Questions tagged [file-transfer]
Transfering files between locations on the same computer, or between separate computers
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How to transfer movie from android to ipad
I have a movie on my android external sd card. I would like to transfer it to play on my ipad. What is the simplest way to do this?
I have a very slow internet connection but both computers are on ...
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Bluetooth file transfer between Mac and android phone
I am trying to transfer a couple of images from android device to mac. As per the following links it seems that this transfer should be possible:
Apple support
HowToGeek - how-to-use-bluetooth-file-...
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Transfer data between two Mac via USB-C
I want to transfer files between two late 2016 MacBook Pros. I have a USB-C data cable from my external USB-C hard drive.
Can I connect the Macs using that USB-C data cable to transfer files?
Or do I ...
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How to copy thousands photos from Mac/PC to iPhone?
Is there any easy and fast way to copy thousands photos from Mac/PC to iPhone?
I tried Dropbox, but I have to export every photo one by one. Also I have tried AirDrop, but my iPhone does not show in ...
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Mac app shrinks when copied to USB
I have a Mac app that is 443,245,675 bytes.
When I copy it to a flash drive, the copied version is only 443,239,527 bytes and the app package becomes invalid (spctl -a fails).
This difference (6148 ...
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Exchange files between 2 Macs over wifi
Is there a quick an easy way to share files between two macs (OS X Lion) over wifi?
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Transfering PDFs to ipad on windows?
I got about 300 PDFs which I need to transfer to my iPad Mini 2 but when I press the add folder to library in iTunes on windows I am unable to get the PDF's on, I only get the .epub files up... Any ...
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Music files don't copy from iTunes to iPhone, appear grey with a dotted circle
When I drag music files from iTunes (desktop) onto a connected iPhone, many times the files just don't copy to the iPhone - the tracks appear in the list on iPhone, albeit grey and the most-left ...
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How can I get photos in iPhone by wire?
I need to get photos from my Mac to my iPhone, but best way I found was by AirDrop, but it is too slow (I need to transfer lot of photos).
I would think that it would be faster by wire, but I didn't ...
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Auto sync local files to remote
Are there any OSX tools that can watch for file changes in a directory then sync (SFTP) those changes to a remote server?
Basically I want to edit files locally (whatever files, whatever program) and ...
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Estimated copy time?
Copying Finder folders of JPEGs from new iMac 10.11.5 to new SanDisk 256GB flash drive, USB 3.0.
129 GB is taking three hours. Seems slow to me, does this sound right?
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How to add file(s) to an iPad in offline mode and read it in an app
I would like to know if it is possible to add files to iPad (or iPhone), while offline, and be able to read those files in an iPad app.
Maybe this is possible by connecting the device to a computer? ...
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Move or transfer only all the Screenshots from iPhone iOS 9.x to Windows PC?
These few links/ answers do not satisfy my question because Screenshots folder was introduced only in iOS 9.x as per:
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/8/8914505/apple-ios-9-beta-photos-screenshots
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what is the name and password for transfer server?
I want to transfer files between my Windows 7 unlimited computer and my Mac VirtualBox machine.
I followed this tutorial.
I did not set a password for my Windows computer
While connecting, it asks ...
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Why do file transfers take a long time to stop?
I encounter this problem a lot, and I've also had it on Windows.
It doesn't matter if it's over a network, or locally on a hard drive, but file transfers never stop when I click the stop button. They ...
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How do I copy files between OS X and Android 6 over USB cable?
I want to copy files from OS X (El Capitan) to my Nexus phone (which uses Android 6) and vice versa. And I just mean copying locally, i.e. over USB cable, I want to avoid overcomplicating things with ...
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How do I transfer video to iPad and password protect it?
Is there a way to transfer videos to iPad but at the same time password protect it? Or password protect a folder so that only people with a password can go into that folder?
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Resume file move after Finder crash (unmoved items appear washed out)
I was moving a large amount of data to an external drive. The Finder crashed (or appeared to restart) in the middle of the operation.
Now the files appear as "washed out" in the external drive (...
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How can I manage apps with File Sharing within iOS (without using computer)?
I want to know if I can manage (copy MEDIA (music or video) from it and paste MEDIA to it) the File Sharing folder of iOS apps using iOS devices (iPhone, iPad ...) without plugging the device to a ...
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Fast, fault-tolerant program/utility for massive file transfer
I'm copying 2 TB from one Thunderbolt external hard drive to a USB3 external hard drive. I started the process using command line program rsync with option -avz but this was very slow. I'm wary of the ...
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Get video from iPhone Videos app onto Mac/PC
So a friend of mine has a video in the "Videos" app under "Home Videos" that was created using iMovie on his Mac.
His mac has since been wiped and he's lost the video. It is however still on his ...
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Finder copying dialog freezing from time to time during transfer
I'm trying to backup 2tb drive I have connected to my mac to another drive using this enclosure via firewire 800: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/M3QX2KIT0GB/
The problem is that from time to time ...
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Copy Video from Mac to iPhone
How can I copy my video from my Mac and send it to my iPhone via a cable or wireless?
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Installing bbcp on OS X Yosemite
I'm trying to install bbcp (which is a fast scp alternative) on MAC, I tried with brew:
$ brew install bbcp
Error: No available formula for bbcp
==> Searching formulae...
==> Searching taps...
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Setting background image to dropbox file doesn't update background
Im trying to have my desktop background be an image stored on my dropbox account. My dropbox folder is linked in my home directory. When i set the background to this photo and then change the photo ...
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How to change file names in different folders?
I have lots of files with identical name, say "hello.jpg".
They are located in many folders, say
\aaa\hello.jpg
\bbb\hello.jpg
\adaage\hello.jpg
I want to change their name to
\aaa\aaa_hello.jpg
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Best way to split large media files for sharing
I have a large .mkv file that I am looking to share with a friend. My Dropbox limit is 2GB so I am looking for a simple way to split the file in to chunks of say 1gb, send them individually and the ...
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iChat: Very slow transfer speeds/Port Restricted
I have a 12mbps connection, so I know that my ichat transfers should be super fast. When I receive files from some people, my transfer rate is about 1k/sec, which is horrible. Why would this be ...
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Importing Photos from Lion to Yosemite Photo Library to External Storage Device
I recently upgraded to Yosemite. Before that, I used to have my library stored on my external hard drive.
Now I am panicking because while I was able to move my Yosemite Photo library to my external ...
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Finder copies files in two steps and does it as a transaction
I need to organize thousands of files between different locations and there is an unpleasant issue with file copying from a local computer to a NAS. The problem is that Finder copies large bunch of ...
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I need to batch move files from one location to another, and put them in pre-existing folders with the same first 7 characters
I am looking to automate moving large amounts of files.
Basically I have one location on our network full of .zip files.
They are all named like "12-3456.zip" etc.
I need to move each of these .zip ...
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How do you access shared folders on a Windows machine from a MacBook Air?
How do I connect to my Windows machine from my MacBook Air? I have tried using the Finder but it doesn't see the Windows machine.
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Transmit temporary file structure
Transmit normally stores files at:
~/Users/esemrow/Library/Caches/Cleanup At Startup/Transmit/300C3B29-9684-443B-9784-9316236D5795/index.php
Is there a way to have it mimic the remote file structure?
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Trying to transfer photos from iPhone 5S to Windows 8.1 machine; only about 25 of the 1000+ photos show up in file explorer
My wife and I are heading to Europe tomorrow and want to free up space for pictures on her phone. I use iPhoto on my mac, but we want to transfer her pictures from her iPhone 5S to our Windows 8.1 pc ...
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File from email on phone to computer
I have a large .mdb file attached to an email which I can only access on my phone, as it's being blocked by webmail on my home computer. I need to get it to my computer but when I try to forward the ...
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Downloading movies from TiVo Series 3 HD Recorder to Mac OS X
I have a TiVo Series 3 HD Recorder purchased in Dec 2006. For the past few years, when I have wanted to archive something from the TiVo to my Macintosh, I used iTiVo. However, this application has ...
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OSX 10.9 Sending files to a windows network drive
I have a mapped network drive on a windows tower. I can connect to it, I can read from it. I can't send files to it, though.
When I try and drag them from the finder window into the network drive ...
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Copy video files as is from iPhone 5 to Mac
Is there a simple way of copying video files (taken with the camera, so they are .mov) from iPhone 5 right to desktop using the USB cable? I thought of adding them to Goodreader, but Goodreader ...
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How to transfer large files from Windows to OS X without SMB?
A while ago I made a copy of my Aperture library on my Windows machine in case my Time Machine drive failed. My Time Machine drive failed last night and now I would like to restore this backup.
When ...
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How to transfer file (PDF) from imac to iphone when no internet
Does anyone know of any software that will allow me to send a pdf from my iMac to iPhone 5 when I have no internet please?
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How to transfer a file from iPhone to computer when there is no Internet?
I have a word doc saved as an attachment in my inbox. I can read it using my iPhone 4S, but I can't edit it, and anyway, I want to edit it on my MacBook Pro. But there is (was) no Internet where I was,...
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How to open the finder as root [closed]
I'm back some twenty years after my last Mac. I've got a brand new iMac running Yosemite and I do need to access an external HD formatted on (Gnu/Linux) ext4 (a journaling file system). I downloaded a ...
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Move files if file name doesn't exist considering extension
For example, in folder A, I have foo.jpg and bar.jpg. In folder B, I have foo.png and foobar.png. I only need one version of the file regardless of the extension, so I only want move foobar.png to ...
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Copy and move with Ultracopier without doing it through tray icon [duplicate]
So when you start Ultracopier this warning message shows up.
The replacement of default copy/move system is not supported and blocked by finder of Mac OS X. You need do the copy/move manually by ...
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Can I transfer an app to somebody else without having them to pay for developer enrollment?
I am an app developer, and I have to transfer an app to a company, so the app won't have my name under the title in the AppStore. So it looks like they made it. My question is, do they have to pay for ...
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Merging two systems?
I'm not too sure if this is the right title but anyway... I have an old macbook early 2009 that I bought through my school and purchased the digital software as well- I have no disks and I don't know ...
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Migration assistant to specific folder
I have a 290gb of data on my old mac. It won't boot up. I have a firewire cable and am going to transfer the data to my MacBook pro which has 590gb of free space. I want to use migration assistant, ...
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How to "archive" iTunes files with all metadata?
I recently decided to do a big cleanup of my iTunes library. I am low on disk space and have quite a bit of music that I haven't listened to since I was a much younger man, but I can't bring myself to ...
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Cant see the bundle folder on iOS 8
I'm a developer and usually I need to see my app folders with programs like iExplorer or iPad File Explorer and I installed the released to the public version of iOS 8 into a device and now I can't ...
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The simplest way to transfer photos from an iPhone to PC selectively (not sync-all)
Windows 7 user here, though access to a Mac (in case that'd be the only way to do this) wouldn't be impossible.
I know I could download iTunes and sync all the photos, but I have nearly 4000 of them ...