´ll do it on a pc. Macs arent freaks.
And dont hear idiots as royalpain. For god sake an mp3, jpg, etc, is the same on a mac, pc, linux, solaris, bla, bla . THEY ARE UNIVERSAL FORMATS. even Office documents
2007-03-04 08:34:16 · answer #6 · answered by alenm8816 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't transfer the files, that I know of.
They are on completely different formats, other than mp3 and movie files. Then you just e-mail them or burn em from 1 cd to another.
Stick with a pc. They are easier to maintain and find reputable repair shops.
2007-03-04 08:30:49 · answer #7 · answered by royalpainshane 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cant transfer files yeh - sure of that. i never used mac before but when i getta engough dough im gonna switch to mac.
2007-03-04 09:00:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋