Moved from PC to Mac can I go back & bring bookmarks etc with me?
I am giving Mac a try & want to use my PC bookmarks etc. Ibelieve I could have done this when I opened the Firefox account in Mac, but by passed download apps from Internet Explorer. Can I rectify that omission?
You should be able to easily move your Firefox bookmarks to a new computer if you follow these instructions for [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing%20up%20and%20restoring%20bookmarks Backing up and restoring bookmarks].
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I have moved from windows to mac and had to reset my airport express. After the reset I enter the name of the existing network, name the base unit, enter its password twicw and select additional options as join the existing network. It comes back with a screen asking for the name of the base unit and password. Aftre which it starts cycling between "waiting for airport express", "connecting to 'network name'" and ends with an error message. When I try to set up using ethernet cable evrything works but I need wireless (it worked OK just hours ago). Any advice?
Thank youHello, vgafromva.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Sometimes a simple power cycle of the AirPort can resolve this issue. However, here is an article I would recommend going through when experiencing issues connecting to Wi-Fi.
Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628
If these steps do not resolve the issue, please reply back with the exact error message received.
Cheers,
Jason H. -
I've just moved from PC to Mac, with my PC i and using Vmware Player I used to work on 2 Virtual M/C both on 2 external drives, one Windows Server 2000 as operating system and the sec. WindowsXP, is their a way to open these m/c on my mac
I am so glad to hear about your success. As you are new to the Mac environment, I will be glad to help you more.
You said: "I can't change the setup yet but i have access". I don't understand what you mean about changing the setup! Please let me know more about that.
I also recommend to use Boot Camp, which allows you to install windows on a partition of your internal hard drive. This has many benefits. First, you can restart your computer and start up in windows. This makes your Mac device a complete windows machine and you gain the most from your hardware when working in Windows. Second, if a problem occures to your Mac OS X, you can restart your machine in Windows and prevent your data from getting lost. Third, you can import the Windows installed on the boot camp partition in to the Mac OS X using VMWare Fusion and work with it as a virtual machine. In this situation, VMWare enables you to work directly with your Windows in the boot camp partition. So it does not create a file package for the virtual machine in OS X.
Regarding the data safety and reliablity, I strongly recommend using Time Machine. You can also set it up to back up your virtual machines or not. This is possible to set up in the Virtual Machine Preferences Page in VMWare Fusion, or in the Time Machine preferences page in the System Preferences app of OS X.
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I am moving from PC to Mac. My PC has two internal drives and I have a 3Tb external. What is best way to move the data from the internal drives to Mac and the best way to make the external drive read write without losing data
Paragon even has non-destriuctive conversion utility if you do want to change drive.
Hard to imagine using 3TB that isn't NTFS. Mac uses GPT for default partition type as well as HFS+
www.paragon-software.com
Some general Apple Help www.apple.com/support/
Also,
Mac OS X Help
http://www.apple.com/support/macbasics/
Isolating Issues in Mac OS
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1388
https://www.apple.com/support/osx/
https://www.apple.com/support/quickassist/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/help/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/tour/
Get Help with your Product
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304725
Apple Mac App Store
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_app_store/using_mac_apple_store
How to Buy Mac OS X Mountain Lion/Lion
http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
TimeMachine 101
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
http://www.apple.com/support/timemachine
Mac OS X Community
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os -
When using the migrate tool to migrate from windows to mac, can you use ethernet to connect the computers to each other? In the Migration tool, I was only given the option of choosing the computer when it appeared on the same network, and didn't see an option to connect them to each other. Even though they're both connected to the same network with a wired connection, the migration is painfully slow.
Yes. The following quotation is from About Windows Migration Assistant
These are the preferred network connections, in order:
Use a CAT6-certified Ethernet cable that is in good condition to connect the Ethernet port of the PC directly to the Ethernet port of the Mac or Ethernet adaptor (USB or Thunderbolt). You shouldn't use an Ethernet cable that has any kinks in it or is missing connector tabs.
Use CAT6-certified Ethernet cables that are in good condition to connect the Mac and PC to your home network router/hub/switch. You shouldn't use an Ethernet cable that has any kinks in it or is missing connector tabs.
For wireless, use the fastest wireless signal possible (802.11n 5Ghz). Try to have the PC, Mac, and the wireless access point all in the same room close to each other. -
Just moving from PC to Mac. How do you select a group of items. On the PC it was shift right click
In list or column view, click the item at one end of the range and then shift-click the item at the other end.
In icon view, click on an empty part of the window and drag to select them.
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My PC has broken, if I buy a Mac, can I transfer my entire library over with ease?
My PC has broken, if I buy a Mac, can I transfer my entire library over with ease?
That depends. What is broken on the PC? If the hard drive has failed and you do not have a backup, you will need to look into data recovery services.
It's easy to move stuff over from a working PC. One that is not functioning is a bit more difficult.
Take a look at this Apple article about data migration from a PC, it may be useful.
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I bought an iMac, but I have a PC full of pictures with 3 External HDD. Now I need transfer all my information like catalogs, license, etc to iMac. I know that 2 of my externals HD isn't compatible with Mac and Mac always ask for format the HD before do anything. How can I proceed?
Thanks!Guessing all your hard drives are NTFS? there are many options to make a mac read and write to NFTS Some are free, some cost $20. that will solve that issue
Google NTFS + MAC
Google Paragon + MAC + NTFS
and all those options are solved
alternatively
reformat each drive as FAT 32...
All the rest is easy
I've been running 1 Tb FAT 32's with all the images and the library and accessing that from my PCtop and iMac and with no problems
Lately I've got 2 TB on firewire 800 as main drive, 4TB ( RAID 5) on a server with back up of all the images, a 2TB USB 2 as backup of the entire process and all is synched with Super Duper and daily back ups and all is working fine
The transition from PC to mac is like waking from a dream, there are some issues, but its only a progressive move to simplicity even at a large cost as you will be told by Jay Lee and others, but welcome to the lighter side and enjoy your mac
I moved over after VISTA...... I now have a brand new mac book pro that just rocks. It is a different interface, press SPACE to view 90% of any files.....
All the best to your enlightenment
Hamish -
First sync after moving from windows to mac
Hi,
I just decided that I'm fed up with reinstalling and bought a new iMac (OS X). I've found a lot of posts about moving iTunes and music. But Im still afraid to do the first sync.
What I want to know is what will happen with my contacts and callender?
On the old comp I used to sync the iPhone with outlook.
If I sync now with the new library on the mac, will all my contacts and callender be deleted? Or will they be copied from iPhone to mac?
I also have the old iTunes library on an external hard drive. Is that any help?If you haven't transferred contacts and calendar events from Outlook on your PC to the Address Book and iCal on your Mac and you don't plan on doing so, before syncing this data on your Mac, enter one unique contact in the Address Book and one unique calendar event in iCal on your Mac. Make this up if needed, which can be deleted later. This will provide a merge prompt with the first sync of this data, which you want to select.
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Moving from PC to MAC - Existing external hard drive
I purchased a new iMac yesterday. This is a change from always using PCs. I have three external hard drives - one connected via USB and two connected to my internal network. All three are NTFS partitioned drives. From what I've read, it looks like I can read the contents of the drives, but not write to them from the new Mac. Is this correct? It sounds like I will need to move the contents off of the drives and then reformat them from the new iMac. Is that correct? Any better suggestions on how to work with these drives and the new Mac?
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Billyeah you are correct if they are in fat32 both osx and windows can read and write
if they are in ntfs osx can only read
if they are in apple file system only osx can read and write -
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Thanks so much, LeoraYes, this should be fine! You may wish to give your catalog (the .lrcat) a new name (prefix) when you first copy it to your Mac. This will force build a new Previews folder on the new machine, sometimes a very good thing; sometimes wholly unnecessary.....
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Cant send iMessage from iPhone or Mac, can receive them.
Two days ago I suddently became unable to send iMessages from either my Mac Mini or my iphone yet people can send them to me. To respond I have to switch to SMS and then I get stuck there. It looks like facetime still works, just no imessage.
Any ideas?Hello jbihler,
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iOS: Troubleshooting Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
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Moving from an external mac drive to a pc hd
Good evening,
Have been reading different posts and different articles from Apple and have a fairly good idea about this situation..but just have a couple of questions.
I have copied these folders and files from my mac to an external drive:
iTunes Library
iTunes Music Library.xml
I am currently using itunes on my pc just to listen to a collection of mp3s that I have collected over time..but nothing that I want to sync to my ipod..would like to keep them..but not at the expense of having them jumbled with what I want on my ipod.
Can I copy over the folders and files from my mac external drive and replace the ones already on my pc or do I need to copy them somewhere else on my pc and then have itunes find it? What about the updating the location of each song? Will that be done automatically or is there something I need to do manually?
Have been reading this article about consolidating my library:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301748
But am not following what to do if I want to get them off of an external drive onto my pc's hard drive. Am concerend about losing playlists and ratings.
Would greatly appreciate any advice or input.
Thanks
Tom
Powrbook G4 12 inch Mac OS X (10.4.7)No idea, since I don't have a mac!
Do macs have paths like C:\Program Files? I kinda doubt it.
The only directions I've seen are going from pc to mac in the switch101 pages.
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
You could try it, plop the itl and xml files into the C:\Documents and Settings...... folder I typed above.
And move all the music files.
Either it will work, or worst case, you will have to clear your library and Recreate iTunes Library
edit: that recreate article might be the place to start, instead of consolidate?
Message was edited by: Katrina S. -
Moving from PC to MAc, but want to keep all the old iTunes settings! Help!
I did this just fine, from PC to MacBook. But one problem I'm having is that my new iTunes library on the Mac is completely devoid of my old iTunes settings on my pc - my song ratings, my playlists, all the songs I've had checked and unchecked, date added, etc. Is there any way to migrate (I went from pc to mac, all the music files came over no problem) but to keep your iTunes information so you don't have to sort through all the songs all over again!!! Help!
Thanks,
MartyHi Martyputz,
This happened, because iTunes on a Windows doesn't really work like iTunes for Mac. Read this [article|http://lifehacker.com/software/itunes/geek-to-live--how-to-move-an-itu nes-library-from-a-pc-to-mac-and-back-242468.php] and follow carefully the instructions...
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IMac or Power Mac G5? Moving from PC to Mac
I'm a PC user now and am fed up with Windows. I just recently went to a Mac store and am now a changed man. Here's my delemma. I am an amature photographer and love to use Photoshop Elements. I also do a lot of multitasking for my day job and need power. I will be needing to run a proprietary PC program on the Mac since it is what I use every day. I'm hoping it will work. But once I make the decision to move to the Mac, I'm not sure whether I should go with the iMac or the Power Mac G5. If I max out the iMac with the 2 gb of memory, upgrade the HD to max and the graphics card, it's still cheaper than if I start doing upgrades on the Power Mac. I don't need ridiculous power, but I want to make sure that if I max out the options on the iMac that it will handle heavy duty work. I'm leaning more towards the iMac because of it's compact footprint. I would love, however, one day to have a high definition monitor to do my photos on.
Love to hear some feedback.
Thanks.
MarkWell, I considered the iMac G5 but was told that the new Intel ones are faster. I'm also concerned that the one PC program I'd like to run on it may be more compatible if I use the iMac Intel. I was also told that Photoshop Elements will be coming out with a version for this Intel chip. If they do, wouldn't the iMac Intel be a better choice?
Mark
MARK.......
You could buy a new iMac G5!
That's what I did 2 weeks ago. I went to my Apple
store and tested out
both the Intel iMac and the G5 iSight iMac 20' 2.1.
The G5 iMac is really fast and will definitely do
everything you want it to
do and more. Also, current apps will run natively on
it via PPC. This means
that there is NO EMULATION PROCESS whatsoever so you
don't have Rosetta slowing anything down.
My iMac G5 is by far faster than my Mac Mini and
faster at running apps until they become universal
some time this year or next.
I'm a professional photographer and my G5 iMac is
awesome! The ONLY real reason you would by a PowerMac
is for professional video editing. A PowerMac is
faster at rendering videos and burning them to DVD
and stuff.
I decided to stay with a PPC G5 iMac and might
upgrade next year sometime if really necessary. But
this G5 will definitely work for me and all I need to
do for at least a year if not 2 years.
If you max out a G5 iMac, you'll be more than happy!
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