Transferring From PC to Mac?

zigzag420 · 07-09-2008, 05:37 AM

Okay this may seem like a dumb question but...I had a PC and all of my music, pictures, documents are all saved on that computer. I recently got a MacBook and want to transfer everything over. My music alone is about 10GB...I'm not too sure how to go about transferring everything. The only thing I could think of to do was on a Flash Drive but the only ones I have are 2GB, is that the only way or does anyone else know of a better way?

ctwalrus · 07-09-2008, 05:38 AM

so i have a question why oh why did you buy a mac they are compatible with um... nothing

Trocisp · 07-09-2008, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ctwalrus

so i have a question why oh why did you buy a mac they are compatible with um... nothing

So I have a question, why oh why did you bother to post if you have no idea what you're talking about?

There is absolutely nothing you can do on your PC that I cannot do on my Mac Book Pro. And, even if I was so disposed to avoid putting XP/running Parallels, I could still do 99% of the things on my Mac that you could on your PC.

To answer the question posed in the OP; I would suggest setting up a network between the two computers and transferring or accessing the files on your Desktop via the network.

This can be done very easily with most Routers, and while it does require some technical knowledge, if you post the System Specifications (mostly, the Operating system of the PC, whether it be XP,XP Pro, Vista with it's many alternates... etc) I can probably either find or write you up a quick guide.

zigzag420 · 07-09-2008, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Trocisp

So I have a question, why oh why did you bother to post if you have no idea what you're talking about?

There is absolutely nothing you can do on your PC that I cannot do on my Mac Book Pro. And, even if I was so disposed to avoid putting XP/running Parallels, I could still do 99% of the things on my Mac that you could on your PC.

To answer the question posed in the OP; I would suggest setting up a network between the two computers and transferring or accessing the files on your Desktop via the network.

This can be done very easily with most Routers, and while it does require some technical knowledge, if you post the System Specifications (mostly, the Operating system of the PC, whether it be XP,XP Pro, Vista with it's many alternates... etc) I can probably either find or write you up a quick guide.

Ahh thank you that would be awesome. My Mac is a MacBook Pro also. The PC uses Windows Vista.

Trocisp · 07-09-2008, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by zigzag420

Ahh thank you that would be awesome. My Mac is a MacBook Pro also. The PC uses Windows Vista.

Right, but what type of windows vista...

Fucking Microsoft at it again, I understand (somewhat) XP home and Pro, however I have not since I heard about the "6 levels of Vista" heard one reasonable argument for implementing so many complexities other than they want to charge more for what should really be included in the basic package.

**Vicki** · 07-09-2008, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Trocisp

Fucking Microsoft at it again, I understand (somewhat) XP home and Pro, however I have not since I heard about the "6 levels of Vista" heard one reasonable argument for implementing so many complexities other than they want to charge more for what should really be included in the basic package.

No shit! Not to mention there will be no more technical support for XP after next year.

The thought about switching to a Mac has actually crossed my mind lately. I'm not sure if it will ever happen, though. I've been using PC's for 20 years, and I'm used to it.

zigzag420 · 07-09-2008, 05:54 AM

Well, because the college I am going to recommends Macs for the certain major I'm in.

ctwalrus · 07-09-2008, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by zigzag420

Well, because the college I am going to recommends Macs for the certain major I'm in.

ok that makes sense
i cant stand them though you have to spend so much more money to do what you can do basically for free on a pc
ex i-tunes vs windows media player thats just one that comes to me but i hate them

imFADED · 07-09-2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by zigzag420

Well, because the college I am going to recommends Macs for the certain major I'm in.

At my college next year, they require the music majors (i think that's it) to have macbooks. Thank god I am undeclared because I DESPISE Macs!

zigzag420 · 07-09-2008, 06:04 AM

Ohhh, ah sorry I'm an idiot lol. Vistas Home Premium? Is that what you're talking about?

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