Transfering files between locations on the same computer, or between seperate computers
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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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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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Moving files >4GB from a Mac to a Windows box
Normally, when I want to take video files from my Mac to friends who use Windows, I move the files on a FAT32-formatted flash drive or external hard drive, but FAT32 cannot handle files larger than ...
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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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Is iTunes required for file management on the iPad?
Is it possible manage files on an iPad directly, or do all file transfer (music, movies, etc), have to go through iTunes?
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How do you add books to the Kindle app for iOS?
I might be overlooking something very obvious here but I cannot see any of the books I add to the Kindle app. Listed below are the steps I follow to add the books.
1. Connect the iPod Touch to my ...
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How do I use FTP via the command line to download all files?
I tried to use Filezilla and Cyberduck for file transfer over a simple FTP server. The problems I have is:
Filezilla: When I use it for file transferring, I check the "Activity Monitor", the "% CPU" ...
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Best way to copy all files, ignoring errors?
I have a partially corrupted HD that can not be repaired by Disk Utility, but which can be mounted read-only making the data on it accessible.
I am trying to copy all the recoverable contents onto a ...
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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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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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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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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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How can I transfer large files from Linux to iPad over a cable or wifi?
I am looking for a way to transfer large files to the iPad without using iTunes or pushing to and pulling from a remote server.
I run an Ubuntu laptop as my only OS at the moment and want to be able ...
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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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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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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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Automatically Mount a Network Drive and Copy a File to a Network Folder (AppleScript)
I've a rather complex task to solve. I don't use OS X, but now I have to provide some colleagues with a simple application that automatically copies a certain file to a network folder. Normally I'd ...
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Reliable, Simple Transfer of Really Large Files?
I want to be able to move really large video files (think 60 - 90 GB) between Macs in different cities on a closed network. I'd like to be able to go point to point, so no single-server or cloud-based ...
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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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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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Merging folders when copying & pasting in Finder
I've recently switched from Windows 7. One Windows feature that I'm missing is the possibility to merge folders (the German version of Windows is calling this "integrate") when copying & pasting ...
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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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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 ...
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iPhone save PDF file and view it
I have a PDF file on my Mac and I want to copy it into my iPhone and then read it.
How can I do that?
I already tried to plug the iPhone cable into my Mac, but it seems Finder doesn't let me save a ...
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Why is my ethernet connection between two Macs so slow?
I'm currently trying to port all my old stuff from an old Power Mac G4 (MDD) to a newer Power Mac G5 (Late 2005). Both have gigabit ethernet and so I decided to connect the two via ethernet cable ...
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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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What's the best way to transfer ALAC files between computers when subscribed to iTunes Match?
I've pretty much uploaded everything to iTunes Match now, but my collection is across two computers and so it has merged everything together... Which is fine. However, I was planning on moving some of ...
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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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1answer
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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 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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1answer
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What does preparing to copy mean?
I'm trying to copy a large amount of files from a hard drive to a time capsule. Around 200 GB.
Normally copying files in OSX is quite fast and simple, but I found this unmanageable, as before it ...
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Why are my browsers only downloading some files but not others?
My 12 month-old MacBook Pro just suddenly seems to not want to download certain files.
This sounds like a silly noob PEBKAC but it's not! For the past few weeks, most files that I click on in my ...
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Accessing files from Mac OS X in VMWare Fusion?
I'm running VMWare Fusion on a Boot Camp partition. When I launch the virtual machine, I see the C:\ drive which is the BOOTCAMP partition, but I don't see the other hard drive (D:) which is visible ...
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Copying data from PC to MacBook Pro
I am going to purchase a 15.4" Macbook Pro by this month. I have a Windows laptop at this moment. Can I transfer my data from from a NTFS formatted disk on my PC to a Mac?
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Connect to an UPnP Server as guest
I can connect to my UPnP file server (the server is my ASUS router actually) via Connect to Server (⌘+K) diagram in Finder (By the way this server don't show up in Network folder). I don't have write ...
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iPhone 4 space used but not allocated
I've been using the (iPhone) app Flash Drive, which you can use to start a http:// server on your phone and connect to it using Finder and transfer files. I recently transferred a .mkv file of over ...
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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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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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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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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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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 ...
