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Simply plug your external drive into your Mac using a supported port, drag-and-drop files from your Mac onto the external disk. Note that for drives formatted using FAT32, you won't be able to transfer files larger than 4GB. You also won't be able to use drives formatted using NTFS unless you have the appropriate third-party drivers installed.
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Why does my mac not want to copy things to your thumb drive?
The Mac can read Windows NTFS formatted volumes, but can not write to them. The thumb drive is most likely formatted with NTFS. The best format for a volume that will be used to copy files between Mac and Windows is FAT32.
How do you transfer iTunes from a PC to a Mac?
Just copy your Itunes library onto a flash drive, and there you have it. Steps, 1.copy every song off your PC onto a flash drive, 2.insert the flash drive into your mac and put the music files anywhere you want 3.open them all, and there you go.
Will a mac copy files from a PC flash drive?
Most USB Flash drives in Windows are formatted using the FAT or FAT32 file systems. These file systems can be read and written on a Mac. if you use NTFS on the drive, however, the Mac will not be able to read them without additional software.
How can you transfer music from one mac to the other?
you can connect the computers together and use "migration assistant, and tell it to transfer all of the music or what i usually do is open up the music files, copy and paste them onto an external hard drive, or send them over a wifi connection, or just somehow get the music files from the first mac to the 2nd mac, and then once you're on the new mac, go into itunes and choose to import the music files.... \ but to just get the music from one mac to another, i would copy and paste it onto a flashdrive or something of the sort
How do you transfer mac files on an external hard drive to a PC?
It is easy to copy files to and from an external hard drive. You must remember, however, that some files are linked to other files in protected area of the system, and when copied to a different Mac, will not work properly, if at all. Given that, just plug the external into the new Mac and open the icon of it that appears on the desktop. If the icon does not appear, then the external drive is not formatted in such a way that the Mac OS can read it. The OS might tell you "This disk is not readable' or something. Just eject it or ignore it. If the icon appears, open it. Click on the items you wish to move to the new Mac. Drag them on to the desktop or on to the icon of the new Mac's hard drive. You may need an administrator's password to drag or paste files. Files which you copy may be usable or not, depending on what system version they require. For example, some older apps might not run on a newer system. Or conversely, some newer apps might not run on an older system. Apps might need a password or license in order to run. Some apps need to be installed into the Mac by an 'installer' because they are actually several files that need to be placed in different locations on the hard drive such as in the Preference File, Applications Folder, or System Library. Simply copying these apps to the new Mac will not install their secondary files, and they will fail to run. If you are copying simple files such as photos or mp3 files, there should not be a problem. If you are copying protected files such as ipa, m4a, or m4b files, you may need the ID and password that was used when purchasing the files. Files purchased from the App Store or iTunes Store sometimes can be downloaded again from the 'Purchased' tab in the App Store or iTunes Store. Enjoy your new Mac!
How do you format Mac hard drive to read Linux files?
Formatting the drive would remove any files currently on it. If you want to access a Linux file system from Mac OS X, there are a few programs that can do this, such as Paragon ExtFS for Mac OS X or ext2fsx.
How do you transfer movies from mac to a hard drive?
Just drag the movie to the hard drive icon and it will copy it.
How do you transfer pictures from a folder to a disk?
The Mac can read files of any type from any media that the PC can. If your Mac does not have a built in disk drive of the right type, buy a USB drive and plug it into a USB port on the Mac.
You want to share your files both in Mac and Windows with Parallels Desktop for Mac Premium Edition can you do it?
Parallels features true copy & paste and drag & drop - move files, folders and data seamlessly back and forth between Windows and Mac OS X.
How do you copy things from one pen drive to Macbook Air?
Simply plug the pen drive into the Mac and then find the disk icon on the desktop, open it, find the files you want then click and hold onto the file and drag it to the desktop. It's called Drag and Drop.
What advantage is there to having a Mac hard drive?
Having a Mac hard drive allows one to carry their data from their Mac computer and store it in a different medium. It also makes it possible to transfer larger files to other computers.
How do you copy music from iTunes on old Mac to new Mac?
Finder >Your home folder > Music> iTunes > iTunes music. Depending how big this folder is, copy it onto a flash drive/external hard drive and paste it on to your new Mac, then go into iTunes and import the music folder. Should work. Good luck and congrats on the new Mac!
