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Q: How to best transfer files from one external drive to another

How to best transfer files from one external drive to another?

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on May 15, 2016 11:37 AM

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  • by Rich839,Solvedanswer

    Rich839 Rich839 May 15, 2016 11:53 AM in response to altzar
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    May 15, 2016 11:53 AM in response to altzar

    You can drag them individually; or Select All and drag them as a group holding down the Option key so you keep them on Drive #1 until you are sure that they have all copied over correctly to Drive #2..  Or you can Select All/Copy/Paste.    Don't erase the files  them from the first drive until you are certain that they have all copied over correctly. 

  • by altzar,

    altzar altzar May 15, 2016 12:59 PM in response to Rich839
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    iLife
    May 15, 2016 12:59 PM in response to Rich839

    Thank you, Rich. I am doing it right now. The real test is going to be if my iMovie projects and files will be available when the transfer is complete. I've had trouble with that before. So we'll see... Thanks again.