OS X :: Switching Computers - How To Transfer Data
Mar 27, 2009
iTunes Music,
My Email,
My Documents?
I'm putting in an SSD in my MBP and am planning to reinstall from scratch, the old harddrive will be put into an external enclosure that I will be able to access. Moving iTunes seems to be a simple matter of de-authorize computer and copy files over, am I right here? Documents are also simply drag and drop, but what about email? Is "Archive Mailbox" what I'm looking for? Is there anything else I need to consider (grabbing my bookmarks, but not any keychains).
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Jun 30, 2014
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.
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May 27, 2010
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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Feb 15, 2012
I'm contemplating the move to iCloud from MobileMe. I need to be able to sync an older Mac Mini G4 running 10.5.8 too. It can't run Snow Leopard or Lion, so this one issue is holding me back from the iCloud transition - I would have to replace that computer to do so, which seems ridicluous. I'm concious that I need to make a decision before the June shutdown of Mobile Me and need to plan.
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Oct 1, 2010
I have searched, googled, etc., and not found a satisfactory answer. Briefly, I have used my ITunes on our MBP and on an old Dell PC. At various times I have downloaded music, TV shows, movies etc to either system. Our AppleTV syncs with the Dell and purchased stuff is on there. I just bought a new 27" IMac and a qnap NAS. I want all the media to be on the NAS. How do I go about "merging" the ITunes data from the two computers into a single file on the NAS drive? Is there a way to do so - without losing stuff or without having to individually go through every single song, show, movie, etc.?
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May 27, 2009
I just got a new macbook 13 inch unibody with the base stats. Anyways, i chose to snag the iPod touch 16 gig since my 8 gig is already full. Is it possible for me to put all the songs from my old iPod 8 gig touch onto my macbook then into my new iPod 16 gig touch? None of the songs were purchased on iTunes, I got them other ways... Also what about the applications I have on my old 8 gig, I have wolfenstein 3d, Bloons, and a few others that I paid for and would like to have on my new iPod without buying again. new to this board if a mod could put it in the right place for me edit: Nevermind, I allowed my new mac to be one of the authorized computers and I'm able to transfer my Applications with the songs now.
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Dec 27, 2009
I have a 2006 macbook 2 GHz, upgraded to 4 gb ram and 160 HDD. I don't feel like i have enough space so i decided to purchase a new harddrive and decided a 500 GB would do me just fine Though, i have all my data on this harddrive. I was thinking on making a full disk Time Machine copy of my disk and then restoring the new harddisk with that copy. But i don't know where to place that copy, since it is like 130 GB which is quite a big archive.
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Mar 18, 2009
I just started to use about mba 2 months ago I purchased an imac today and i wanna transfer my data on mba to my new imac. how can i do that? I got time capsule.
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May 11, 2009
He needs to transfer the data from the old desktop to the new laptop. Does Windows have something like the beloved Migration Assistant of Leopard? What is the easiest way to transfer between the two?
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Aug 26, 2009
This Friday I am going to treat myself to a new MBP with the arrival of Snow Leopard. Are there any tips or pitfalls to be aware of when transferring data from old MB to new MBP? I plan on using Migration Assistant with firewire. SEEMS pretty straight forward. Need to transfer all applications and data. I still haven't entirely shaken my Windows past, so I am a bit nervous. Also, after the transfer is complete, what is the best/most secure way to wipe out the MB HD, reinstall OSX 10.5, and prepare for an ebay sale?
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Dec 5, 2009
Like many, very recently I took the plunge: 27" iMac / Quad Core / i7 / 1TB HDD / 8GB RAM and I couldn't be happier! What is the best solution for transferring data from an old hard drive (formally inside a PowerMac G5) to the brand new iMac? My first attempt was with the 'Akasa Integral HDD External Enclosure' however this doesn't appear compatible with the file structure of Tiger, let alone Snow Leopard. The PowerMac G5 tower itself has a failed power supply, so connecting from Mac to Mac isn't an option either.
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Apr 25, 2010
I have a unibody macbook model 5,1. I currently have it dual booted with windows-xp so I can play games(upgrading to 7 soon), and I want more harddrive space. I am debating between buying a new internal and simply upgrading or just getting external. Does anyone know if running games off of an external decreases performance? I was also wondering how hard it is to install a new harddrive and transfer all the data from the old one, also how do you transfer the data between harddrives?
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Aug 2, 2010
I just bought a new HD for my mac pro. I installed it in a blank slot and rebooted from the disk and am in the disk utility and don't what to do. I want to take everything from my old HD and put it on my new HD. How do I do this? Also, after I do this and remove my old HD, do I need to move my new HD into slot #1?
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Jun 26, 2006
We have two Mac laptops: a PowerBook (running OS 10.5 Tiger) and an iBook (running OS 10.4). In a very unfortunate accident the screen literally broke off of the iBook. (A little kid flattened the screen out, and just broke it off). The computer itself seems to be OK, but nothing shows on the screen of course (cables twisted out, torn, etc.)
My main questions are: I had a few very important documents, that I need to get from that laptop as soon as possible. Is there any way to connect the two laptops and access the broken computer's hard-disk that way? If yes, how would I do that? The broken computer starts up, seems to be working fine otherwise. I do have a firewire cable, could I use that one? How do I make the connection, meaning software-setup?
Secondly, the iBook was just over a year old. Is it worth getting it fixed? The screen itself is not broken as far as I can tell, but it literally broke off of the main body, and some cables seem torn. Otherwise this laptop was in perfect shape before, rarely used.
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Nov 10, 2010
Does anyone have a preferred method of transferring from 'old' to new?
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Feb 12, 2009
When I restart the g4/800mhz quicksilver while holding "t" it issues the sound of happiness and hums for a bit then clicks off. There is no regular error message on the imac but I did get "there is no osx disc on your old computer, etc". Is there any way to do this without having to be smart enough to put every file in the right place on the imac? These machines are supposed to be smarter than I am right? BTW every drive on the g4 has os 10.4 installed on it. I'm looking for that clean transition from one computer to the next. Also, is there some reason I wouldn't be able to install os 10.5 that came with the imac on a macbook/2.0?
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Dec 3, 2009
I want to transfer the existing data on my HD to a new SSD. I don't have an external enclosure. What would be my best option? Also, any "must do's" when/after installing an Intel SSD G2?
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May 5, 2010
Whats the fastest and easiest way to transfer all the data from the imac onto the MBP?
The MBP will have a clean install of snow leopard & some other applications installed such as parallels and office..
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May 13, 2010
I have a 13" MBP and just got a new 500gb HD to pop in replacing my 160gb one. I have about 200gb free on an NTFS external I was planning on using time machine to back up my system for seamless HD swap but as we know, macs don't play nice with NTFS. If possible, I would like to not have to re-install all my applications and such. I found other software (SuperDuper) that should do the same thing but none will play with my NTFS external. I guess my question is this: I have a SATA to USB adapter, can I: Plug in new HD via USB, Format to OSX Journaled, then do a time-machine backup to the new drive, pop in the new HD and be good to go?
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Jul 19, 2009
Am awaiting the delivery of my first Mac (Macbook Pro) and was wondering what way was best to transfer files (mostly photos) from Dell virus-ful laptop? I have a usb key, are they always compatable with Macs? Any other tips for first time user?
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Aug 22, 2009
I fortunately backed up all of my data from my old pc onto a WD external hard drive. I now own a mac and am trying to transfer the data onto it. When I plug in the external hd the little icon for it comes up and I can open it, but none of the files make sense to me. This is what they look like...
autorun.inf
Backups.backupdb
Documentation
Install.log
setup.exe
WD_Windows_Tools
WDsync
WDSync.exe
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.......................
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Mar 26, 2012
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
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Apr 8, 2012
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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Apr 25, 2012
How do I transfer my data from iMacG4 onto a new iMac?
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iMac, MacOS X (10.5)
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Jun 14, 2012
I have an old Mac, an LC. Back then, USBs were not even around yet nor were CDs for that matter. However, the information on it (max 40 Megabites, not gigs) is very valuable to me and I woul like to know how to transfer it to the iMac with Lion. It does have an s-video port and I remember connecting a modem to it at one time. Most data was transferred using 3.5 inch diskettes back then.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jul 3, 2012
I have a MacBook Pro with Lion OSX and I'm trying to transfer some large directories to my work computer.I wrote it to a dmg on DVD but can't open it on my PC. What should I have done to transfer these files.
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MacBookPro
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Sep 12, 2014
How do i transfer data from my macbook pro to my new macair?
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Dec 12, 2009
I've got an iBook G3 that won't start, no idea why. I've replaced it with a new MacBook (what an awesome machine), and I have data on the iBook that needs to be transferred. How do I go about this?
I'm presuming I will have to remove the G3 hard drive, but what then?
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Aug 24, 2010
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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Oct 9, 2010
I maybe buying a new iMac soon and I want to know will my leopard time machine back up data be transferrable over to snow leopard? I know you can't exactly do a restore because they are different versions but I want to make sure I can place back majority of the data I had on my leopard iMac.
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