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 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 'Migrate From A
> Windows PC to Mavericks - Mac Computer.pdf'
> which you might find a helpful addition with also reading the Apple Support
> link that Daniel has included below.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>
> OS X 10.9 Mavericks
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>
> On 11 Nov 2013, at 8:26 pm, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> Pictures, My Documents goes to Documents. Desktop to Desktop, My Music to
>> Music. So the iTunes library will just be there already.
>> This is generally the easiest way to get it all across.
>> If you didn't want to do it that way, then you'd do the same manual type of
>> transfer as above (e.g. My Music on Windows to Music folder on the Mac).
>> When you open iTunes, it will just "adjust" it to be Mac friendly. But all
>> your music and playlists etc will be the same.
>> I've done a few transfers for clients when supplying the new gear and
>> transferred it from their Windoze machines for them. Has (generally) been a
>> simple transfer. (sometimes with a bit of a clean up or manual transfer on
>> top just for things missed or not gone to plan.) But overall quite easy.
>> This link may help also -
>> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4796?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
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>> MacWizardry
>>
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>>
>>
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