Transferring data from pc to mac using external drive usb

is there anything "special" you need to do to transfer data from Win 7 to MacBook Air using a USB 3.0 external drive?

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Switching from PC to Mac - Using External Drives

Hi,
I have Lightroom 5 (Creative Cloud) and currently use a Windows 7 32 bit Laptop and a 1TB external HDD (connected via USB2, designated as my 'G' Drive) that stores my LR Catalogues and the Library of Photos that LR has created. I want to switch to a MacBook pro with 64 Bit OSX. I have looked at other questions on this forum about switching, but I'm concerned that all my current LR catalogues point to this external G drive. I plan to connect my MacBook pro to an external RAID drive via Thunderbolt, which will contain my 'Master' LR5 Catalogues and photo Libraries. My Questions are :
(1) Will I need to designate this drive to be a 'G' Drive - does Mac work that way ? I don't want to have to go through the (prolonged) pain of finding all the photos manually !
(2) How do I ensure that the Windows Hierarchy is 'replicated' on the Mac formatted RAID when it is transferred ? I gather that Macs don't naturally store folders and files in this way. Is there a particular App that facilitates this ?
Thanks for your help,
Regards,
Mungo

I Have the same issue did anyone answer your question ?

ITunes library xml from windows to mac using external drive.

Hi there!
I'm a newbie on mac computers.. I've recently purchase a macbook pro retina.
So, I used to use iTunes in windows XP. My old computer crashed and I can't re-open it and save files...
Now, the only file I have from my windows library is an "library.xml" file.
The mp3 files that I had in previous iTunes playlists are in my external I: Drive. (not in Itunes folder).
I was searching in apple communities to see how I can transfer playlists in my new iTunes on mac.
But I can't find a solution to my problem... and unfortunately I don't know if there is...
I've try to set the iTunes media folder location my external hard drive, from Preferences-->Advanced-->iTunes media folder location.
Then I go to file-->library--> import playlist and I open the "library.xml".
The result is that I have all my playlists in tact, like it was in my previous iTunes.... But THERE IS NOT ANY FILE ON THEM!!!
So, I have only the playlists... Could you help me to set my I: drive as default path of itunes library, to get my playlists WITH the mp3s?
PLEASE HELP!
Thank you in advance.

Should I change the Preferences-->Advanced-->iTunes media folder location back to default folder?
That should be set to wherever you want iTunes to store media in the future (though it sounds like you are planning on keeping this unchecked anyway). It has no effect on where iTunes looks for existing files. That is already determined when you first add the file to iTunes or through later consolidating.
In theory you should be able to start iTunes with a blank library, use the import function to add that .xml file and it should still point to the files on the external. If that is not working then I guess it is possible all those %20 space designations may be causing problems. It's strange you are seeing those coded that way but it is likely some carry-over from Windows. The purpose of adding a test file to the external, then adding it to iTunes, then looking at the .xml is to see how Mac iTunes lists the path for a file on the external added when using the Mac so you can use that as a model for changing other paths if necessary.
Holding down the option key while starting iTunes (make sure you are using the correct key) or immediately after starting it should invoke a screen asking if you want to make a new library. If this is not working for you then I have no idea why because it works for hundreds of other people I have told to do this.

I have recently transferred data from my old Mac to my new one. The result was good, but I have 2 users now, whose data I want to merge into 1 single user, so to avoid having to switch from one user to the other to view and use certain files. How to do it

I have recently transferred data from my old Mac to my new one. The result was good, but I have 2 users now, whose data I want to merge into 1 single user, so to avoid having to switch from one user to the other to view and use certain files. How to do it?

Here's an easy way:
Pick the user that you want to eliminate (making sure that the remaining user has administrator privileges) and move all of the data that you want to keep into the Shared folder. Reboot or log out and login to the user you want to keep. Copy all the data from the Shared folder into your account - placing it neatly in folders (Documents, Music, Movies, etc.).
Once the data is moved, log into the account you want to delete just once more to make certain that you've grabbed all the data you want to keep. Log out and log back into your admin account and go to System Preferences>Users & Groups and delete the 'old' user.
That should do it.
Clinton

I transfered data from my old Mac, but now it tells me "No Access" when I try to open the files. How can I fix that?

I transfered data from my old Mac, but now it tells me "No Access" when I try to open the files. How can I fix that?

That's the problem, then. The files are under your 'old' user account. You should be able to access them if you log into your old account. However, that's not going to let you move them to your new user account. It's for situations like this that I always create a root user account (although I seldom access it). With a root user account, you can copy files from one user account to another. Note that someone may come up with a better idea than what I would use, but here goes.
Read http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1528 and set up a root user. Then you can transfer files from one account to another. If you like, you can delete this account after you've moved your files.
Good luck,
Clinton

HT4623 hi i have ipad 2 and i want to connect my external hard disk to transfer data from ipad to directly to external drive?

hi i have ipad 2 and i want to connect my external hard disk to transfer data from ipad to directly to external drive?

Only if you have an app and a wifi hard drive like this
http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/portable-hard-drives/wireless/wirele ss-plus/?cmpid=ppc-_-satellite-_-g-_-us-_-wifi_hard_drive-_-e

External Hard Drive issues- Transfering data from NTFS to Mac

Hi. I need help deciding the best way to get my files from my NTFS external hard drive to be read/write able on my Mac Laptop (late 2008 macbook, 13inch). I know I need to reformat both of the NTFS external drives I own to either FAT32 or Mac OS (journaled), however I am unsure what the best way to do this.
The apple Genius told me to do the following:
Using my Windows running laptop, copy data from NTFS drive to a safe place on PC.
Reformat drive to FAT32
Copy files from windows running laptop back to hard drive.
This sounds great, but I have been warned that FAT32 has many limitations. I have 66 GB of music and photos on the drive.
Clarifaction of what the limitations with FAT32 are, and any advice is greatly appreciated. I mean, how do people switch their data from PC to Mac? There has to be an easier answer.
THANKS!

Hi Kassluv17;
Before we can tell you the best solution, you must tell us where you wish to end up. Do you plan to migrate over to the Mac and have nothing to do with the PC in the future or are both a Mac and a PC in your future.
Allan

Transferring data from pc to imac using nano?

Hi,
I'm trying to transfer 15GB of data from my win98 pc to my new imac. As a first attempt, I bought an external enclosure, removed my pc's hard drive, put the hd in the external enclosure, and hooked the external enclosure up to my imac, but my imac can't read the drive.
Someone suggested that I put the hd back in my pc and use my 8GB nano to transfer the data. How does that work? My pc has a USB port(old type) and no ethernet port.

Hi,
I should also have added that Windows can't read the
HFS+ file system that Macs use and also, putting the
iPod into disk mode should not erase any data from
it.
Format the iPod on the PC by restoring it, and you
can use the iPod on both platforms.
Sorry, I put this whole issue aside because it was too confusing, but now I'm trying to get the data moved from pc to my imac again. My situation is this: I have an imac with itunes and a win98pc that does not have itunes.
Enable your nano for data in iTunes
I did that by selecting "Manually manage songs and playlists", which will also allow you to use your ipod as a drive. If you do that, the ipod won't try to download your itunes songs, which apparently happens if you select Disc Mode, as explained here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61131
EJECT it
I did that.
and see if it shows up as either a removable drive or
USB Mass Storage device on the PC desktop.
On win98, it says a driver is missing. According to this website:
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/consumerelectronics/ipodfaq/ipod-mac-and-pc-usage-macos-9-windows-98.html
"Officially, Apple provides no support for Windows 98. You cannot use the iPod with Windows 98, as the operating system lacks support for FireWire and USB 2.0.
However, with some work, you can use a Windows-compatible iPod with Windows 98. A forum posting from iLounge provides instructions on how to use a Windows-compatible iPod 3G with Windows 98 and FireWire, as well as some subsequent models, and Michael Hobot's personal page provides a driver and instructions on how to use Firewire-based iPods with USB."
I looked around on the internet, and I found my way to this website:
http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/support/proassist.php?c=9899
which has a driver for ipod on win98. I downloaded the driver per the instructions, but when I directed win98 to look in the folder with the driver, win98 says it couldn't find an appropriate driver.
Even if that had worked, there were more potential problems in store:
"If your iPod has been previously used on a Windows 2000 or XP computer, it may already be formatted and initialized. At this point, you can try connecting to your iPod in Anapod. If it works, you are done with this page and ready to go.
If Anapod complains that it could not find your iPod, then you probably need to format and initialize the drive. Normally you could do this with the Apple Updater utility, but because it does not run on Windows 98/ME, we provide an alternative called Anapod Reinitializer that runs on all versions of Windows."
and then there is this:
"As using an iPod with Windows 98 effectively is a "hack", EveryMac.com does not recommend it, but several readers have written to confirm that this method works."
As for this advice:
also, putting the iPod into disk mode should not erase any data from it.
that seems correct, but
Format the iPod on the PC by restoring it, and you
can use the iPod on both platforms.
apparently will erase the data:
"Converting a Mac-formatted iPod into a Windows-formatted iPod requires the iPod to be "restored", and doing so will erase the hard drive."
In conclusion, it appears I have reached another dead end in trying to transfer my 15GB of data from my win98 pc to my imac. I previously tried doing so with an external hard drive enclosure: I took my drive out of my pc, slid it in the enclosure and connected it via USB 2.0 to my imac, but my imac could not read the drive.
17" intelimac 2ghz 2gb 250gb Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Transfering data from a Windows XP/PC external USB hard drive to MBP.

I recently purchased a 15.4" Macbook Pro and it is my first Mac computer. I have a USB 2.0 external hard drive currently attached to my Windows XP based PC and I am hoping to a.) get the information currently on this drive on to my Macbook Pro and b.) use this drive--even if reformatting is necessary--as an external device on my Macbook Pro.
Both computers are connected to the same wireless network (via a Linksys Wireless-G hub) and both have USB 2.0 ports--but my PC has no firewire ports.
I am simply wondering: what is the best way to get the information from the external harddrive to my Macbook Pro? The MBP didn't seem to "recognize" the drive initially when I plugged it into the laptop's USB port.

oh yes, you are unfamiliar with windows sharing. no prob.
First off you have to set up a network on your windows PC. I don't know how savvy you are with your PC, but basically you have run the network setup wizard. You might also have to set up a protocol in your network properties (usually IPX will do the trick). If you click on the windows start button and see a network button near the my computer button you are most of the way there.
Once you have your computer set up for networking you need to enable sharing, which you also do in the network properties (there is a checkbox somewhere).
Lastly, you need to specify which folder(s) you want to share! Just right click on the drive (D: for example) in my computer and click 'sharing'. Naviagate the menus and enable sharing.
Your MBP is already set up for talking to windows networks, so just go to finder and click on networks, pick the workgroup that you specified when you set up your network on your windows machine and click ok. A connection to your external drive should appear. Now you can drag and drop all the files you want.
Sorry if this is confusing, but I can't really rememeber all this stuff off the top of my head.
If you want more clarification, search for 'how to share in windows XP' or something like that.
Good luck

Problems moving library from pc to mac via external drive

Hi, I have searched hi&lo for an answer to my problem, and now I'm having another problem. I have just got a macbook and had all my music on an external drive in WMA format. I dragged my library into itunes on a pc to transfer it all to mp3 format so I could play it on my mac. That took some time (I have about 50GB worth of music) but it worked. Why can't I just save and replace the old wma library with the new mp3 library? Or do I have to save the new one and then delete the old one? I have just spent hours organizing all the files and artwork, etc. So in order to save the itunes music folder and copy it to the external drive I must consolidate, right? Now the new problem. When I click consolidate library I get an error "Coping Music failed: filename was invalid or too long." I have plenty of space on the pc cdrive and on the external drive. I have done export library and it just puts a small xml file there that obviously isn't 50gb of music! The itunes folder looks like it has most files in it, but no artwork, etc? I have read about the find&replace (can't figure that out either) and other articles, but nothing is working for me yet, any help would be greatly appreciated as I have been at this for days and am getting really frustrated. This is my first mac and use of itunes and I don't see why it's so difficult to transfer your music over! Please help!

This page may be of some help: How to move an iTunes library from a PC to Mac (and back)

Format & install Leopard from a second Mac, or external drive?

hi there,
i'm trying to format my macbook, but unfortunately my dvd drive won't read my installation disc. after looking through the forums, it appears that i can put the installation disc on an external drive, and do the formatting from there. unfortunately, though i have a drive to clone my computer onto, i don't have an additional drive to dedicate to this re-formatting. however, my roommate believes there's some way he can use his mac to to format mine. is this possible, and if so, how? is one method (external drive vs. second mac) preferable to another?
thank you for your help.
b

With two Macs that support FireWire you can do what you describe, but you must have a MacBook with a FireWire port. You will use Target Disk Mode.
With both computers turned off connect a FireWire cable between them (400 or 800 is fine.) Boot your MacBook into TDM. After the TDM screen appears insert the OS X Installer Disc into the optical drive of the other computer then start it normally and after the chime press and hold down the "C" key to force the computer to boot from the DVD. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. As soon as the menubar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. You can then use the Restore option of Disk Utility to clone your MacBook's drive to a FireWire drive:
How to Clone Using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (journaled, if available) and click on the Erase button. This step can be skipped if the destination has already been freshly erased.
4. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external FireWire drive.
Source means the drive in your MacBook.
You may wish to test this clone to be sure it will boot a computer successfully.
Once you have cloned your MacBook's drive use Disk Utility to erase the drive so you can reinstall OS X.

Change itunes from PC to Mac with external drive

Been using a Dell with itunes for my music system in mt home. I installed an additional 80G that i've maxed out with tunes. This is in addition to the 30G that came with the system. I have a Mini and just purchased a 500G Western digital external drive. I want to transfer all the music on the 80G (PC/Windows)to the 500G(which is not yet formatted)and set the Mini up as the music system. Could use some pointers on the best way to do this.
Many thanks

First, make sure that the hard drive is formatted for FAT32; then it can be used by either the PC or the Mac.
Then the easiest way will be to just drag the entire iTunes folder to the external hard drive (the one actually titled "iTunes", containing the iTunes Music folder and the iTunes library files). Then connect the drive to the Mac, hold down the Option key and launch iTunes. You'll get a dialog box offering to either create a new iTunes library or use an existing one. Choose the "use existing" option and select the iTunes folder on the external drive. Then just make sure the drive is connected and mounted on the Mac before you launch iTunes (otherwise it will reset back to the default location on the internal drive).
Hope this helps.

I can't save the data from an 8753SE VNA using the driver from NI

Hi,
I'm using the labview 8.0 to control an 8753SE vector network analyzer (VNA). The VNA is supposed to be controlled using a driver from NI; however, I couldn't do that using the vi files from the driver. I'm using a GPIB cable from Agilent (http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/product.jspx?nid=-34195.426029.00&cc=US&lc=eng) to connect the VNA to my PC. The GPIB cable is configured using Agilent IO libraries suite 15.5. Do you I need to use MAX to check if my PC is talking to my VNA? and if yes, how can I do that? If no, do you suggest any solutions to this dilemma?
Thanks in advance,
Ahmad

Ahmad,
Did you try to establish connection to the VNA using Agilents connection expert which you downloaded with the IO libraries? To use the NI drivers I'm guessing you will be using NI-VISA. (Unless the driver is really old. I don't have this hardware and haven't downloaded that driver). If you have established a connection you must enter the correct address in the VISA resource for the initialization function. Wire your error lines to an indicator so you can see if anything goes wrong. See this thread for some issues other folks fixed.
Hope this helps.
Note: you should have posted this to the Instrument Control board. This board is for NI instruments.
Message Edited by GovBob on 01-06-2010 05:34 PM
Using LabVIEW 2010SP1 and TestStand 4.5

Moving iTunes library from PC to Mac using external hard drive

Hi there,
I recently bought myself a MacBook Air. This is my first Apple computer as I'd always used Windows before. On my old computer (running Vista), I built up a huge iTunes library. I really want to move this over to my Mac but there are two things which are making this a bit more complicated than it needs to be:
1. I want to keep all of my playlists, play counts, date added etc.
2. I don't want the songs to be stored on the computer, I want them kept on an external hard drive. So the library will show all the songs but I need to actually have the external hard drive plugged in to play them. Also saves me a **** of a lot of precious Mac space.
I have read a few things about how to do this so I'm a little along the way. I consolidated all my music files on my old computer and copied them over to the Hard Drive. But from here I just can't get it right. Assuming I've done nothing from this point, what would be the next steps you would take to make points 1 and 2 happen? I will try again based on your instructions but if it doesn't work then I come back and specify at what points it isn't working.
I would be ever so grateful for some guidance on this.
Cheers

Did you close iTunes on your old computer before you tried to copy it?
If that is not the case right click on the itunes Library.itl in finder.
Usually found in username/Music/iTunes
Select Get info and in the box that appears on the left scroll down to the bottom and check the permissions.
When that is resolved it should just copy over
Here is the Apple Article
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751

Transfering music from pc to mac using iPod as a hard disk drive

I just got MacBook Pro and iPod which I have formatted for a mac, however, I want to get the songs from my IBM thinkpad to my mac. I transfered a bunch of them with a friends external hard drive, but forgot about all my purchused songs from the music store. I am pretty sure there is a way to use the iPod as a hard disk drive but everytime i attach it to my thinkpad it asks if I want to format the iPod and then won't transfer. So I guess my question is can I do this and if I can do I have to format it to windows and then transfer the files to the iPod and will I be able to put the files from my thinkpad to my mac?
thanks!!!

An iPod formatted for Mac won't run natively on a PC because the Windows OS does not support the HFS Plus file system and therefore will not see the drive. You can reformat your iPod on Windows if you want to use it on both platforms as Macs can read Windows formatting, then you could enable it for disk use on the PC: How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer

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