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Posted by buchnaner on May-18-2005 17:28:

Transferring data PC-->Mac?

I have a ton of quality music (roughly 3 gigs) that I absolutely have to put on my new Powerbook G4. My old Dell laptop doesn't have a firewire plug, so I can't just dump stuff on a firewire drive and transfer it over. It also doesn't have a CD-burner, so I can't transfer data that way either.

The only thing I can think of is using my USB port somehow or set up a network connection through my cable modem ports? Anyone have any other solutions?

Posted by Alekos on May-18-2005 17:33:

My dear friend, I'm sorry to say it, but you are F***ed!
I'd do it over the network

Posted by auujay on May-18-2005 17:33:

Use a crossover (ethernet) cable to directly connect the two notebooks. They should both have ethernet ports and you should be able to just copy files.

Posted by buchnaner on May-18-2005 17:47:

just copy files? how?

Posted by auujay on May-18-2005 17:55:

With something like this crossover cable you plug each notebook into each end. Now you have a $10 dollar network, no need to get a hub or anything. On the PC create a share with the files you want to transfer and on the Mac mount the PC share. Then just drag the files to some location on the Mac... simple.

Posted by tonkproject on May-18-2005 22:28:

buy an LaCie External USB CD Writer.... transfer all your data on cd and after your job is done - ASK FOR A REFUND.

Posted by buchnaner on May-19-2005 06:09:

u guys fucking rock...thanks

Posted by EliPsE on May-19-2005 06:49:

or u can buy a usb flash drive they go up pretty damn high like 2gb maybe more. good luck