Questions tagged [file-transfer]
Transfering files between locations on the same computer, or between separate computers
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Configuring an SSH tunnel with Transmit
Is there any way to configure Transmit so that it connects to an SFTP server through some SSH tunnel? (without having to launch the SSH tunnel via command line)
E.g., with WinSCP on Microsoft Windows,...
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Transferring photos between iPhones keeping metadata
I want to transfer all photos from my old iPhone 6 to a new iPhone 7 Plus(both running iOS 10.3.2, if relevant). Since my iCloud is full, I first thought about iTunes, but many photos are shown as ...
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In a copy operation why does macOS Big Sur send a lot of packets to the hard drive it is copying from?
Copying a large file from an external hard drive to a Mac, shows a lot of packets first going to the hard drive.
Then there is a period of no disk activity.
Then what I expected happens, packets ...
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Unable to Drag and Drop files/directories from local Mac (High Sierra) to remote Mac (Mojave) via screenshare
I have a user who cannot drag and drop files from her local Mac (High Sierra) to her remote Mac (Mojave). She can copy and paste text but not transfer files. It comes up with a small grey forbidden ...
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Path to iOS ‘On My iPod folder
I have a iPod touch 6 running the latest version of iOS 12. I want to somehow copy a local folder onto my laptop. The folder have about 3800 images on it and it takes up about a gigabyte of storage. I ...
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Error Code -36 Copying Files from Windows NT Formatted Drive to exFAT Drive (select files only)
The gist of the problem is this: I have a large amount of video and audio footage that I need to consolidate from multiple drives - namely this Windows NT Filesystem formatted Seagate Expansion Drive ...
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Transfer WhatsApp chat history from Windows Phone to iPhone
I was trying to restore WhatsApp chat history by method described by "oa-" user here on the forum. But can not ask him directly Transfer the WhatsApp Windows Phone Backup file to Iphone
The "...
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MacBook stops recognizing Android USB until restart
For years of development I've never had this issue. Today my Galaxy S7 Edge (Android 7.0) suddenly isn't detected via USB connection by my MacBook (El Capitan). AFT, adb, Unity, nothing detects it any ...
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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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Extremely slow copies from external drive on M3 MacBook Pro but not Intel MacBook Pro
I recently got a 14" MacBook Pro (M3 Pro, running macOS 14.3.1) and I've been trying to transfer my files over. I tried using Target Disk Mode (with two different cables, one USB-C and the other ...
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If I download a file from safari to a location that is an FTP/SFTP server will it be downloaded directly to the server?
I have an SFTP server mounted to my iPhone’s filesystem with the help of a third party application. If I download a file from safari will it be downloaded to my device and then uploaded to the server ...
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Why can't I AirDrop a folder or .zip of files to iPhone's Files app?
I have files on a Mac that I want to copy via AirDrop to the ‘Files’ app on my iPhone for backup purposes. They are .html, .css, .js, and similar web formats.
I do not need to modify these files on my ...
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Unable to send compressed zip file from a Mac
I was given a Google link to upload a zip file containing some python scripts and screenshots. But for some reason I wasn't able to click on the required zip file when the Finder opened up, but I was ...
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How to transfer terabyte of data faster?
I have a terabyte of data to copy from old external HDD to new external HDD.
By the way the new hdd is encrypted via DiskUtility.
I'm using macbookpro,two hdd's and two apple's USB-C to USB Adapters ...
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Unable to send files using AirDrop from iPhone to Mac
I keep seeing this issue where I am unable to send files using AirDrop from iPhone to Mac. The iPhone does not show Macbook when sharing the file through AirDrop.
I have ensured that the Allow me to ...
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The exact steps for adding an audiobook to iPhone 2020 SE
On contrary to what I wrote half a year ago and what someone wrote ten years ago this is again not working.
I think I have passed all the prerequisites:
I am using the same account on both my PC (...
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How to copy all content of a folder excluding one filetype?
I have a folder containing 74 subfolders, that has a number of aliases strewn about within it. I'm trying to copy the entire top-level folder (and all of its contents, obviously) over to Google File ...
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General computer slow-down while transfering files
I frequently need to transfer files between 10 GB and 1 TB as part of my work, typically between external drives and network servers. Whenever I transfer files, the computer slows down to being ...
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How to exchange simple text files with Messages, WhatsApp with any recipient
I often have to send simple text files to recipients working on Mac, iPhone, PC running Linux, Windows, mobile running Android. These files are slightly formatted (just tabs and returns) to be easily ...
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Files "can not be copied to the iPad because they can not be played on the iPad"
I have added some PDFs on iTunes:
When I tried to drag the files into the Stephen's iPad on the left nav the following message appears:
I have tried the other PDFs and all result in the same error.
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Microsoft RDP 10 File Transfer - Specifically .mtw files in Minitab 17
Does anyone know how to open files from Mac in Microsoft Remote Desktop 10? I'm specifically looking to open .mtw in Minitab 17.
I tried changing the folder to my "Macintosh HD" folder and also tried ...
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USB 3 data transfer very slow (around 8MB/sec.) - How to find the bottleneck?
I am transferring data from a backup to a 15" Macbook Pro mid-2012 (Non Retina). The backup is a clone of a drive of another MBP done on a 2.5" Hitachi Touro drive with a USB-3 interface. The drive in ...
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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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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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some file system operations very slow, ssd
(macbook air 2012, noticed before I upgraded to mavericks)
on my SSD, newly downloaded files or newly created folders take a very long time to be moved, viewed, or examined. I have 1/5th of the free ...
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How to connect iPhone with MacBook using AirDrop?
I have MacBook pro and iPhone 5S. when I tried to send file from MacBook to iPhone using AirDrop my laptop not finding my iPhone. Is there is any solution or additional settings needed?
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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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Drag-and-drop files to another folder on the Path Bar?
In Finder, you can show the Path Bar (View > Show Path Bar). Is it possilbe to select a group of files and drag-and-drop them to another folder there? For example, I may want to copy/move file1 and ...
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Throughput between MacOS and Windows devices limited to 100Mbps, how do I remove the bottleneck?
I am using an M1 MacBook Air on the latest OS Update and a Windows 11 desktop PC and I would like to move files between them in the realm of a couple of GiB (1-100, so transfer speeds do matter).
They ...
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Why do I get a deadlock warning for a simple job on a cloud file?
I have a file that sits on a Cloud directory managed by a cloud storage service that uses the Apple FileProvider API. No, this is not iCloud, but this is apparently the same API framework in use.
The ...
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How to mount and get full access to an apfs partition from linux
I broke my laptop some how (I think from overheating). I dual-boot linux on a Macbook that has got a T2 chip. I can't boot up MacOS, but for some reason linux does. I've got a couple of files in my ...
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Select files from the "Photos" app on iOS
How can I select files from the "Photos" directly, without first manually copying from the "Photos" app to the "Files" app?
Currently, in order to send the original, ...
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MacOS plug and play for Android file transfert
I am following up from a question I have already asked on Android Stackexchange back in 2015. We are now in 2023 and it looks like macOS and Android are still not able to pair well... I have still an ...
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How to copy files from iPhone to Windows PC?
First time iPhone user and this does not exactly seem like a straightforward process.
I have a number of files on my iPhone that I'd like to copy over to my MS Windows PC. Most of them live in the ...
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Can I transfer a high quality video to my iPhone?
I'm a filmmaker who shoots Super-8, 16 and 36mm film.
Cameras shoot between 15 and 80 frames per second and the frames are later scanned one by one in 4k or 8k scanners. Each frame has grain and ...
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Transfer files between a Mac with Apple silicon and another Mac
I'm trying to follow this guide here.
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/transfer-files-a-mac-apple-silicon-mchlb37e8ca7/mac
I have Disk Utility up on my Apple silicon Mac, but I don't see Start ...
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How to access files in folder on iphone 6 IOS 14.8
I recently installed an app on my phone that converts photos to PDF. The PDF is too big to email to my Windows10 PC so I saved it in a folder on my phone and would like to access it via iTunes or ...
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I clicked Replace instead of Merge and it wiped the folder. Where did my files go?
I had about 4gb of important files inside 'Folder A' in Documents. I tried to transfer some files from my external drive to 'Folder A', so I copied the whole folder from my external drive, and it ...
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SFTP access to OSX stopped working
I have enabled Remote Login in System Preferences in order to sftp files from my Macbook to my android devices. On those I have AndFTP installed and it used to work without problem. Now I don't think ...
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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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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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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 ...
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Corrupt Photos in Photos_Private.photoslibrary
When I try to open a photo in Photos_Private.photoslibrary, its corrupted. However, if I select Show Package Contents and open the Originals folder, everything is fine. So the question is, where do I ...
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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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Corrupted original source file during copy-paste on Mac
I was copying 100GB of essential documents from my Mac to my pen drive. I had to cancel the copy-paste operation because the process became stuck in the middle. The USB drive was accidentally ejected ...
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