Transferring docs from DELL to Macbook pro, some files got corrupted or won't open.

I got my mcbpro with os lion and i transferred all of my documents from my DELL laptop on an external harddrive, however i can open some jpgs and word docs and others won't open giving: Item “NAME.JPG” is used by Mac OS X and can’t be opened.
Also, one folder that had all of my school docs is completely blank, and I have it backedup.
I do have the necessary apps to open these docs (for example office for mac, and preview for jpgs) and I can also open some word docs and jpg images I have so I dont really understand why those ones won't be opened.

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
http://www.macworld.com/article/153952/2010/09/superguide_switchingtoamac.html?l src=nl_mwweek_h_cbstories
And starting in Lion you can migrate the files from your PC to your new Mac.

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I got a new iMac yesterday and was trying to transfer data from my old macbook pro to iMac through time machine...
However, I encountered HUGE problems....
Background info: I set up a new account before I transffered my data.
Here is what I did:
I used migration assistance to transfer data. I chose to transfer everything listed on migration assistance from time machine to my new iMac.
After this process was completed, I switched to the transferred account from my newly-set account. Then I realized all the old stuf, (including the software problems + old apps such as microsoft 2008, had been transferred to my new iMac. what I really wanted were all the documents, pictures and music! Therefore I decided to delete this account....
Question 1:
1) I deleted the transferred account, then there was a windown came up asking me if i wanted to keep the home folder, I chose no. then mac started cleaning up and BACKING UP. Since I already had a copy of everything, I stopped the backup process....then this transferred account was deleted. However, everything was still on my mac that I don't have access to (at least I don't know how...) when I checked my mac stroage!
Could anyone tell me how to delete all the files I transferred from time machine to my new iMac?
Question 2:
2) how can i only transfer documents+pictures+music from my old macbook pro to new iMac through time machine without creating a new account? I want all the files to be directly transferred to my newly-set account...
LSS:
Question 1
I tried to transfer everthing from my old macbook pro to new iMac but i realized there were something I didn't want that had been transferred as well. Therefore I deleted this transferred account. However, all the files are still in my mac even if I have deleted that account. Could anyone tell me how I can access to those content and delete them?
Question 2
I just want the documents, music and pictures (from iPhone library) to be directly transferred to the newly-set account on my iMac through time machine (instead to transferred the whole old account to my imac) How can I do it??
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE OF GOING THROUGH THIS MESSAGE. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A HAND.
btw, you can totally see that i'm not a computer person at all....:( thanks for your help!!

I suggest starting over. Boot into Recovery mode, wipe the HD, reinstall the OS, and, on first boot, use the steps in Pondini's Setup New Mac guide to do the migration.'

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Nobody knows if Leopard will be compatible with your present software. Before upgrading to Leopard, I would though follow my FAQ* as far as upgrading:
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
Assuming you are talking going from an Intel iMac to a MacBook Pro on Tiger the Migration Assistant is all you need if there is enough space on the MacBook Pro. Otherwise if you have a PowerPC iMac, or don't have enough space on the MacBook Pro, see this user tip:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=0
Apple has left much of Leopard as a mystery, and all anyone knows is on http://www.apple.com/macosx/
Anything else is pure speculation, which we can't say on this board.
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I've lloked everywhere and I can't find the process to transfer my video from my HV20 to my Macbook Pro.
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Hello, let me first explain my situation before getting into my question. I work for a school that has recently purchased ipads for the classrooms as well as macbook pros. I'm attempting to transfer video take from an ipad2 on to one of the macbooks and have been unable to. I've used iPhoto, as suggested by several treads. When I plug the Ipad into the macbook, iPhoto recognizes the Ipad, but shows the ipad as having zero photos or videos to import. I'm I missing something? Is there another way to get the videos over to the macbook?
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Generally speaking, you can only import Videos that are in the camera roll album in the photos app on the iPad using iPhoto. Is this video in the camera roll?
It sounds like it is if you took the video with the iPad camera. Try starting all over again, quit iPhoto, restart the Mac and restart the iPad. It might not hurt to quit the photos app completely either before you restart the iPad. Double tap the home button, find the Photos app icon, tap and hold down until it wiggles, tap the red minus sign to quit the app. Tap the home button and then restart.
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Transferring Itunes from Imac to Macbook Pro

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i just bought a macbook pro, and hate imovie 8
how do i transfer imovie 6 from the imac to the macbook pro???
i thought a simple usb to usb connection would work, but that didnt work

Why don't you download IM6 from Apple which is a service provided for those with iLife 08 and who dislike iMovie 08 vs. 06?
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html
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Why are my Pages documents not syncing with iCloud, and what do I do about it? I have iCloud turned On, Documents and Data turned On to store on iCloud, I have 24.3 GB storage available, and I have Use iCloud turned On in Pages. What else do I have to do?
Once this is done, and assuming it works, why when I try to access the documents via iCloud on my MacBook Pro, am I being asked to buy Pages again (and being redirected to a page with Spanish instead of English)? Pages shows in my Apps on iTunes on this computer.
Also, I am logged on with my me.com Apple User ID on both devices.
iCloud is not the user-friendly solution it is advertised to be. My iDisk was working just fine.
Can anyone help me? Thanks!

Check out this conversation thread. One has to physically upload a document into the Cloud, they do not 'auto sync'. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3773754?tstart=0
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I have a 24 inch msc and just bought a 13 inch macbook pro and I want to transfer all my bookmarks and photos to my macbook pro. Can anyone tell me what kind of cable I need and how to do this

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I updated to MacBook pro last night and now safari won't open

I updated my MacBook Pro last night and since I did this I can not open Safari. It crashes and sends a report to Apple. Not tech smart enouh to figure it out can anyone give me simple suggestions?

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I updated to OS 10.8.2 and now Pages won't open
Please elaborate on what exactly you mean by it "won't open".
Do you try to launch it and get an error message from the Finder (for example, something like "This application is damaged and cannot be launched....")? Does an icon for the application ever appear in the Dock when you try to launch it? Does it start to launch and then immediately crashes (Finder will display an "unexpectedly quit" dialog)? Or does it start to launch and never seems to "finish" launching (in other words, it basically hangs and is unresponsive)?
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Is it safe to drag them to iphoto?
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I downloaded Quick Office HD, however when I tried to open a word doc from my email, I always get an error and it won't open

Did anyone experienced the same problem and how did you solve it?

http://www.quickoffice.com/quickoffice_pro_hd_ipad/
File support: Edit (97-2008) DOC, DOCX, TXT
This is curious that it doesn't support new versions of word.
I have to take a guess here. Perhaps it was in docx not doc format.
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Just bought MacBook Pro a few days ago, iPhoto won't open

Whenever I click on the icon, it says that my library needs to be upgraded to work with that version of iPhoto.
Do I have to buy iLife 09 or something for it to work?
I just switched from a PC to a Mac, and I am very confused.

Make sure that your boot drive is selected as the Startup Drive in System Preferences. What you describe is very unusual behavior. If your Startup drive is selected in Preferences, try booting to your Recovery partition (holding down Command and R on startup) and using Disk Utility to verify and, if needed, repair your hard drive.
If this doesn't help, you may have to take your MBP to your local Apple Store or an AASP.
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I tried transferring my iphoto library from my old macbook onto my new macbook pro (via external hard drive), but when i open the new iphoto, it seems to have transferred ALL images ever used on my old macbook. so i tried to just del

i tried transferring my iphoto library from my old macbook onto my new macbook pro (via external hard drive), but when i open the new iphoto, it seems to have transferred ALL images ever used on my old macbook. so i tried to just delete all those images so i could try a different approach to transferring, but the new iphoto won't let me do anything and every time i try to delete anything it crashes (since the image amount is so high). please help!!
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), iphoto '11, version 9.4.2

To move an iPhoto Library to a new machine:
Link the two Macs together: there are several ways to do this: Wireless Network,Firewire Target Disk Mode, Ethernet, or even just copy the Library to an external HD and then on to the new machine...
But however you do choose to link the two machines...
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