Switching from Mac to PC (Windows)

I started using my ipod on my sister's mac. I did not realize it would be a problem to later use my pc to transfer songs to my ipod. When I try to do so, I get a message threatening to restore... and I was told if I plug my ipod into a mac it will delete all my songs and I'd have to start all over. I cannot do that because my sister lives across the country and has the songs I want on her mac. Is there a way around this?

Uhmm... I hope you weren't being sarcastic because if so that was so not called for! First of all the songs are from MY cd's, which I purchased. I just dont have all of those cd's here with me. Also, I'd like to put another cd on my ipod but I'd like to use my PC from now on.

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Switching from Mac OS to Windows XP

I have one of the early Macbooks, 1.8GHZ with 2GB of RAM [just upgraded] and 80GB harddisk. I want to switch the computer entirely over to windows and get rid of Mac OS altogether as I have a number of specialist Windows only programs that I need to run for work. I think my computer would be too slow or have too little memory to have both or to run parallels.
Does anybody know of anywhere I can read up on how to do this transition? Ideally I'd like to wipe the HD and re-install everything, but don't know how to start my computer from scratch again. Do people recommend Windows XP or Vista? Any advice from people who have already done this would be much appreciated.

There are plenty of topics on this very question which gets asked fairly often depending on your search criteria.
Short answer is no.
The OS X license agreement provides for installing and using it on a single Apple branded/labeled computer only.
The only way to install Tiger on a PC is via a hack of some sort and even if the hack is successful, very little on your PC would be supported and the overall performance would not be worth the trouble.
> I was reading an artical and found out that the Mac OS X Tiger already has many of the things that the new windows vista has.
What you read is correct and it took Microsoft 5 years to come up with what amounts to a copy of OS X. I read there are 10 separate/different versions of Vista to choose from? How on earth is the average person (or even the above average person) expected to wade through all that confusing mess?
Apple is getting ready to launch a new OS X version called Leopard this spring which will place Windows even father behind.
If you want to run Tiger and Vista, purchase an Intel Mac which gives you the ability to run both operating systems natively on a single computer.

Just switching from CS4 & LR5 on Windows desktops to CS+LR monthly subcription for Mac, with catalogues, files etc residing on external HDD): Anything to be particularly aware of, or beware of, before/during switch?

Just switching from CS4 & LR5 on Windows desktops to CS+LR monthly subcription for Mac, with catalogues, files etc residing on external HDD (due to multi-location living & lots of travel). Anything I need to be particularly aware of, or beware of, before/during switch? Thanks a lot for suggestions, recommendations, tips, experiences. Best, Joachim

The switch should be straight forward but I would start by uninstalling LR 5. This is because there is no specific CC version of Lightroom and you can’t run the creative cloud version and the perpetual version on the same machine. Your catalog and images will be safe and will not be affected by uninstalling. CS4 will not be affected and will still work independently.
Then launch CC desktop and go to the Apps tab. I would recommend installing in this order:
Photoshop CC 2014
Photoshop CC (if you need this to run old plug-ins)
Lightroom 5
If you install in that order LR will automatically recognize Photoshop for external editing from the LR Library.

Just switching from CS4 & LR5 on Windows desktops to CS+LR monthly subcription for Mac, with catalogues, files etc residing on external HDD: Anything I need to be particularly aware of, or beware of, before/during switch?

Just switching from CS4 & LR5 on Windows desktops to CS+LR monthly subcription for Mac, with catalogues, files etc residing on external HDD (due to multi-location living & lots of travel). Anything I need to be particularly aware of, or beware of, before/during the switch? Thanks a lot for recommendations, suggestions, warnings, tips. Best, Joachim

The switch should be straight forward but I would start by uninstalling LR 5. This is because there is no specific CC version of Lightroom and you can’t run the creative cloud version and the perpetual version on the same machine. Your catalog and images will be safe and will not be affected by uninstalling. CS4 will not be affected and will still work independently.
Then launch CC desktop and go to the Apps tab. I would recommend installing in this order:
Photoshop CC 2014
Photoshop CC (if you need this to run old plug-ins)
Lightroom 5
If you install in that order LR will automatically recognize Photoshop for external editing from the LR Library.

Switched from MAC to windows7

I recently switched from MAC to Windows 7 and i'm trying to pull the music from my ipod nano into windows 7 itunes. How can i do this? itunes just tells me the device is formatted for mac. Also itunes does not give my the disk mode potion for my device. Please help, i dont want to lose all my music.

MOV is a wrapper, what is inside YOUR wrapper - Exactly what is INSIDE the video you are editing?
Codec & Format information, with 2 links inside for you to read http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1270588
Report back with the codec details of your file, use the programs below... A screen shot works well to SHOW people what you are doing
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1070933 for screen shot instructions
Free programs to get file information for PC/Mac http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Download

Switching from mac to pc and syncing iphone

I am preparing to move from a macbook pro to a pc laptop. I have a first generation iphone that is synced over the air with exchange for calendars, email, and contacts. I currently sync with my mac for music through itunes.
I plan to install itunes on the pc, copy over the itunes library from the mac to the PC, and authorize my itunes account on the new pc and deauthorize itunes on the mac. After I do all this and plug my iphone into the new pc I am thinking that the iphone will be re-formated to work with the pc but that all my settings should be the same. Am I missing anything? I hope to keep all my settings the same on the phone and keep all my music.

Yeah, that's the first time I've heard that one (switching from Mac to PC). I know this doesn't pertain to your question, but why are you switching? I'm running Vista and my next comp will definitely be a Mac. In addition to AV, Antisypware, and a firewall, be sure to get a Registry cleaner and defragmenting program (unless you want to use the crappy one that comes with Windows). I'm looking forward to not having to spend so much time keeping Windows working right and money securing it.

Switching from mac to PC and using iTunes + iPod

I recently switched from PC to a Mac Mini. It's great, but I don't know how to move my music library from PC to Mac.
After that, what is the handling to do for using my iPod (previously used with PC) with my Mac now.
Thank you

Yeah, that's the first time I've heard that one (switching from Mac to PC). I know this doesn't pertain to your question, but why are you switching? I'm running Vista and my next comp will definitely be a Mac. In addition to AV, Antisypware, and a firewall, be sure to get a Registry cleaner and defragmenting program (unless you want to use the crappy one that comes with Windows). I'm looking forward to not having to spend so much time keeping Windows working right and money securing it.

Do I need an Antivirus if I have windows on my Mac and frequently go from Mac OS to Windows (7)?

I have been using a Mac and am thinking of getting windows 7 installed on it.
My question is, will I need an antivirus software?
- I will be frequently changing from Mac OS and Windows.
- I will only be playing games from (Steam and Origin).
- Will not be using it to download anything except games for steam and origin.
- I will have things like twitter open on chrome.
(emails I do not need to open on my computer)
- Nothing else will be open
Antivirus softwares are very pricy these days, therefore, if I will need one, is there a free alternative for an antivirus software? Or is it okay if I keep switching between Mac OS and Windows 7?
Thank you.

Thank you very much the very quick reply.
Will download Win7 now and check out Microsoft Security Essentials!
Again, thanks for the help.

HT1277 Switched from .mac to icloud & Mail rejects password

Switched from .mac to icloud and now mail rejects my password. Can't update user name to @me address either. What should I do?

Bruce Bob wrote:
Switched from .mac to icloud and now mail rejects my password. Can't update user name to @me address either. What should I do?
How did you do that? According to Apple, the system requirements for iCloud is OS X Lion 10.7.2 or later. You posted in the Snow Leopard forums and your system info is showing "Mac OS X (10.6.8)"

Trouble switching from Mac to windows in boot camp

Ever since my imac updated early last week I am having trouble switching from the mac side back to windows. Switching fromt windows to mac is fine. I do most of my work on the mac side graphics design but for my job some of the software we use only runs on windows and this is the side i have to use to clock in and out and do someother work on.
I am using the option button as I have for the past 3 months and it worked just fine but since this update i am having to try 4-5 times before I am successful. I can do it by shutting down the computer, pushing the option button then turning back on and that seems to work, well it did Friday at least, today its not working again, i am having to try 4-5 times yet again by shutting down the computer then turning back on and i really dont like doing that 4-5 times in a row just to switch back to windows to do one quick thing then switch back.
any suggestions?
Thanks for any help!

To see if it resolves the problem, from Mac OS try setting your chosen boot disk in Preferences -> Startup Disk. You can do the same to go back to Mac OS from Windows in the Startup Disk control panel.

Switch from Adobe CS5 on Windows to Adobe CS5 on a Mac?

Hello,
In December I bought a student edition of Adobe CS5 Production Premium for Windows from Amazon.com, but just a few months later I found out that the art department at the school that I will attend has a laptop requirement of a Mac. I don't want to have to pay for another license for CS5 since I will no longer be using CS5 on my Windows laptop. Is there any way that I can trade in the license without having to upgrade to CS5.5 on the way to switching to Mac? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Ithu

As a Mac user, I'm used to crazy requirements for Windows only so I sympathize!
There's another possibility: If you have an Intel Mac produced in the past four or five years, you can get free software from Apple called Boot Camp and run it on your Mac. You can run a Windows partition on the Mac and install your Windows version of Adobe CS5 there.
Here is more information on Boot Camp:
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
For a little more money, you can buy Parallels or VMWare so you can run your Mac and Windows partitions at the same time and quickly switch back and forth.

Outlook Email Client Switch from Mac to Windows

Switching from outlook windows to outlook for mac seems quite an easy task but the vide versa is not the same.
I have downloaded email files in outlook for mac that I need to import to outlook for windows.
The main issue is that I have deleted all the mails from the server and have saved emails in outlook 2011. Now uploaing these emails is taking ages and I am running out of time.
How can I transfer all these files from outlook 2011 for mac to outlook 2013 for windows???
helpful answers will be really appreciated

Hi,
Generally, we can export the mailbox data to an Outlook for Mac Date file(.olm file) in Outlook 2011 for Mac. As for Outlook for Windows, the default Outlook Data file is .PST file. If so, we need to find some third-party tools to convert OLM file to PST
file for Windows Outlook using.
Personal suggestion, we can consider to create a new imap account acted as a transfer mailbox. To do it, please follow:
1. Create a new IMAP account, such as a Hotmail.com account.
2. Configure the Hotmail account in your Outlook 2011 for Mac and import the exported OLM file to this account.
3. The imported data file will synced to IMAP account in mail server. We can login to the Web mail page to double check it.
4. If the data has been synced complete in Hotmail mail server, we can configure this Hotmail account in your Outlook for Windows. Then all mailbox data can be download to the local Outlook in Windows machine.
5. Now, we can drag the messages from this Hotmail account to your main account. Or we can export Hotmail mailbox to PST file for other Windows Outlook using.
Additionally, here is a similar thread about your issue:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/03082e4b-70de-4faa-a02c-77eb52d8781c/convert-olm-to-pst
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Winnie Liang
TechNet Community Support

Switching from Mac to Windows with no CD

Yes, I too fell in love at first sight with the nano, and will be giving my mini to my boyfriend (who got it for me in the first place). He uses PCs and Windows.
I did a search on reformatting the mini from Mac to Windows but all the answers seemed to involve installing the iPod for Windows software. I don't seem to have this anymore, and Apple helpfully doesn't provide it for download.
Sooo...how is my boyfriend to reformat my mini for PC? Will just plugging it into a machine loaded with iTunes for Windows do it?
Sorry if this is an often asked question; maybe what I should be asking is where or whether I can get the iPod for Windows software. Will whatever is provided with the nano work for the mini on a PC?

Download the latest version of iTunes and the iPod software updater onto the PC. Install iTunes, then the iPod software updater. Then run the iPod software updater, connect the mini when told, and choose to restore.

Switching from Mac to Windows. Do I need to buy a new Ps?

Hello there,
Since I'm planning on buying the Wacom Companion for being able to work on-the-go, I was wondering if I also needed to buy a new version of Photoshop.
I bought Photoshop CS 5 for Mac a few years back and don't really need a newer version. But at my Downloads page I can only find the option to download Photoshop for Mac and not Windows. Shouldn't I be able to download a Windows version as well or do I really have to spend another couple of hundred bucks on a new CS 6? That would blow immensely.
Kind regards,
Hans

$200 to upgrade and costs nothing to change to a Mac license.
Order product | Platform, language swap
I think Mylenium said that you can install and use the Mac version for 30 day trial while waiting for the swap to go through.

How to transfer multiple account emails from Mac Thunderbird to Windows Outlook 2013 ?

I have around 5 email accounts that I access at regular intervals. I have managed to keep these accouts from years and maintained each email in dufferent folders. Now I am about to give away my mac book and switch over to windows system. All I want is to
transfer the emails from Mac Thunderbird to Outlook in windows. I have transferred the datsbase files of each account from mac to windows laptop but dont know hoe to import these to Outlook 2013. These is no such option to import the thunderbird files in Outlook
2013.
Is there anything I am doing incorrect???
Please help me Migrate all the Thunderbird data to Outlook 2013.

You can add multiple accounts in Outlook and use them separately. But to transfer your emails from Mac Thunderbird you first need to convert the emails of Thunderbird to .PSt format in order to import into Outlook Windows.
There are multiple options available online as this is a common issue.
Look Here:
Export Thunderbird to Outlook Pst
I hope it helps you

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