Transfer Files from Mac to to PC

[ClickRight]

Hi All,

I've got a client with a new PC; they are transferring from Macs.

I have tried to Transfer using Windows Explorer. The Transfer just closes when I tray to copy from my office computer (Using MacDrive 9 Pro). Tried on another computer in the office -- same thing.

I have also tried to open the HFS tree in RStudio, and "recover" to an external: This transfer to the external no problem, however mid transfer it just stops on the client machine and ours. On random folders too, like Music or Pictures.

I have checked the client'd drive for errors (there are none) and checked the partition for errors (none). Tried on different computers, same results.

Now trying to copy each folder one by one....

Did I mention there are two Macs? Same thing!

 

[FremontPC]

What version of OSX? Have you tried formatting an external drive as exFAT?

 

[lcoughey]

When you say, "tested the drive," does that mean you got a full sector-by-sector clone? It seems odd that the transfer would stop without a drive issue. The exFAT middle man might be another option.

 

[Markverhyden]

Are the machines booting properly to OS X? Do you have the credentials? It's REALLY easy to do if both machines are running properly. In each user profile you go to System Preferences>Sharing>select File Sharing. Next pane to the right click on the + and Add the users root directory. Next pane to the right click plus and add Everyone and make sure they have read/write. Next click on the Options button, a new window pops up, check the SMB radio button. With the machines on the same LAN the Windows box should see the OS X. But you may need to enable SMB 2 on the Windows box.

 

[ClickRight]

What version of OSX? Have you tried formatting an external drive as exFAT?

I'm not sure of the OS X version. One machine is dead and the other has a broken keyboard. I have the drives slaved to another machine. I have only tried formatting NTFS as I am transferring from mac to Windows.

When you say, "tested the drive," does that mean you got a full sector-by-sector clone? It seems odd that the transfer would stop without a drive issue. The exFAT middle man might be another option.

I mean I checked their SMART, then I ended up running a full sector-by-sector scan of our drive and then eventually ended up opening a brand new drive with the same results.

Are the machines booting properly to OS X? Do you have the credentials? It's REALLY easy to do if both machines are running properly. In each user profile you go to System Preferences>Sharing>select File Sharing. Next pane to the right click on the + and Add the users root directory. Next pane to the right click plus and add Everyone and make sure they have read/write. Next click on the Options button, a new window pops up, check the SMB radio button. With the machines on the same LAN the Windows box should see the OS X. But you may need to enable SMB 2 on the Windows box.

Thanks, would be easy to do if both machines booted

Right now it's working copying folder-by-folder. Have yet to discover the hang up.

 

[ClickRight]

Found it! Something in this folder is preventing the successful transfer:

G:\Users\[uesrname]\Library\Application Support\BlackBerryDesktop\MediaCache\AlbumArtCache

Will skip all Library folders since they're moving to Windows. What a pain when there are 5 users on each computer!

 

[Markverhyden]

Found it! Something in this folder is preventing the successful transfer:

G:\Users\[uesrname]\Library\Application Support\BlackBerryDesktop\MediaCache\AlbumArtCache

There is very little you need from the username/Library folder since it cannot be integrated into the M$ environment. Basically the email store if that is needed, but even that requires a lot of work to bring it into a working app.

I just do Documents, Desktop, Downloads, Pictures, Movies, Music, and any user created folders at the username root. But also check at the drive root as I see some who create folders there even though they should not.

 

[FremontPC]

exFAT can be read by Macs running Snow Leopard and later and by Windows, should you ever find the need again. That being said, characters in some filenames can cause NTFS a bit of a headache. I've run across filenames that were supported on OSX, but if you try to copy them over to Windows, no go.

 

[ClickRight]

There is very little you need from the username/Library folder since it cannot be integrated into the M$ environment. Basically the email store if that is needed, but even that requires a lot of work to bring it into a working app.

I just do Documents, Desktop, Downloads, Pictures, Movies, Music, and any user created folders at the username root. But also check at the drive root as I see some who create folders there even though they should not.

Thanks! I'm just used to always grabbing the Users folder on a PC, guess I'll have to write a script to ignore most of the directory in the future. Will check the root drive, thanks for the reminder-- I always forget because we don't see it very often!

exFAT can be read by Macs running Snow Leopard and later and by Windows, should you ever find the need again. That being said, characters in some filenames can cause NTFS a bit of a headache. I've run across filenames that were supported on OSX, but if you try to copy them over to Windows, no go.

Good tip, I will give that a shot in the future. Might be a time saver

 

[FremontPC]

Good tip, I will give that a shot in the future. Might be a time saver

No problem. Hopefully they didn't want to move stuff from Outlook 2011, that's another world of pain.