Got a MacBook Pro this ThanksGiving

NeOnD · NeOnD #1 (**permalink**)

12-01-2010, 10:41 AM

As a gift to myself got a 15" MBP. I'm a nubie to Mac. Not able to figure out how to transfer my stuff from PC to Mac using USB

Any suggestions?

wavinwayne · wavinwayne #2 (**permalink**)

12-01-2010, 10:45 AM

Best way (in my opinion) is to save the files from your PC onto an external hard drive, them copy them from the external drive to your Mac. Others will likely chime in with different suggestions.

quin · quin #3 (**permalink**)

12-01-2010, 11:15 AM

I used Targus USB data transfer cable. It has its own tranfer apps within the cable. The apps open on both the PC side my Mac, then just drag and drop onto Mac folder threads. I think Windows may have it's own software for transferring.

NeOnD · NeOnD #4 (**permalink**)

12-01-2010, 12:01 PM

Thanks for the suggestion guys. I forgot to mention that it's the USB/Flash drive I was attempting to transfer with. Apparently Mac doesn't understand FAT32. Is that correct?

quin · quin #5 (**permalink**)

12-01-2010, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by NeOnD

Thanks for the suggestion guys. I forgot to mention that it's the USB/Flash drive I was attempting to transfer with. Apparently Mac doesn't understand FAT32. Is that correct?

Mac is compatible with FAT32, it's the NTSF that's not

NeOnD · NeOnD #6 (**permalink**)

12-01-2010, 12:32 PM

My USB drive was FAT32. What could have been the problem then?

RNDdave · RNDdave #7 (**permalink**)

12-01-2010, 12:39 PM

Did you get an error at all?

quin · quin #8 (**permalink**)

12-01-2010, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by NeOnD

My USB drive was FAT32. What could have been the problem then?

Does your Mac recognized the USB drive? If it's a brand new USB drive you might want to reformat in same FAT32 on your Windows PC. Sometimes new USB drive with factory format isn't recognized by a Mac. This had happened to me with a HP 4GB USB drive.

NeOnD · NeOnD #9 (**permalink**)

12-01-2010, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by quin

Does your Mac recognized the USB drive? If it's a brand new USB drive you might want to reformat in same FAT32 on your Windows PC. Sometimes new USB drive with factory format isn't recognized by a Mac. This had happened to me with a HP 4GB USB drive.

Yes. it recognizes but the contents are empty.

DarkestRitual · DarkestRitual #10 (**permalink**)

12-01-2010, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by quin

Does your Mac recognized the USB drive? If it's a brand new USB drive you might want to reformat in same FAT32 on your Windows PC. Sometimes new USB drive with factory format isn't recognized by a Mac. This had happened to me with a HP 4GB USB drive.

You'll actually want to format it using disk utility in Mac OS X, since the windows "formatting" "features" are complete garbage. Can't do more than 2gig chunks if going to FAT. OS X will format the whole disk to FAT.

wavinwayne #2 (permalink)
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NeOnD #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 27, 2010 Posts: 6	12-01-2010, 10:41 AM As a gift to myself got a 15" MBP. I'm a nubie to Mac. Not able to figure out how to transfer my stuff from PC to Mac using USB Any suggestions?
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NeOnD #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 27, 2010 Posts: 6	12-01-2010, 12:01 PM Thanks for the suggestion guys. I forgot to mention that it's the USB/Flash drive I was attempting to transfer with. Apparently Mac doesn't understand FAT32. Is that correct?
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NeOnD #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 27, 2010 Posts: 6	12-01-2010, 12:32 PM My USB drive was FAT32. What could have been the problem then?
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