What is the best way to transfer information from a mac to a pc?

Question

I need to get documents and photos off from my mac to transfer to my work pc.  They were originally pc files, but I recently purchased a mac and transfered them all to my mac.  Then my pc crashed and had to be wiped clean, so now I need to transfer some of them back to my pc.  I have them all on an external hard drive that I am using with time machine, but when I plug it into my pc it is no longer recognized and I can't even get into the files.  (I think it is partitioned for mac now)  Any help or suggestions?

Answer 1

On the Mac, open the Migration Assistant located in the Utilities folder. To do this: In Finder, select Go > Utilities or press Shift–Command–U (⇧⌘U), then double-click Migration Assistant.
Select the "From another Mac, PC, Time Machine backup, or other disk" option then click "Continue".
When prompted, enter an administrator name and password.
Select the "From another Mac or PC" migration method then click "Continue" to proceed.
When prompted, click Continue to quit other applications. Other applications can't be open on the Mac during the migration process.
Select the PC, then wait for the PC to show the passcode displayed on the Mac.
On the PC, once you see the passcode displayed on the Mac, click "Continue" to proceed.
The Mac will then begin to inspect your computer and build a list of information to migrate.
Select the information you would like to migrate to the Mac, then click Continue to proceed.
On both the Windows PC and Mac you will see a progress bar, messaging of what is being migrated and estimated time remaining. Once completed, you can log into the user account created. 
Note: At your first login, you will promoted to enter a new password for the user account. See this article about how to choose a good password.