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Dec 10, 2014How do i transfer information from my external hard drive to my new mac during initial setup?
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Mac Book
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Intel Mac :: How To Transfer PC Information From External Hard Drive
Apr 2, 2012I had an external hard drive I used for my pc with things on there I wanted to move over to my IMac. When I try to use it, the IMac wants to wipe it clean. How do I transfer the information from the external hard drive to the IMac?
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iMac
OS X Yosemite :: Use Time Machine To Transfer Some Of Information From External Hard Drive To Mac Mini
Dec 2, 2014Computer: Mac Mini, 2009 or so, 160 GB HD (about 50 available), Yosemite.
Issue: Set up a separate user and trying to import information from a Mac Book that is having issues. Mac Book was backed up to an external HD via Time Machine
Question: Is it possible to use time machine to transfer some of the information (photos, music, files) from the external hard drive to the Mac Mini? Is it possible to extract the information from the hard drive by connecting it to the Mac Mini without using Time Machine?
MacBook Pro :: Transfer Information From A Removed Hard Drive?
Apr 1, 2012how do i transfer information from a removed hard drive to my macbookpro?
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MacBook Pro
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Migration Assistant File Transfer After Initial Account Setup
Mar 25, 2012I tried using the migration assistant to transfer files (mainly pictures and word documents) from my old windows xp machine to my new macbook pro after the initial account setup, but I cannot find them. I know they are on the computer because of the decrease in free hard drive space. I had read on the internet that it may have created another user account and put the files there, but when I check in the users and groups, the only other account it shows is the guest, which I had had disabled. I would like to find out where the files are, and how I may be able to get them.
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Power Mac :: Transfer Information From One Hard Drive To Another Hard Drive
Mar 15, 2012Transfer information from one hard drive to another hard drive
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PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), G5 dual 2.0 processors
MacBook Air :: Cannot Pass Information From Mac To My External Hard Drive
Apr 9, 2012I have an external hard drive that I use to use with my old PC . On the external hard drive box it says its compatible with both windows and Max os x. I can pass files from my external hard drive to Mac but I cannot pass files from my MacBook Air to my external hard drive. No messages comes up or anything explain why it simply doesnt allow me to do so. What can I do?
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MacBook Air
MacBook Pro :: Remove Information On External Hard Drive?
Jun 3, 2012How do i clean my trash on a external hard drive. Ishuts down when i try to empty trash on the external hard drive.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
MacBook Pro :: Backup Data On Hard Drive When Time Machine Is Setup On External Drive?
Sep 5, 2014Basically I have a 750GB hard drive in my Macbook Pro and over 300GB is taken up with 'BackUp' data. This is more than the total of everything I have on the drive other than that. Time Machine has always been setup on an external drive and when searching all files on the Macbook there is nothing for backup files so don't know where it is coming from.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
IMac :: Setup Partition To Transfer Old Hard Drive?
Sep 9, 2010My old MBP has a 320gb HD, my new iMac has a 500gb HD. What I am thinking is to create a partition on my new HD for 320gb and leave the remainder 180gb alone. Can I do this and is it possible? My new iMac has snow leopard and my old MBP is running leopard. Will this cause problems?
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Mar 22, 2012I can't transfer from my external harddrive on to my mac for some reason it's unable to complete the transfer of 78.6GB of music there is over 400GB of free space on my mac as it's only one day old!Â
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MacBook Pro
MacBook :: External Hard Drive Does Not Have Transfer Limits
Feb 21, 2009I just bought a Western Digital 1TB My Book Essential Edition external hard drive. I have a lot of videos, stored as disk images, from my HD camcorder on my MacBook that I want to copy onto the external hard drive for storage and also transfer to my other MacBook. The problem is that this hard drive is setup so that it will not transfer any file over 4 GB. A lot of these disk images are over 4GB and thus will not transfer. Is there any way to reformat this external HD to a system that will allow transfer over the 4GB threshold? If so, can someone please explain the process to me in as much detail as possible? If not, can someone recommend an external HD that does not have transfer limits?
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May 5, 2012I had to get a new hard drive put into my macbook pro because it was failing. So, I moved all my data onto an external hard drive so I would not lose anything. But now I cannot get iphoto or imovie back onto my computer. It says I cannot open it because it is a time machine back up. I don't want to have to purchase iPhoto and iMovie again just because I had to replace my hard drive.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: Transfer Files From External Hard-drive Onto It?
Jun 15, 2012How do I transfer files that were put on my external hard-drive (from my old Macbook Pro) via Time Machine onto my new Macbook Pro?
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MacBook Air :: How To Transfer Files Onto External Hard Drive
Aug 22, 2014I had no issues taking files from my external hard drive and transferring them to my new macbook air. However, I cannot download the photos I just added from the macbook air to my external hard drive.I do not want to erase my external hard drive as it has many many files on it from computers past. Â
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Mar 1, 2010I am assuming firewire would be the quickest, what about the firewire 800 or w/e it is in the macbook pros though? Is USB 2.0 significantly slower than the firewire? I want to buy a external HDD that is around 500gb in size and can transfer over files just like my normal HDD is. 100% of the time that the MBP is home it will be attached to this. I want to put almost everything there is on my laptop over onto the external hard drive except for stuff I need (which then I'd just pull it onto the desktop) when I leave the house. I'm assuming the western digital 500gb passport essential is the best buy, but I don't know much about it at all. It's only USB 2.0, which sounds like the slowest option when you throw firewire in the search.
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May 13, 20091. Can I setup the external hard drive to be partitioned so I can keep photos on one partition and the backup on another? How?
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Hardware :: External Hard Drive Setup
Feb 17, 2010I'm planning on purchasing a new MBP whenever Apple releases the upgraded models. I was also planning on purchasing a 1TB Time Capsule because 1. I need a new wireless router and 2. I wanted to be able to transfer recordings from my DirecTV DVR to the TC for later viewing. In addition to being able to use Time Machine relatively seamlessly, I liked how TC offered both the wireless router and the external hard drive in one solution. But after digging around a bit, I've found that the TCs are somewhat unreliable (overheating, 5Ghz signal issues, etc.) and it won't actually allow for transfers from the DVR. So my question is...what would I need to buy to be able to utilize Time Machine in a manner that is similar to TC allows and also be able to transfer recordings from my DVR? Or even better, is there a way to set up TC to be able to do what I'd like for it to be able to do?
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Feb 2, 2012I just bought my first mac (yay!) and am trying to transfer my files off of my old pc. The problem is that I stored all my personal files on an external hard drive, which is of course formatted for windows. My mac will open it, but it is "read only." I tried plugging it back into my pc and using the Migration Assistant to transfer my files over, but it was not detected (rest of the pc was).
However, the second time I tried plugging it in to my pc, it told me it would need to be formatted first. Obviously my mac has changed something on it, and now all my personal files are on a hard drive that is unusable by either my old pc or my new mac!
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MacBook Pro :: Can't Transfer Stuff To External Hard Drive (NTFS Formatted)
Aug 25, 2014My Seagate hard rive is saying that it is formatted NTFS when I plug it into my new mac. I have only ever used it on a mac and it didn't ever say this when i used it on my old computer.. Im not quite sure what to do because I have no where to put all my stuff to reformat it?
Also I made sure when I bought the hard drive that it was both windows and mac compatible...
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Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
PowerPC :: External Hard Drive Setup For Mac Powerbook
Mar 26, 2007A while back I bought an external hard drive for my PC, but then ditched the PC and decided to hook up the hard drive to my Mac. My External Hard Drive is a: 149.1 GB WDC WD 16 00JB-00GVA0 The problem is, I can access all the information but it will not let me do anything on the external harddrive (Like creating a file, copying and pasting a file on there, etc.) However, I can save Torrent downloads on the harddrive, but they do not show up on the actual external hard drive. But, when I press the "Find/Show directory" button in Bittorrent it does find the files. Is there something I need to do, Or is it just incompatible with my Mac?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Mac OS X Tiger
MacBook Pro :: Transfer Mac Files Onto A Windows NTFS Formatted External Hard Drive
Dec 4, 2014Is it possible by any means to transfer mac files onto a windows “NTFS" formatted external hard drive...?? Â
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
OS X Mavericks :: How To Setup External Hard Drive To Mount At Boot (without Any Login Action)
Dec 1, 2014First the Details:
MacBook Pro, Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013
OS X Mavericks 10.9.5
USB 3.0 External Hard driveÂ
I am currently using an external drive for my user storage. Right now I log in with a separate User account to mount the drive, log off, and then log in with my user. I am trying to remove the extra steps so I can boot my Mac and log right in. I have not found any method that pertains specifically to Mavericks, and all of the methods I have tried for older OS versions do not seem to work properly. Â
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MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
OS X :: Cannot Transfer Files From Mac To External Hard Drive
Nov 18, 2010My friend wanted some files to be transferred to his external hard drive from my Mac. As he is a Windows user, I guess his hard drive is formatted for Windows as well. As I plug in the hard disk in my Mac, I can't transfer the files. It says something like "the disk cannot be modified". So, please help me on how can I transfer this files from my Mac and if I do format it to work with the Mac, will it work for Windows later?
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Sep 22, 2010I have plugged in my External drive to my MacBook Pro, and it's all fine when I open the files in it. But as I try to transfer files to my hard drive, it won't transfer. Instead it keeps denied and the same goes when I try to transfer some files to another persons hard drive.
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Jan 12, 2011My new iMac is arriving tomorrow and I need to transfer everything over to it. I know about Migration Assistant, but I want to know if there will be any complications due to the data I have on an external hard drive.
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Mac Pro :: External Hard Disc Drive Transfer - Hdd Need To Be Reformatted?
Jul 25, 2009I have a 1TB external hard drive I use for backing up my digital camera pics. I have been using it on my parents compaq presario. However I recently made the switch to a Mac and bought a early 2005 Power Mac g5 dual 2.0ghz with osx 10.5 on it. The question I want to know is, if I unplug the drive from the presario and plug it into the back of the g%, will the files show up or does the drive need to be reformatted?
If so i'll just back everything up and reformat it and switch the drive to my computer.
IMac :: How To Transfer Files To External Hard Drive
Oct 15, 2009I have an IMAC and I am having problems transferring video files I download to my external hard drive. I had trouble playing the files at first because it was not readable with Quicktime. I downloaded VPN and it played with VPN. I don't want to save those files on my computer so I would like to transfer it to my external harddrive. When I try to drag it over, it won't let me drop it in. I am new to the MAC world. Is there a way to choose where it will save itself right before you download like there is on windows. I click on it and it does not prompt you, it just starts downloading.
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