December 2009
Beginner
652 pages
20h 40m
English
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Chapter 5. Seven Ways to Transfer Your Files
A huge percentage of “switchers” do not, in fact, switch. Often, they just add. They may get a Macintosh (and get into the Macintosh), but they keep the old Windows PC around, at least for a while. If you’re in that category, get psyched. It turns out that communicating with a Windows PC is one of the Mac’s most polished talents.
That’s especially good news in the early days of your Mac experience. You probably have a good deal of stuff on the Windows machine that you’d like to bring over to the Mac. Somewhere along the line, somebody probably told you how easy this is to do. In fact, the Mac’s reputation for simplicity may even have played a part in your decision to switch.
In any case, this chapter describes the process of building a bridge from the PC to the Mac, so that you can bring all your files and settings into their new home. It also tells you where to put all of them. (The next chapter is dedicated to the slightly hairier process of getting your email and addresses copied over.)
As it turns out, files can take one of several roads from your old PC to your new Mac. For example, you can transfer them on a disk (such as a CD or iPod), by a network, or as an attachment to an email message.
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The first part of this chapter covers the mechanical aspects of moving files and folders from your Windows PC to the Mac. On Transfers by Bluetooth, you’ll find a more pointed discussion of where to put each kind of data (mail, photos, music, ...
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