Transfering files between locations on the same computer, or between seperate computers
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Transferring an iTunes library between Apple IDs, users AND computers?
Okay.
So I finally got my own MacBook Pro after a few years of sharing my mother's Mac. I have my own Apple ID and everything. The thing is... I spent hours, if not Days uploading music onto her ...
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How do I move GarageBand to a new Mac?
I have a copy of GarageBand 4 (I think it's branded as "iLife 08" in the retail box) on an old Mac. I bought a new Mac, and want to transfer the app to it. (By my reading of the license, this is ...
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What is the best way to move lots of photos between two iPads?
The business I work for currently has two iPads: One third generation and one fourth generation. They are each tied to a separate Apple ID. The third generation iPad currently has tons of photos and ...
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How can I transfer pictures from a USB flash drive with the Camera Connection Kit?
I would like to transfer a bunch of photos onto my iPad without syncing through iTunes.
I had the idea of using a USB flash drive and the Camera Connection Kit, but simply dumping the pictures into ...
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Transfer files from computer to iphone without using iTunes
Is there any way I can transfer files(songs) from my computer to my iPhone without using iTunes?
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Downloading movies from TiVo Series 3 HD Recorder to Macintosh
Background:
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 ...
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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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Fastest way to transfer a bunch of photos TO iphone camera roll?
what is the quickest way to transfer a bunch of photos (and videos) that come from an iphone to another iPhone's camera roll?
Sync with iPhoto/Aperture is not an option: they wouldn't end up in the ...
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file transfer from 10.4.11 to Mtn Lion
Will Migration Assistant let me transfer my files from my old Mac running Tiger 10.4.11 to Mountain Lion? I've read that it does not support moving files from 10.4 to Mountain Lion and didn't know if ...
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Why is AirDrop so slow?
I am trying different solutions to transfer some 1 GB size files between two Macs on my local wireless network (typically between me and a guest, both being physically in the living room). Here are ...
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Large copied folders. Byte sizes same, but file counts different
I have a few very large folders copied that have the exact same byte size as their originals, but different file counts (off by 1-10 items) than what they should have.
No errors were reported during ...
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lost iphone pictures after uploaded to iphoto
okay so my iphone was running out of space and i noticed i had over 1000 photos. like usual i upload them to my computer using image capture then at the bottom i click "delete pictures after" so they ...
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iPhone's Bluetooth - What? Why? How?
I googled a lot and read many documents. But I can't understand the concept behind iPhone's Bluetooth technology.
In my knowledge, Bluetooth was used for:
Transferring files between devices
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Large files in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
I have constant problems moving large files in Mountain Lion. When I say large I would say roughly 2GB or larger, which means nearly every iso and vmdk I touch. This can occur moving a file to or ...
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Is there a speed difference between copying files at the same time or after one another
We got a new Mac Pro server and I am faced with cloning 4TB of data from one, to the other via. Firewire 800 cable and Target Disk Mode. Oh for Thunderbolt.
Is there an impact on the total speed of ...
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TeraCopy like for Mac OS X? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a file copy utility for OS X that's similar to TeraCopy for Windows?
Is there any OS X app similar to TeraCopy in Windows?
I like where I can resume copy ...
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I want to upgrade my mac but not my microsoft package - can i transfer it?
I'm going to get a new machine but would rather invest my pennies in new illustrator software than Office - can I transfer my MS package? Thanks
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Can timestamps be preserved when copying files on OS X?
I'm interested in combining the files from three Macs by copying the files from each one into a single folder hierarchy of my design on an external hard drive.
In my past experience copying files in ...
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How to completely remove Folx on Mac OS X?
I installed Folx download manager on my MacBook Pro. I didn't like it, so I removed it from the Applications folder. I also searched for its dependent files in /Library/Preferences, but I found ...
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Force USB to accept a large file?
I have a 64GB USB (3.0) drive that is "compatible" with Mac OS. I can copy files from/to the disk at will. However, I want to move a file that is about 6GB to the disk. To my surprise, an error ...
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How to transfer a movie (.avi) from pc to iPad without iTunes?
I'm trying to copy a .avi movie-file that I ripped from a dvd that I own from my PC to my iPad. I've tried doing this with iTunes, to no avail, and frankly I'm sick of iTunes so I'm looking for ...
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muCommander: copy files excluding?
I run muCommander on Mac OS X 10.7.5.
I would like to set a copying options when I copy a folder/files: file mask, attributes(hidden).
P.S. The problem is when I copy one project to a different place ...
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Open an encrypted HDD/USB on Leopard?
Is it possible to access an external HDD or USB drive encrypted on Lion, through a Mac running Leopard?
In other words, is FileVault 2 encryption on volumes/partitions backwards compatible? (It ...
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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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Can Coda 2 be made to uploads to locations other than the root of a website?
I am using Coda 2 coming from Dreamweaver, and it all seems great.
However, uploading a file or 'publishing' (what's actually the difference here?) seems to stick the file in the root. Even when the ...
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How can I copy files from my Mac to PC via Microsoft Remote Desktop?
I installed Microsoft's Remote Desktop and connected to a PC. How can I share files between my Mac and PC?
When I use RDP on Windows, I can simply add a file to the clipboard and paste it inside the ...
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How to fix Quicktime error -2048 (doesn't understand file format)?
I recently transferred a movie made on iMovie from my iPad to my PC. It's a big file I transferred with Photo Transfer App. On the PC, Quicktime refuses to play the file. It gives error -2048 ...
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Moving a folder with “sudo mv”, how to preserve ACLs?
I'm moving a whole folder from one volume to another (both HFS+), using sudo mv, and thought ACLs would be preserved. However at the end of transfer I see that they haven't been kept, and since mv ...
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Lion always explicitly moves files to and from external drives
In Lion, whenever I drag and drop a file to or from an external drive to the local drive it always moves the file. If I'm not mistaken the default behavior is to copy the file right? Does anyone know ...
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Is there a way to force Finder to attempt to move something from a read-only folder?
Usually, if you hold down command while dragging a file (or folder), the Finder will move it rather than copying. This works if you want to quickly move something between volumes (the default is to ...
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bandwidth shaper or bandwidth controller App for Mac OS X
I'm looking for a bandwidth/packet throttle/shaper program with the following features:
Similar to Windows-based Netlimiter.
GUI based and not terminal or command line.
Shows list of all ...
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iPad 2 vob files after FTP transfer
I've transferred some VOB files to my iPad via FTP—I used UbiDisk, which stores the files in a “local” folder.
Anyway, now that I have the files on my iPad and I’m trying to play them with viPlay ...
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Move files from CineXPlayer to OPlayer on iPad?
I have found myself in quite a difficult position; before travelling I transfered some movies in the .MKV-format to my iPad-app CineXPlayer, unknowing that that app could not play that file.
Now I ...
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Looking for a tool to automatically two-way sync SFTP with local folder
I use OS X for development and I want to push changes to dev server on every ⌘+S.
When I check out a different branch, I want the local folder to update accordingly.
So I figured I need an ...
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Airdrop did not copy complete file
I have been using airdrop to transfere a ~100GB Aperture library from one Mac to another. After ~10h of copying, the file on the destination Mac was only 20GB of size. I was able to open the Aperture ...
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On what basis does the Finder update the file copy progression bar?
I want to know that the progression of the progress bar in OS X is based on which factors by the Finder?
Time (passing or estimated)
Number of files remaining
Size of files remaining
If possible, ...
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Transfer images to iPad from a second computer
I will be travelling this weekend and I will be carrying my iPad as well as my office laptop. Now, the iPad is set to sync with my home computer. I want to transfer images I click while on travel to ...
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How to copy a “corrupted” (but seemingly-working-just-fine) large VDI file off OSX?
I need to copy a 87 GB VDI file (the virtual disk of a VirtualBox Virtual Machine), off my old spring-2010 MacBook Pro (SSD) to then transfer it to my new work machine.
This Virtual Machine itself ...
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How can I transfer pictures from a Macbook Pro to an iPad I don't own?
My parents would like to have a copy of most of the photos that are stored within iPhoto.
I can't find the files on the hard drive, and don't know the best way to transfer them to an iPad that isn't ...
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What is the best way to copy 1000 pics from my PC to my ipad3?
I don't want to copy all of my pictures and i dont want to setup ongoing sync. I simply want to do a one time transfer of pictures in a certain folder from my windows PC to iPad
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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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Getting a file from my non-syncing Mac to my iPad?
My professor posted a reading assignment via PDF, and my iPad isn't rendering the website he set up so I can't download the PDF to iBooks.
I have my MacBook with me, but it's not the main computer to ...
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disk copy software, imperfect disk
I didn't find this question, but if it is here let me know.
I have a problem disk. I want to copy as much as possible from it before I scrap it. But there are many thousands of files, so manually ...
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Prevent Apple Double Format Files on Remote Share/Disk
I have a web application on a local Linux Apache server that scans a folder for new files and then processes them.
I have an SMB share to this folder and I use Path Finder to copy files over from my ...
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Playback during Copying
When I copied a movie over the Network, via Finder, back in 10.5 I could simply open it in VLC during copying. However on 10.7 it tells me the file is used by OS X and could, therefore, not be opened. ...
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Multi threaded file copy?
I was wondering if there exists a method or tool to copy a lot (thousands) of small files/directories using multiple threads?
Such a tool exists for Windows: RichCopy, Robocopy or vXCopy.
Cheers,
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Transfering files from PC to ipad 3 with out using itunes [closed]
Just got an Ipad3 and want to transfer files from PC/Win7 to Ipad 3 with out using Itunes.
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Where does Transmit 4 store temporary downloaded files?
If you have two remote locations in Transmit 4, say an S3 and an FTP location, and you move a file between these two locations, Transmit will automatically download that file, and then upload it.
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How can I keep copies of my iCloud documents in Dropbox?
More and more of my favorite apps are beginning to include support for document syncing via iCloud.
I like the idea of using iCloud to store my documents, but for several reasons I'm not ready to ...
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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 ...
