Q: I am about to purchase an iMac 27" Retina. How can i recover alla mu Vindows Office files tored in an external WD by book Essentia ... I am about to purchase an iMac 27" Retina. How can i recover alla mu Vindows Office files tored in an external WD by book Essential and put them into the OS X Yosemite enviromnent ?Tnx for yr help more
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Aug 17, 2015 11:09 AM in response to fiannafrancby Rysz,Tthis article provides a good overview How to transfer data from a PC to a Mac - Apple Support
There are other, more specific, articles available about migrating iTunes, etc, so perform a search Of Apple Support articles.
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Aug 17, 2015 11:11 AM in response to fiannafrancby Phil0124,★HelpfulThere's no switching necessary.
Simply plug the external drive into the iMac and use Finder to browse through it for the files. OSx is perfectly capable of reading Windows formatted drives.
You can then install either Microsoft Office For Mac, or Apple's Pages to open the files directly. No conversion necessary.
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Aug 18, 2015 10:10 AM in response to Phil0124by fiannafranc,Thanks Phil0124. Fast, efficient (and maybe not furious).
Cheers
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Aug 18, 2015 10:25 AM in response to fiannafrancby Templeton Peck,★HelpfulConnect the drive and copy via drag and drop. Easy.
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