I would like to transfer all my data from a Windows 7 PC to a Mac and I’m told this will open a second account on the Mac.
The existing account (on the Mac) is in my name and I don’t want another account of the same name (even with the usual 1 or 2 added).
Is there a way to completely delete the existing Mac account before I begin the transfer? And will this solve the problem?
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
I have 2 versions of OS X running on my mid-2012 MacBook pro. They're on separate partitions. I want to put everything into Mavericks and just use Mavericks exclusively.
Can I simply open the 'disk' (which contains the partition with the other OS X installed on it) in Finder, locate what data I want to copy and put it straight back in to the Mavericks partition (copy and paste) or do I have to put it on a removable hard drive while booted in to the other partition and do it that way?
Ideally I want to get rid of the other partition with the other version of OS X on it. Can I safely destroy that and re-allocate that 100GB back in to my Mavericks partition without any issues or will it have an effect e.g. loss of data/settings even though all my data and applications with the exception of anything I created while using the other version of OS X on the other partition... which I understand would be lost if I formatted the disk or deleted the partition without saving a copy of that elsewhere first.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
I have a time machine backup on an old firewire drive. My new laptop does not have a firewire port so I was wondering if I can just copy the time machine files onto a new thunderbolt drive and use it to migrate data to my new computer.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
Is it possible to transfer a Mac App Store game between computers while saving the game data?
I searched my Finder but the only think that shows is the app itself - but the file size is the same as when it was first downloaded so I was assuming the game data must be somewhere else.
I am purchasing a new Macbook Pro this evening. What is the easiest way to transfer all of my data from a Windows based PC?
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Now, when I boot into Windows I cannot see the empty data partition: but it's visible and mounted when I boot into Mac side.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
i just got a new macbook pro 13" laptop and am trying to transfer my itunes music as well as some data i have compiled into a single folder from my (2005) Powerbook G4 12" laptop. Please help me out with this i have no idea how to do this and the Apple Store said they will do it for $100 and i just poured every penny i own into this computer and cannot sell me old computer to pay bills until i transfer this data.
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earthsaver - Aug 10, 2009 - 10:37 pm Backups.backupdb is the folder containing Time Machine's backups of your Mac. Normally you wouldn't want to delete this, however since you used this hard disk with your PC, it's probably partitioned as Master Boot Record instead of Apple Partition Map; the latter will function better with your Mac.......................
I just purchased a new Mac Book Pro and want to get data from my old PC's transferred over.
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MacBook Pro, Ju
my pc had packed up however i manged to remove the hard drive. I am able to access the data through usb and now wanted to know how to transfer mails to outlook on my mbp. I was unable to back up my mails prior to my pc packing up..
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iMac, MacOS X (10.5)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBookPro
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