Re: ICloud vs computer backup

2013-11-13 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Pete, Just adding to Daniel's reply below - Re: Mavericks- Migrating From a Windows PC Using Migration Assistant It will be faster if you use Ethernet Make sure the PC and the Mac are on the same Wi-Fi or (better yet) Ethernet network. I will email you Offlist a 3 page PDF I have created

Re: ICloud vs computer backup

2013-11-13 Thread Peter Crisp
Thanks Ronni, I got the PDF and will review. Regards Pete On 13 Nov 2013, at 4:03 pm, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Pete, Just adding to Daniel's reply below - Re: Mavericks- Migrating From a Windows PC Using Migration Assistant It will be faster if you use Ethernet Make

Re: ICloud vs computer backup

2013-11-13 Thread John Thompson
Good Morning Ronni, That PDF seems interesting. Would it be possible to get a copy off list? Thanks John On 13 Nov 2013, at 4:03 pm, Ronni Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Pete, Just adding to Daniel's reply below - Re: Mavericks- Migrating From a Windows PC Using Migration

Re: ICloud vs computer backup

2013-11-13 Thread Ronda Brown
Hello John, I have sent the PDF to you Offlist. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 14 Nov 2013, at 7:11 am, John Thompson jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Good Morning Ronni, That PDF seems interesting. Would it be possible to get a copy off list? Thanks John -- The WA

Re: ICloud vs computer backup

2013-11-11 Thread Peter Crisp
Ok, thanks for that extensive response Ronni. I am clear on this now and will keep this to review the links over the next few days. With migration from Windows to OSX iTunes, are the folder and file contents compatible between the two platforms by simply picking them up and dropping them

Re: ICloud vs computer backup

2013-11-11 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Pete If your Windoze machine is on the same network, you can actually just migrate from it to the Mac. It will transfer your data, but none of your Applications obviously. Basically, long story short, all the Windoze My folders will go to the equivalent Mac folders (e.g. My Pictures goes to

Re: ICloud vs computer backup

2013-11-11 Thread Peter Crisp
Thanks for that Daniel. The 'over network' transfer sounds appealing. When you say data is transferred is that just the iOS backed up data or music library as well? If it's the whole library, I would need another external to drive to pick up the 230GB library at the destination machine - if the

Re: ICloud vs computer backup

2013-11-11 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Pete Any of your data on your Windows machine that you want transferred will transfer over to the new Mac that you get. If you're using an external drive for your music like you mentioned, then you don't really need to do anything. All you do is plug the external drive into the Mac and then

Re: ICloud vs computer backup

2013-11-11 Thread Peter Crisp
Yep, that helps Daniel. Thanks for that. I formatted the drive to be Win and OSX compatible (I can't remember) but it works in both. As we're pretty much a Apple household, but my work insists on Win machines and so 'my' only machine is Windows - until I get my MBP 13 Retina. So I will do as

Re: ICloud vs computer backup

2013-11-10 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Peter, iTunes does NOT backup your iTunes Library - iCloud does NOT backup your iTunes Library. You use Time Machine or the backup program you are using to backup your complete system. iTunes or iCloud can backup your iPhone/iPad (iOS Devices) iTunes creates a Backup of your iPhone/iPad

ICloud vs computer backup

2013-11-09 Thread Peter Crisp
Hi, I’ve a basic question about how iTunes works. When you have an idevice attached to a computer with iTunes, one has the choice of selecting for Backups Either “iCloud” OR “This Computer”. I have a music/video library around 230GB and so I choose to have it on an external drive to which