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Detailed Instructions on Migrating Files from PC to Mac
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Jun 18, 2004, 06:47 AM
 
Can anyone provide me with detailed information (i.e. exactly how it is done, however the method) on how I can migrate Microsoft Word and Excel fies, as well as my Netscape mail, bookmarks and address book, from a PC to a Powerbook. I would do this at home and I am not on a network, but thought that this forum might be able to help me. I can imagine the use of some sort of cable link, but don't know for sure. This is the only thing holding me from a move back to Mac, but I have major project materials that I'd need to move from my current PC. I'm told that it can be done easily, but no one seems to have the information at hand. Perhaps there is an online source or a book that details the process? I'm surprised that this sort of fundamental information isn't readily available, but I can't seem to find it anywhere, spelled out in detail.

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Jun 18, 2004, 07:31 AM
 
You can simply burn the Word and Excel files to CD or copy them to a flash drive and shuttle them to your Mac that way. It's not difficult.
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Jun 26, 2004, 02:32 PM
 
Originally posted by Sod Off Sadr:
You can simply burn the Word and Excel files to CD or copy them to a flash drive and shuttle them to your Mac that way. It's not difficult.

he / she's right, it's very easy.

as for the bookmarks, well, you can export those as a text files and import them to your new netscape (mac).

same with address books.

i would e-mail the old e-mails to myself. come to think of it you could transfer all your files that way.

*or* get a free trial of .mac (comes with purchase of a mac) and do it via idisk. simple. done.
     
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Jun 26, 2004, 03:54 PM
 
Thanks for the replies so far. Has anyone used Move2Mac software to migrate files and email stuff?
     
   
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