How to Transfer Files From a PC to a Mac
You just bought a Mac computer, and you're ready to explore its functions. But what about all of the files on your old Windows-based operating system? Will you still be able to use them or will you have to start from scratch and begin building a whole new set of computer files? Relax! It is possible to transfer the files from your PC to your Mac, and there are several ways this can be accomplished. You choose which method works best for you.
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Instructions
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Visit your local Apple retail outlet (including official Apple stores, Apple resellers and Apple Certified Specialists) and have them oversee the transfer using their PC data transfer service.
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Do it yourself. If you only need to transfer a few files, another route you can take is to simply use email to send the file(s) to yourself using your PC. After you send the information from your PC, use your Mac to open the email and download the files to the Mac.
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Purchase a program called Move2Mac and install it on your PC. After installing the program, you will be able to click and select which files you want to transfer to your new computer. You can select all of your files or just a few. Then you install the same program on your Mac and connect the Move2Mac USB cable to both your PC and your Mac and begin the migration process.
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Use a portable USB storage drive. Simply save the files you wish to transfer to the USB drive from your PC, then connect the drive to your Mac and save them to the Mac. Apple says that this process will go faster if you use a FireWire drive, but you can only do do this if your PC has a FireWire port, and this is not as common on PC's as a simple USB port.
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