Please help me with file transfer info

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yakmasterjack

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hi, my mom got a power book g4 about 6 months ago that i took over and loaded about 8 gigs of music on, however i have a new emac arriving tomorrow. what is the best way to transfer all this music from comp. to comp?. i have an airport extreme system and the emac will have a card, is it possible over that?i know about using firewire as well, read about it in the help icon, but con someone further explain the best way to do this and how i can do it? thanks for your time and much needed help
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Forgot to mention…

Yes you can transfer it over the Airport network, but with 8gb it would likely take hours to complete.
 
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yeah, i think that sounds like the best way to do it. need to run down and get a firewire cable after school. thanks so much for your help and link, both very useful. thanks again
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Burn it to a disk and copy it over? ethernet.. fw..
 

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