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Transfering files Mac to Windows

  • 11-04-2008 5:55pm
    #1
    digidydaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭


    Hi,

    I am currently using an apple Mac OS X and I am looking to buy a new PC tht runs windows.

    Is it possible to transfer files via a cable from one computer to another and if so how would I go about doing it?

    Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to give me.

    D


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  • #2
    Breezer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭Breezer


    The simplest way is to plug both into a wireless router using an ethernet cable. You could also use an external hard drive. A crossover ethernet cable should also work if you don't have a wireless router, but I'm not even sure this is necessary anymore - maybe someone else could shed a bit more light on the matter?


  • #3
    ec18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭ec18


    I'd just use and external..seems the easiest way.


  • #4
    Creamy Goodness
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    Breezer wrote: »
    The simplest way is to plug both into a wireless router using an ethernet cable.

    [padantic]does it need to be a wireless router if they are both connected by ethernet cables[/padantic] :p


  • #5
    Breezer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭Breezer


    Cremo wrote: »
    [padantic]does it need to be a wireless router if they are both connected by ethernet cables[/padantic] :p
    ...........Shut up :p

    Fine, a router then ;)


  • #6
    digidydaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭digidydaz


    Thanks for the replies I'll get onto it as soon as possible :)


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  • #7
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    that's better ;)

    digidydaz just a note if you're going for the external hard drive method just be aware that mac's cannot write to NTFS (windows 2k + file systems) but can read from them. there is 3rd party software you can get to allow the mac to write to an NTFS partition/drive but i can't remember the name of it.


  • #8
    Breezer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭Breezer


    Also if you go with FAT32 (known as MS-DOS format in the Mac's Disk Utility) you're limited to a maximum of 4GB for an individual file. The router method would remove these limitations obviously.


  • #9
    McSandwich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭McSandwich


    Cremo wrote: »
    that's better ;)

    digidydaz just a note if you're going for the external hard drive method just be aware that mac's cannot write to NTFS (windows 2k + file systems) but can read from them. there is 3rd party software you can get to allow the mac to write to an NTFS partition/drive but i can't remember the name of it.

    Macfuse will do this, see:

    http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/


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