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Q: How long should this take?

I did some Googling and everyone said they had some sort of countdown, but I don't. All I know is that is has been "Copying Music" for about two hours now.

MacBook Air

Posted on Apr 25, 2015 2:17 PM

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samanthalynne74

Q: How long should this take?

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  • by Grane Duke,

    Grane Duke Grane Duke Apr 25, 2015 2:23 PM in response to samanthalynne74
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    Apr 25, 2015 2:23 PM in response to samanthalynne74

    Samantha, It all depends upon the data file size that you want to migrate from a Windows PC onto a Mac. It may take minutes or it can take hours to transfer.

     

    All depends on the file size. There will be a precise countdown time...

     

    Hope this helps...

  • by samanthalynne74,

    samanthalynne74 samanthalynne74 Apr 25, 2015 2:25 PM in response to Grane Duke
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    Apr 25, 2015 2:25 PM in response to Grane Duke

    Okay, that's what I thought... Thanks. But should there be some sort of countdown? It worries me that other people have said they had one, but I don't.

  • by Grane Duke,

    Grane Duke Grane Duke Apr 25, 2015 2:32 PM in response to samanthalynne74
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    Apr 25, 2015 2:32 PM in response to samanthalynne74

    Please give me some information of your macbook air specifications. Also, what cable are your using to transfer files.... Are you using an ethernet cable.... If using ethernet then what ethernet adapter are you using...??

  • by samanthalynne74,

    samanthalynne74 samanthalynne74 Apr 25, 2015 2:31 PM in response to Grane Duke
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    Apr 25, 2015 2:31 PM in response to Grane Duke

    It's a brand Mac Air, I literally just bought it today. I'm just doing it over the wi-fi, because that's what the program told me to do when I started. I can look for an ethernet cable if you think that would work a lot better?

  • by Grane Duke,

    Grane Duke Grane Duke Apr 25, 2015 2:36 PM in response to samanthalynne74
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    Apr 25, 2015 2:36 PM in response to samanthalynne74

    Don’t worry about the ethernet transfer method.... You will need adapters and cables. Plus, the method is really outdated.

     

    Use USB method. Its the most simple and reliable data transfer method. Have you got a external hard disk onto which you can backup your music files...??

  • by samanthalynne74,

    samanthalynne74 samanthalynne74 Apr 25, 2015 2:41 PM in response to Grane Duke
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    Apr 25, 2015 2:41 PM in response to Grane Duke

    Yeah, I can do that. How do I cancel the transfer that's already going on? And are you sure I shouldn't just try to wait it out, since it's already been hours? I have no idea how much of my music may have already been transferred and I'm not sure I should cancel it.

     

    Thank you so much for your help!

  • by Grane Duke,

    Grane Duke Grane Duke Apr 25, 2015 3:00 PM in response to samanthalynne74
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    Apr 25, 2015 3:00 PM in response to samanthalynne74

    Transferring large data onto a machine over a WI FI network is not so reliable as a slight problem in WI FI signal can disrupt the data transfer.

     

    I won’t suggest you to wait for the results.

     

    If you can’t see any Cancel option then directly close the window or quit the application.

     

    Backup, the music files from your windows PC then simply connect the external drive to your macbook air.

     

                                                                                                              Important


    Before backing up your windows files on the external hard disk, please format the disk to “ exfat “ format. As, this format is compatible with Windows and Mac OS for big data transfer.


    Makes sense....??

  • by samanthalynne74,

    samanthalynne74 samanthalynne74 Apr 25, 2015 3:04 PM in response to Grane Duke
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    Apr 25, 2015 3:04 PM in response to Grane Duke

    Okay, I can do that. My issue now is that there's no way that I can see to quit the application. I haven't even started up my computer properly; I got it brand new, I opened it and turned it on, and like the first thing it told me to do was the file transfer.

  • by Grane Duke,

    Grane Duke Grane Duke Apr 25, 2015 3:18 PM in response to samanthalynne74
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    Apr 25, 2015 3:18 PM in response to samanthalynne74

    Why don’t you cancel the transfer process from your windows PC....?? If not then quit it from the windows pc....

  • by samanthalynne74,

    samanthalynne74 samanthalynne74 Apr 25, 2015 3:24 PM in response to Grane Duke
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    Apr 25, 2015 3:24 PM in response to Grane Duke

    Oh, duh, sorry. I did that and shutdown my PC. The transfer screen still didn't go away on my mac, so I manually powered it down and I'm going to wait a minute before turning it back on and hope it's gone...

  • by samanthalynne74,

    samanthalynne74 samanthalynne74 Apr 25, 2015 3:26 PM in response to Grane Duke
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    Apr 25, 2015 3:26 PM in response to Grane Duke

    It's all working now. Thank you so much for your help!

  • by Grane Duke,

    Grane Duke Grane Duke Apr 25, 2015 3:34 PM in response to samanthalynne74
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    Apr 25, 2015 3:34 PM in response to samanthalynne74

    So after the transfer process is completed, please let me know how it went.

     

    I hope that I have been of any help to you....

  • by samanthalynne74,

    samanthalynne74 samanthalynne74 Apr 25, 2015 6:57 PM in response to Grane Duke
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    Apr 25, 2015 6:57 PM in response to Grane Duke

    Everything is all done! Thank you so much for your help.