Hard Driver Transfer from old G4
Well got my new Mac Pro, took 8 hours to find right configuration for it, it's picky, heh. Anyway another problem. Got a Old G4 as seen below. And have many hard drives Would like to access, however, HUGE problem is that the Mac Pro Cannot see any of them connected through Any USB2 Device Connectors. Disk utility only see's it as unformatted media. However they still work fine connected to G4. I would like to transfer all these files over. Any Solutions? right now transferring it over via ftp but that is a pain.
Well i was in the same situation (i have a G3) and this is what i did:
1. removed drive from G3
2. attached drive to optical drive bay
3. carefully put bay back in (drive doesnt fit as it just sits within the carrier, so make sure that you dont bump the macpro during bootup)
4. close door,boot up and then transfer files from old drive to new drive(s)
its a breeze considering how accessible drives are in the G3/G4's etc..
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Hi guys,
I guess we've all been in this position at some point with our music technology, but today it is my turn to panic!
I have sold my Mac Pro (2010) and moved over to an iMac, now that they have great performance and internal SSD, etc.
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