Transferring Data From the iMac to the MacBook Pro
August 12, 2013
Hardware
MacBook Pro and iMac are 2 different models of Apple Macintosh computers. There are 4 different versions of the iMac desktop computer is clear, each identified their processor type, while the Mac Pro line of laptops remain relatively constant throughout his life. No matter that you have an iMac, Apple has actually made it easier to transfer data between Macs. The thing you need to transfer data: ย ท USB flash drive or an external FireWire hard drive Data cable
Transferring ย ท ย ท Create a new folder. You can do this by pressing “Command + Shift + N ‘on the iMac desktop and then name it as’ transfer’. Pull all the data that you want to migrate ‘transfer’ folder. ย ท Highlight ‘transfer’ folder and click once. Select ‘Get Info … “Under the File menu or you can click the ‘Command + I’. Open a window to show how much the value of the folder that contains the data.
You need to know about the next steps to make the recording. . ย ท Double-click on a Mac Pro hard drive Number of hard drive space will be displayed at the bottom of this window There are other methods for the determination of free space,. You can press’ Command + I ‘or highlight a laptop hard drive and select’ Get Info … “At the bottom of the file. If the total amount of free space on the MacBook Pro bigger than the size of the ‘transfer’ in a folder, you can proceed to the next step. If not, you will have to delete some files from the ‘transfer’ folder on the desktop iMac or delete some files from the Mac Pro. ย ท Reboot your Mac Pro when you press the ‘T’. This mode will kick in ‘FireWire’ and your screen will display the FireWire icon. Then put the end of the FireWire cable to the FireWire jack on the iMac and the other end into Firewire jack on the MacBook Pro. ย ท Look Macbook Pro hard drive, FireWire marked with the icon, for installation on the iMac desktop. If so, it does not appear, then select ‘Preferences’ under ‘Finder’ and ensure that ‘external disk’ is checked off from under the ‘General’ tab. ย ท Drag the folder ‘transfer’ of the MacBook Pro iMac desktop hard drive.
When the file has finished copying, eject MacBook Pro hard drive by clicking on the ‘eject’ icon in the shape of a triangle or drag it to the trash. ย ท By pressing the power button, shut down your MacBook Pro and unplug the FireWire cable. I’m going to reboot now and ‘transfer’ folder on your hard drive. At this point, you can now transfer files to any desired point on the MacBook Pro. ย ท There are other ways to transfer files is to use an external hard drive or flash drive. Plug the drive into the iMac, copy ‘transfer’ in this folder and then delete it when it is finished copying. Attach it to the MacBook Pro and also copy the files to your laptop.