Results 1 to 8 of 8
Thread: External HD Transfer
-
01-23-2010, 12:49 PM #1
- Member Since
- Aug 13, 2009
- Posts
- 17
External HD TransferI have two WD 2TB External HDs and the older one appears to be failing. While connected to my iMac's USB ports, can I transfer the data from the older one directly to the newer one without having to copy to the OS X HD first?
-
01-23-2010, 12:51 PM #2
- Member Since
- Jul 02, 2006
- Location
- Crawley, England
- Posts
- 4,558
- Specs:
- 20" Intel iMac 2.4 Ghz/3G Ram/320HD, Snow Leopard. PBook G4, 1.5Ghz/1.5 Ram/250 HD, Leopard 10.5.6.
You should be able to yes. What are you intending to move? If it's nothing that the OS relies on then you should be fine.
Try my custom Mac Forums Search Engine: Mac Forums Google Search
Please use the reputation system if you consider any help given useful (it's the little ✓/✘ on the left <---)
-
01-25-2010, 10:01 PM #3
- Member Since
- Aug 13, 2009
- Posts
- 17
My old WD external drive has a bunch of movies I transferred from VHS that include a lot of family events, even some from Super 8. I was just concerned that I couldn't just transfer from one drive to another without having to copy to the main computer first.
Thanks Kevriano.
-
01-25-2010, 11:39 PM #4
- Member Since
- Mar 12, 2008
- Posts
- 133
- Specs:
- 24" iMac 2.4 - 4GB RAM, Logitech S530 Kbrd/Mouse, Logitech Z2300 Speakers
Recently had a Seagate drive start clicking on me, so went out and spent the dough and bought one of the OWC Guardian RAID drive boxes and two 1TB WD drives. Feel much better having the double backup. Good luck with the transfer!
-
01-26-2010, 02:13 AM #5
- Member Since
- Apr 07, 2009
- Location
- Napier NZ
- Posts
- 3,307
- Specs:
- 27 iMac+Thunderbolt, iMac 20, 2TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4S
You might want to check out the Firewire scene if u have a bunch to move; my plan to use USB was quickly changed to Firewire 800;
Copying 52,000 files and 58 GB - USB 2.0 = 33 hour
Using Firewire 800 for same data - 44 minutes
-
03-20-2010, 11:37 PM #6
- Member Since
- Mar 20, 2010
- Posts
- 6
Question here?
So is a FireWire 800 external HDD compatible with FireWire 400 Plug? In another words will it work if I connect a FW800 HDD to FW400 laptop?
Thanks so Much!
MC
-
03-21-2010, 03:19 AM #7
- Member Since
- Apr 07, 2009
- Location
- Napier NZ
- Posts
- 3,307
- Specs:
- 27 iMac+Thunderbolt, iMac 20, 2TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4S
If you use this - yes, but it will be 400 speeds.
Firewire 800 to 400 Adapter
-
03-21-2010, 07:15 AM #8
- Member Since
- Mar 20, 2010
- Posts
- 6
Oh lovely, but would it still be a faster than USB 2.0?
Thread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Similar Threads
-
Transfer Time Machine backed up folders to external HD for transfer to a PC?
By Alcuinson in forum Switcher HangoutReplies: 2Last Post: 07-02-2013, 07:47 AM -
Best way to transfer PC based music external HD to a Mac external
By Jamiesound in forum Music, Audio, and PodcastingReplies: 1Last Post: 08-07-2012, 03:05 AM -
Cannot transfer from mac to external HD - not the typical external HD question.
By mgt17ga in forum Apple NotebooksReplies: 1Last Post: 02-29-2012, 10:53 AM -
Data transfer to external HD is less then .5 mb/s????
By wrinkledpants in forum Apple NotebooksReplies: 0Last Post: 04-12-2010, 04:32 PM -
How do I transfer my stuff to my external HD?
By mac73 in forum macOS - Operating SystemReplies: 8Last Post: 03-23-2009, 07:04 PM