Going from PC to Mac, need help.

[TheSanityAnnex]

HP laptop died, and now have a mac. Will I be able to recover my files and will they work on the mac (mainly concerned about my itunes library and pics/videos) Also want to know if I run this mac with a dual boot setup if some of the programs I had on the laptop that were for the PC will work on the mac.
Another problem I've run into, if I sync my iphone to the new mac will I lose all the music that is already on it, and the pictures too? For some reason I can't find a way to transfer the songs from my iphone into itunes.

[eyeh8u]

get your old hard drive, hook it up to something like this,
http://shop2.frys.com/product/5710852
make sure at it is mac compatible (this one is) and it had both 2.5 , 3.5 and sata so your cover all your bases.

once its hooked up should be visible as a usb drive then copy and paste the shit to your new hard drive, things lke jpegs and mp3 are cross compatible, dont know about what itunes uses though, so youll have to check for that.

[leemajors]

there are programs out there to get the music, etc, off your iphone. just don't re-sync it until you recover your shit. I don't remember many off hand, but I can look around. for your contacts at least, google contacts can sync wirelessly. I lost mine once and decided to keep them synced that way:

http://www.google.com/mobile/products/sync.html#p=default

[Cry Havoc]

Traitor.

[symple19]

Bad move brah

[koriwhat]

Traitor.

fuck Windows bs! traitor or dumbass? which one would you rather be?

[Cry Havoc]

fuck Windows bs! traitor or dumbass? which one would you rather be?

:lol

I knew that would get a rise out of you.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

fuck Windows bs! traitor or dumbass? which one would you rather be?

:lol you're such a predictable douche

[Viva Las Espuelas]

for one the mac won't handle like a pc. i kinda get frustrated at things the mac does as opposed the pc. it probably won't bother you, but it's frustrating to me. for example when i hit and close the window for an application it should close the program. not so much for the mac. you have to physically quit the program. resizing the windows is a pain. there isn't a true "maximize" button.

[Dex]

1. iTunes, by default, can only sync content TO an iPhone/iPod Touch. They cannot sync content FROM it. Like lee said, there are many third party applications that can do this, so find one of those and recover your music/movies/pictures BEFORE you sync your iPhone to your new iTunes.

I also highly recommend checking the option to Manually Manage Music and Movies so you don't have to worry about such things.

2. You can set up Boot Camp on any Mac running 10.5, as long as you have a Windows XP or Windows Vista disc that isn't 64-bit or OEM (comes with a PC). Once you have set up Boot Camp, Windows will run virtually just like it did on your old PC, all files included. However, with Boot Camp, you can only boot into one system at a time: either boot to Mac, or boot to PC.

There are programs such as Parallels and VMWare Fusion that allow you to run Windows simultaneously with OS X in a virtual machine. I highly recommend these as well, though you'll want plenty of memory.

3. The green button in the top left maximizes your window as much as possible, but the whole "full screen" thing just doesn't fly in OS X. This bothered me at first, but once I got used to having 4-5 windows available at a time, I got to the point where I hate the Windows style. Cmd+Q and Cmd+W will be your friends. :)

[koriwhat]

:lol you're such a predictable douche

so predictable... as are you. still playing on that '92 packard bell from within that internet cafe you check ST.com at there in Argentina?

[koriwhat]

:lol

I knew that would get a rise out of you.

this gets a rise out of me...
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jezebel/2009/04/kim_kardashian.jpg

...not winOS vs OSX.

[Cry Havoc]

so predictable... as are you. still playing on that '92 packard bell from within that internet cafe you check ST.com at there in Argentina?

Do you, as an Apple user, really want to get into a "who's got the better hardware" penis measuring contest with a bunch of PC geeks?

You're going to lose, and horribly. So I ask you -- still using a pimped out PC with OSX?

By pimped out I mean from about 2 years ago PC standards. The $2400 Mac Pro would STILL get curbstomped by my PC which I bought 16 months ago and paid $950 for. Amazing.

[koriwhat]

Do you, as an Apple user, really want to get into a "who's got the better hardware" penis measuring contest with a bunch of PC geeks?

You're going to lose, and horribly. So I ask you -- still using a pimped out PC with OSX?

By pimped out I mean from about 2 years ago PC standards. The $2400 Mac Pro would STILL get curbstomped by my PC which I bought 16 months ago and paid $950 for. Amazing.

your perspective:
measuring hardware is everything and performance from your OS is nothing.

my perspective:
wanting a machine that doesn't fuck up all the time, isn't prone to the bs the net has to offer, and doesn't have to be "reinstalled"(your method of madness) a billion times.

the difference is above and stated pretty clearly for you to read.

i agree that the hardware isn't up to today's standards in terms of what you can build for the same price but you are forgetting one thing... winOS isn't up to today's standards in terms of performance and reliability.

if i could build my own computer, which i am definitely capable of doing, and run a non-hacked version of OSX on it, which at the moment i can't, then yeah i would've went that route. better yet, if i could just run my graphic apps without all the hassle winOS puts in your way then i would and gladly on a linux machine at that!

you're trying to make this into a hardware thing which it isn't, at least not for me. i knew buying a mac that i wouldn't be up to par with the fuckin' nerd game playing geeks out there jacking off on WoW all day but that's not my reasoning behind purchasing a mac. like all people who switch, we want reliability and not all the baggage and drama you get from winOS!

[MaNuMaNiAc]

so predictable... as are you. still playing on that '92 packard bell from within that internet cafe you check ST.com at there in Argentina?

:lol that's the best you could come up with?

alright, I'll play along...

Actually no... I'm still playing on my 3.5 ghz overclocked Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 with double SLI GTX280's and 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM. All of which I bought for probably less than half of what you spent on your Mac... from home, I might add.

I don't dislike the Mac. I actually love their OS. Its fucking Mac users like you who I can't stand. I hate fan boys of all classes.

[koriwhat]

:lol that's the best you could come up with?

alright, I'll play along...

Actually no... I'm still playing on my 3.5 ghz overclocked Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 with double SLI GTX280's and 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM. All of which I bought for probably less than half of what you spent on your Mac... from home, I might add.

I don't dislike the Mac. I actually love their OS. Its fucking Mac users like you who I can't stand. I hate fan boys of all classes.

"i got a blah blah blah POS that still gets bogged down by mysearchbar.com bs and i still can't comprehend the fact that that fanboy doesn't give a fuck what kind of hardware specs i have."

to each their own WoW nerd. personally i don't need blah blah blah, i just need a machine with a reliable OS to do what i need to do to make money. it's that simple. i have a 360 for games and that's that.

:flag: :lmao

btw, i've been down the bs winOS pipeline for 15 yrs until i finally realized that's all it ever was and there's no end to that pos OS. do yourself a favor and buy a mac or better yet put linux(any distro is better then winOS) on your pc! :rollin

[MaNuMaNiAc]

"i got a blah blah blah POS that still gets bogged down by mysearchbar.com bs and i still can't comprehend the fact that that fanboy doesn't give a fuck what kind of hardware specs i have."

to each their own WoW nerd. personally i don't need blah blah blah, i just need a machine with a reliable OS to do what i need to do to make money. it's that simple. i have a 360 for games and that's that.

:flag: :lmao

btw, i've been down the bs winOS pipeline for 15 yrs until i finally realized that's all it ever was and there's no end to that pos OS. do yourself a favor and buy a mac or better yet put linux(any distro is better then winOS) on your pc! :rollin

:lol @ you not getting that this isn't about PC vs Mac, but about your sorry fucking ass always popping up whenever anything not Mac related is mentioned to tell everyone how awesome a Mac is and how stupid people are for not buying one. You are an idiot fanboy like every other idiot fanboy, no matter what the fuck you use your computer for.

Its you that people can't fucking stand, not the Mac. :lol

[clambake]

if its a new mac, you can take it to the apple store with your pc and they can transfer whatever you want.

[koriwhat]

:lol @ you not getting that this isn't about PC vs Mac, but about your sorry fucking ass always popping up whenever anything not Mac related is mentioned to tell everyone how awesome a Mac is and how stupid people are for not buying one. You are an idiot fanboy like every other idiot fanboy, no matter what the fuck you use your computer for.

Its you that people can't fucking stand, not the Mac. :lol

haha. fanboy isn't really something i'd label myself as... that would mean i go out of my way to slap an apple sticker on the back of my ride, buy an iphone, an ipod, and everything else apple, right? nah, that ain't me.

i do however know quality when it comes to an OS unlike the winOS fanboys like yourself who will stand behind a POS till the day they die and when that happens their collection of 100+ built pcs fall to the grave with them as well as all their bs howto enlarge your dick popups, mysearchbar crap, trojans, viruses, reinstalls, ect...

the thing your not understanding is i understand where you're coming from when you state how badass your hardware is and i agree it's badass but with all that's said and done... at the end of the day the OS you run on that hardware does it no justice. so in conclusion; you're wasting your time and money on a machine that should be doing more but is held back by the limitations you've placed on it's partition, that being winOS!

trust me, the day i can install my graphic apps on a linux machine will be the day i build a 3.5 ghz overclocked Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 with double SLI GTX280's and 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM.

btw, don't you think 8 gigs of ram is a little overkill there? and you say i waste money. ha. priorities buddy, priorities.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

haha. fanboy isn't really something i'd label myself as... that would mean i go out of my way to slap an apple sticker on the back of my ride, buy an iphone, an ipod, and everything else apple, right? nah, that ain't me.

i do however know quality when it comes to an OS unlike the winOS fanboys like yourself who will stand behind a POS till the day they die and when that happens their collection of 100+ built pcs fall to the grave with them as well as all their bs howto enlarge your dick popups, mysearchbar crap, trojans, viruses, reinstalls, ect...

the thing your not understanding is i understand where you're coming from when you state how badass your hardware is and i agree it's badass but with all that's said and done... at the end of the day the OS you run on that hardware does it no justice. so in conclusion; you're wasting your time and money on a machine that should be doing more but is held back by the limitations you've placed on it's partition, that being winOS!

trust me, the day i can install my graphic apps on a linux machine will be the day i build a 3.5 ghz overclocked Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 with double SLI GTX280's and 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM.

btw, don't you think 8 gigs of ram is a little overkill there? and you say i waste money. ha. priorities buddy, priorities.

You might not put stickers on your ride, but you certainly go out of your way to tell everyone how stupid they are for not buying a Mac. That is fanboy bullshit right there.

I'm not a windows fan. I have never been a windows fan. I fully aware of all the bullshit that comes with it. In fact, I've posted in this forum several times with problems I've had with Vista. I'm just not willing to shell out close to a thousand more dollars for a computer when I can make do with a better PC and a mediocre OS. The day Apple stops overcharging the shit out of their computers is the day I'll buy one.

by the way, I use my computer to edit HD footage, hence the high RAM count. I play very few games and even then, not much at all. I've never touched WoW. Ever. I do like knowing that if I want to play a game, I'll be able to play it like it was intended to be played. Hence the double SLI.

[koriwhat]

^ to each their own.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

^ to each their own.

practice what you preach

[koriwhat]

practice what you preach

i don't even go to church!

on a lighter note though... most everything i say here is sarcastic in nature. i pretty much like saying, "should've got a mac!" because it cracks me up. i'll give you an example of what i mean...

"fuck all other nba teams but the spurs! spurs are #1!"

^ now i whole heartily agree with my statement right there but i am also well aware that each individual has his/her own favorite team and no matter how much i might state my opinion it ain't gonna change theirs and i don't expect it to; same goes for "buy a mac!". you gotta sometimes read between the lines, i don't use college ruled so i know it's a bit cramped and my writing is like chickens.

[Cry Havoc]

[QUOTE=koriwhat;3652547]haha. fanboy isn't really something i'd label myself as...[/QUOTE

:lmao

:lmao

:lmao

:lmao

Why need a label when you are the definition of fanboy?

[koriwhat]

[QUOTE=koriwhat;3652547]haha. fanboy isn't really something i'd label myself as...[/QUOTE

:lmao

:lmao

:lmao

:lmao

Why need a label when you are the definition of fanboy?

and you... Mr. Format!

[koriwhat]

btw, fanboy has always been a funny word to me just like sellout has been...

if i'm a fanboy then i'm a fanboy. so be it!

i like my mac, that's true, but just like anything it has it's ups and downs but damn when compared to what i used to have to put up with in regard to my winOS machines, my mac is 8000000000000000 times better and less of a headache to me.

you on the other hand format what??? monthly CH? explain to me how that's even worth it.

[Cry Havoc]

btw, fanboy has always been a funny word to me just like sellout has been...

if i'm a fanboy then i'm a fanboy. so be it!

i like my mac, that's true, but just like anything it has it's ups and downs but damn when compared to what i used to have to put up with in regard to my winOS machines, my mac is 8000000000000000 times better and less of a headache to me.

you on the other hand format what??? monthly CH? explain to me how that's even worth it.

I don't need to format my computers and haven't in a couple of years, thanks.

[koriwhat]

I don't need to format my computers and haven't in a couple of years, thanks.

^ Mr. Format!

[TheSanityAnnex]

Do you, as an Apple user, really want to get into a "who's got the better hardware" penis measuring contest with a bunch of PC geeks?

You're going to lose, and horribly. So I ask you -- still using a pimped out PC with OSX?

By pimped out I mean from about 2 years ago PC standards. The $2400 Mac Pro would STILL get curbstomped by my PC which I bought 16 months ago and paid $950 for. Amazing.My purchase was entirely based on common sense. Every single studio I've been to have used macs. Which means anyone who wants their shit worked on needs to be in the same format for ease of use. It really was a no brainer for me.

[Cry Havoc]

My purchase was entirely based on common sense. Every single studio I've been to have used macs. Which means anyone who wants their shit worked on needs to be in the same format for ease of use. It really was a no brainer for me.

:tu

I have absolutely no problem with your switch, I was just giving you grief. :lol You're definitely making the right decision for your career.

[TheSanityAnnex]

get your old hard drive, hook it up to something like this,
http://shop2.frys.com/product/5710852
make sure at it is mac compatible (this one is) and it had both 2.5 , 3.5 and sata so your cover all your bases.

once its hooked up should be visible as a usb drive then copy and paste the shit to your new hard drive, things lke jpegs and mp3 are cross compatible, dont know about what itunes uses though, so youll have to check for that.
I purchased this exact item today. I've got everything hooked up. HD is a toshiba mk8034gsx. There are three lights on it, ide/busy, usb, and sata. The only one that comes on is the usb light and the HD doesn't seem to be recognized or found. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong, if anything? This thing didn't come with any diagrams on how to set up but I'm pretty sure I've got it set up right. Any help would be appreciated.

[rold50]

It your hard drive uses IDE (PATA), you might want to play around with the jumper settings (ie., setting master/slave).

[TheSanityAnnex]

It your hard drive uses IDE (PATA), you might want to play around with the jumper settings (ie., setting master/slave).I read some stuff mentioning that, but that is another thing I can't find any diagrams for. I asked the guy that today at Fry's and he said since its a laptop HD it shouldn't be a problem. I've looked at this HD and can't see anywhere I could even change anything.

[DarkReign]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41N96gZEPZL._SL500_AA280_.jpg


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Is that your HD? 80GB?

Lower left hand corner of the screen looks like a black jumper on a black surface. Kind of hard to spot. Arrow should help.

[TheSanityAnnex]

Yeah, that is it.....I don't know what to do with it.

[TheSanityAnnex]

bump

any more help?

[spursncowboys]

Linux

[to21]

bump

any more help?Do you hear the hard drive platters spin?

[Cry Havoc]

bump

any more help?

Hmmm, why doesn't koriwhat help you?

Oh, that's right. He's just here to brag about Apple instead of actually doing something positive.

Typical Apple fanboy.

[to21]

^ Dude, if he went out and bought a overpriced box because he was getting spyware and dick enlargement pop ups.......u think he has any tech advice?

[koriwhat]

ah i can feel the love in here.

bunch of chumps with big ol' mouths acting like fools.

whatup mr. format & oh who gives a fuck!

[koriwhat]

since CryBaby wants me to answer your OP i suppose i can.


HP laptop died, and now have a mac. Will I be able to recover my files and will they work on the mac (mainly concerned about my itunes library and pics/videos)

i suppose if your HD on the laptop isn't gone you could physically take it out of your machine and put it into an external case and load all your files onto your mac.

i'm not sure if you can just transfer your itunes library over as i don't use itunes. as for pics/videos all should be fine with proper codecs.


Also want to know if I run this mac with a dual boot setup if some of the programs I had on the laptop that were for the PC will work on the mac.

i don't dual boot because i don't want anything to partition my drive and run windows on my mac. if you dual boot, yes you can use your old apps on your windows partition on your mac if you still have all the install files.


Another problem I've run into, if I sync my iphone to the new mac will I lose all the music that is already on it, and the pictures too?

i don't own an iphone so i can't help you out with that at all and once again i don't use itunes.

[Cry Havoc]

since CryBaby wants me to answer your OP i suppose i can.

:lol

Gotcha!

[koriwhat]

^ Dude, if he went out and bought a overpriced box because he was getting spyware and dick enlargement pop ups.......u think he has any tech advice?

btw, i went out and bought an overpriced box because i have yet to have to deal with the bs i had to deal with for the past 13-15 yrs in the pc world. when linux starts supporting the apps i use daily then i will custom build a pc again and just run that OS but until then cei la vie to your shitty winOS.

[koriwhat]

:lol

Gotcha!

you got nothing... not even huevos.