Transferring Files From Pc To Mac Via Usb

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Even though the hard drives are a one-time investment, you can rely upon these drives to transfer large files between PC and Mac. You can have portable Hard disks with a USB port to transfer files between Mac and Windows. The portable drives are coming in different storage capacity in Terabytes as regular hard disk and also Solid State Drives. Ensure the phone is properly connected to the computer using the steps above. If you don't unlock the phone and change the USB connection to allow file transfers, you won't see any files on your phone. On your computer, open File Explorer, click the name of your phone, and navigate to its internal storage or SD card.

1. Transferring Your Documents

If this is your first Mac, but not your first computer, chances are that your old machine runs Windows. You may have old files on your Windows machine—your contact list, calendar events, even your browser bookmarks.

You don't have to leave those behind. You can take them with you to your new Mac. There are many methods for bringing files and information over from your old Windows machine.

Transferring Your Documents

There are two ways to move files from a Windows computer to a Mac: the hard way and the easy way. The hard way is to set both machines up on the same network, get both machines to recognize each other, and transfer files.

You'd think with both Mac and Windows being so mature and advanced that this would be easy. But networks vary so much and are so complex that it can be rather frustrating.

Chapter 13 describes how to network Macs and PCs. If you plan on keeping your Windows computer around and transferring files between them often, you probably want to put the time in now to figure it out. Otherwise, there is an easier way.

The easy method is to use a small and cheap USB flash drive to copy files from your PC to your Mac. They can be bought for $10 to $40, depending on the size. And they will continue to be handy for bringing files to and from work, sharing between friends, and for bringing files along with you away from your Mac.

Copying Files with a USB Flash Drive

When you have a flash drive, the first thing you may need to do is format it in such a way so it can be read by both Mac and Windows machines. Windows cannot read a Mac-formatted disk, but Macs can read a Windows-formatted one. So, if it needs to be formatted at all, you need to format it as FAT32.

You can do this in Disk Utility on your Mac, where it is called MS-DOS (FAT) format, but it is probably easier to just reformat the drive on your Windows machine. It may even already be formatted FAT32 if you just brought it home from the store.

Connect the drive to a USB port on your Windows machine. If it is not in a Windows-readable format, you will be asked to reformat it now. Go ahead and do that, but realize that any data you may have had stored on the drive before will now be gone.

Now you should see the drive show up under My Computer on your Windows machine. In Windows XP, it will look something like Figure 8.1, where you can see the drive as F:.

Figure 8.1 In Windows XP you can see a flash drive show up under My Computer.

Also in My Computer you should see a folder with your name followed by the word 'Documents.' If you have stored all of your files in Windows in your document folders, they should all be there.

Simply drag and drop the whole folder with your name on it on to the removable flash drive. They should copy right over.

Then, think about where else on your Windows machine you would have documents. Have you been storing files in some other part of the drive, outside of you're Documents folder? Think about it and also look around to see what you can find. You can always come back later if you are not getting rid of your PC right away.

Then remove the drive by right-clicking on it in the My Computer window and selecting Eject. Wait a few seconds and then disconnect it from the USB slot.

Next, plug it into your Mac's USB slot. It should appear as a device on the left side of all of your Finder windows. You can then drag and drop documents from there into any folder on your Mac. I recommend putting them all in a 'From Windows' folder in your Documents folder in your user folder.

If you also want to bring over photos, videos, and music, you can place them in those folders as well, though you should read later in this chapter about how to get photos and music into iPhoto and iTunes.

Alternate File Transfer Methods

A flash drive isn't the only way to transfer files from a Windows machine to a Mac. Here are some more options.

• Full-sized hard disk—You are buying an external drive to use for Time Machine backups anyway, right? Before you start, just format it for Windows as FAT32 the same way you would format a flash drive. Then use the full-sized drive to get your files over to your Mac before letting Time Machine reformat it for backup use.
• Local network—If you can connect both computers to the same network, turn file sharing on for both, and you can connect successfully, this is the best method. See Chapter 13, 'Networking and File Sharing,' for details.
• Bluetooth file sharing—If your Windows computer has Bluetooth, a wireless communications method, you can attempt to send single files back and forth.
• iDisk—If you are a MobileMe user, you can access your MobileMe storage space on both Mac and Windows computers. Then just transfer files from your Windows machine to your iDisk, and then from your iDisk to your Mac.
• Email—If you have email working on your Windows machine and your Mac, consider just attaching files to an email and sending them to yourself.
• File-sharing website—Some websites allow you to upload files, for a fee, to make them publicly or privately available to others. You could simply send or share a file to yourself this way, from one machine to the next. Check out http://yousendit.com, http://www.box.net, http://www.jungledisk.com, and many others.
• Special hardware—For a price you can get a special cable that will allow you to connect a Windows computer and a Mac. One is the Belkin Switch-to-Mac Cable. Another is the iTornado.
• Burn a CD—If your PC has a CD or DVD burner in it and you know how to use it, you can burn a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM with all of your files on it. This is also a good way to archive your PC's files before retiring the PC in favor of your new Mac.
• Apple Genius—The Apple Store offers to do the file transfers for you for free. Just make an appointment at the Genius Bar and bring both your new Mac and old PC. See Chapter 25, 'Getting Help,' for more about the Genius Bar.

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Applies to: iPhone 11 Pro Max/11 Pro/11, iPhone XS Max/XS/XR, iPhone X, iPhone 8/8 Plus, iPhone 7/7 Plus, iPhone 6/6s

Have you ever met the following problems:

• 'Why can't I directly import photos from my Windows PC to my iPhone using USB?'
• 'How can I download movies from Windows 10 to my iPhone 8 Plus via the USB cable?'
• 'Can I put music on my new iPhone X from my computer using USB without iTunes?'

If Yes, you're coming to the right place. In this tutorial, we will share two easy methods to help you copy files to iPhone from PC with a USB cable, whether you have iTunes or not. Nintendo emulator mac. Both two methods share a common feature: transferring files from PC to iPhone using USB. But in terms of data type that every approach supports transferring, there is a little bit difference between them.

• EaseUS MobiMover: Allows you to transfer almost all popular iOS data including photos, videos, music, ringtones, audiobooks, voice memos, contact, notes, and more.
• iTunes: Only allows you to transfer apps and some media files like photos, music, TV shows, movies.

Method 1. How to transfer files from PC to iPhone via USB using EaseUS MobiMover

This is the simplest and quickest way among all the ways to put files to iPhone from PC. EaseUS MobiMover is a full-way iOS data transfer tool that is developed for transferring data between an iOS device and a computer or moving files between two iOS devices. All you need is a supported USB cable to connect your iPhone to the computer and download MobiMover to start the data transfer. Below are some of its outstanding features on transferring files from PC to iPhone:

• Time-saving: It takes only several minutes to transfer over 1000 + photos and songs in large sizes.
• Wide coverage of files: Supports transferring 20+ types of data like photos, videos, contacts, messages, etc.
• No data loss: Unlike iTunes, MobiMover will not erase your iPhone while transferring files.
• Compatible with macOS and Windows.
• iOS data management: You can add, edit, organize, and delete iPhone files on your computer with more convenient keyboard operation.
• Online video downloading: You can use the Video Downloader of MobiMover to save online videos using URL from YouTube, DailyMotion, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, and other pop sites.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to your PC with a USB cable and tap 'Trust' on your device when a pop-up appears and asks you to trust this computer. Open EaseUS MobiMover and choose the 'PC to Phone' mode. Move your mouse to the right pane and click 'Select Files'.

Step 2. Office mac family. Windows File Explorer will open, go to select the files or folders that you want to transfer from PC to your iPhone and click 'Open'.

Step 3. The selected files will display on the interface for you to preview. 'Add File' lets you add more files at this step. Finally, click 'Transfer' to begin importing data from PC to iPhone using the USB cable. Don't disconnect your device while transferring. When the transferring accomplishes, open the corresponding apps to check the content.

Method 2. How to put files to iPhone from PC via USB using iTunes

If you want to transfer apps and media files from PC to iPhone, then you can use iTunes to do it easily. It worth mentioning that iTunes will erase your current data on the iPhone. And these data can not be recovered anymore. If you don't want to lose any data on your device, you can navigate to Method 1 to do it without data loss. If you don't mind it, go ahead to transfer movies, photos, music, podcasts, etc. from computer to your iPhone via iTunes.

Step 1. Prepare for the files you want to transfer to your iPhone from PC. You'd better put them in a place where is easy to get.

Step 2. Open you iTunes > Connect your iPhone to your computer. Open avi on mac.

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Step 3. Under Settings, click on 'Photos' (any type of data you want to transfer), here we take Photos as an example.

Step 4. Select the checkbox next to each item that you want to transfer, and then select the folders that store the photos you'd like to transfer.

Step 5. Click Apply. And then, all photos will be synced to your iPhone or iPad.

Bonus Tip: How to transfer files from iPhone to PC using USB in the vice versa

It's far easier to use MobiMover than iTunes, right? More than that, as a one-stop iPhone data manager, MobiMover is still good at backing up iPhone data to the computer in an accessible and readable way, which can't be realized by iTunes. How to do it? Move on to get answers.

Supported data types for iPhone to PC transfer

Photos: Camera Roll, Photo Library, Photo Stream, Photo Videos

Videos: Movies, TV shows, Music Videos

Audios: Music, Ringtones, Voice Memos, Audiobooks, Playlists

Others: Contacts, Notes, Messages, Voice Mails, Books, and Safari Bookmarks

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Step 1. Connect your iPhone to your PC with a USB cable. Once connected, tap on 'Trust' on your iOS device screen to let your computer trust your device. Open EaseUS MobiMover. On the home screen, choose the data transfer mode 'Phone to PC' and click 'Next'.

Step 2. MobiMover will automatically read and load the whole supported files on your iPhone and list them all unchecked. Determine which type of files you want to transfer from your iPhone to the computer, go to tick the corresponding apps and click 'Transfer'. You can specify a location to keep the transferred items in advance. Otherwise, they will be placed on Desktop by default.

Step 3. MobiMover will start immediately transferring files from iPhone to PC without the intervention of iTunes. When it completes, you can click View to check the items. (Files like contacts and messages will save as .html files on your computer. Thus you need to open it with a browser to view the details.)

In conclusion

With EaseUS MobiMover, you can simply and fast sync data between the iOS device and computer or between two iOS devices, such as transfer photos from iPhone to iPhone without iCloud. Well, if you don't want to install any third-party software on your PC, you can use iTunes in Method 2 to put files to iPhone from PC.