Transfering files between locations on the same computer, or between seperate computers
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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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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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Simple File Transfer Logs
This may be a general Unix question rather than a OS X question.
I want to log general file transfers on OS X, whether it be from and to the same system or to another system, but to keep it simple ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Songs refuse to transfer to iPad
I'm copying an album of non-DRM songs from iTunes (where they all play just fine) to an iPad. Three of the songs on the album were downloaded through the Bandcamp purchase interface (let's call it ...
