[otter2]

I recently purchased a G5 to replace my powerbook. I would like to know how to transfer my music (about 6 gigs) without buring it all on to cd's. That's really a hassle. I think I can do this with an ethernet cable. Would someone clue me into how I can do this. Thanks.

[Scottie]

You can use a six pin to six pin Firewire cable to transfer files from one computer to the other. Do a search for "Firewire" in Mac Help on your Powerbook. See the section on " Using your computer as an external firewire hard disk"
Hope this helps!

[AssassyN]

If you've got a router, just hook both Macs to it & hit Cmd+K on your desktop to connect to your other computer, and transfer over your router. Or, use a FireWire cable to transfer by connecting the two Macs and booting your old one up while holding down the "T" key. Once booted, you'll see it's HD on your new Mac's desktop, and drag and drop as you wish.

[rambo47]

In order to connect the two computers without going through a hub you need an Ethernet Crossover Cable. Apple has an article on exactly this here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42717

You can make a regular Ethernet cable into a Crossover cable yourself. Directions are here: http://www.makeitsimple.com/how-to/dyi_crossover.htm

[Uncle Skeleton]

Originally posted by rambo47:
In order to connect the two computers without going through a hub you need an Ethernet Crossover Cable. Apple has an article on exactly this here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42717

no. according to that very article, the G5 (and the powerbook if it's a G4) can adapt to whatever kind of ethernet cable you have. That's why I'm surfing right now through a crossover cable instead of a normal one (I had one extra crossover and one too few normal cables when setting up my tower)

[otter2]

Thanks for the help. I used a firewire cable as directed and everything worked fine. You guys saved me a lot of aggrevation.

[schalliol]

Originally posted by otter2:
Thanks for the help. I used a firewire cable as directed and everything worked fine. You guys saved me a lot of aggrevation.

Good to hear, but Uncle Skeleton is right. The easiest way probably is the ethernet cable, ordinarily just plugging in any ethernet cable and hitting command-K and looking for one of the machines (if file sharing is on in the sharing control pane) and dragging the files you like. If you have a PowerBook G4 made a year or less ago you will have a gigabit connection, which will be the fastest.