Q: I am switching from a pc to mac and want to know how I go about transferring files from one to the other. There is a chance that I will have to hand my pc back before I receive my MacBook so I will need to transfer on to some sort of external hard drive.
I am switching from an acer laptop to a MacBook Pro. I may have to hand in my laptop before I receive my new MacBook. What is the best way to back up my files so that I can transfer them to my MacBook. I cloud cannot be installed on my laptop because it uses a version of windows that is older and doesn't support it. Hope someone can help.
Posted on Mar 4, 2013 8:07 PM
Right, Get an external drive and copy your files to it. It would be best to format it FAT32 but NTFS will work as Mac OS X can read NTFS formatted drives.
Nothing else can be transfered to the Mac, no programs or settings, so all you need to do is copy your Personal Files to the extrernal. And then when the Mac arrives connect the external to the Mac and Copy them over to the Mac.
Files are Files are Files. If you have the same programs on the Mac as you had on the PC, only Mac OS X versions, those programs can open your files. Music and image files, MP3 and JPG files, are universal and can be read by any operating system and by any program that reads music, MP3, or image, JPG, files.
Tdclegg wrote:
I am switching from an acer laptop to a MacBook Pro. I may have to hand in my laptop before I receive my new MacBook. What is the best way to back up my files so that I can transfer them to my MacBook. I cloud cannot be installed on my laptop because it uses a version of windows that is older and doesn't support it. Hope someone can help.
Posted on Mar 5, 2013 7:39 AM