how to transfer big files from windows to mac?
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['using the Migration Assistant built into OS X Lion and later.', 'using the "PC Data Transfer Service" at Apple Retail Stores and Apple Specialists.', 'using a portable hard drive or storage device.', 'using a CD or DVD burner.', 'using other portable media.']
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['Step 1: Consolidate your files. Update everything on both computers so they are running the latest version of the operating system and iTunes. ... ', 'Step 2: Start Migration Assistant. ... ', 'Step 3: Migrate on your old Mac. ... ', 'Step 4: Select your data to transfer.']
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If you've already set up your Mac, open Migration Assistant, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. On your Mac, follow the onscreen prompts until you get to the migration pane of the assistant. Select the option to transfer your information “From a Windows PC,” then click Continue.
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Windows uses NTFS and Mac OS uses HFS and they're incompatible with each other. However, you can format the drive to work with both Windows and Mac by using the exFAT filesystem.
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Select your file(s). Go to the location of a file that you want to send to another computer, then click the file to select it. To select multiple files at once, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or ⌘ Command (Mac) while clicking individual files. If you're selecting a folder, just click the folder which you want to upload.
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Now plug in the USB drive to your Mac computer. An icon will appear on the Desktop. Open it and select the files you want to transfer. Now simply drag and drop them to a folder of your choice.
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Select the location on your hard drive into which you want to transfer the items. Browse to the folder on your external drive where you want to store the files or folders and then drag and drop folders and files from your Mac's Finder window into the external hard drive's window.
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Open the external hard drive in the Finder window, and then press "Command-C" to move the files and folders from the system drive to the external drive. After you reformat the external hard drive using the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) file format, you will no longer see errors when copying files larger than 4GB.
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Move files to or from an external storage device Move files from the storage device: Select the storage device, listed below Locations in the Finder sidebar, then drag the files you want to a location on your Mac.
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Right-click the hard drive icon containing the files you want to transfer and select "Open in New Window." Navigate to the folder containing the files and click and drag or press "Ctrl-A" to select them.
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['Click the Start button to open the Start menu and then click “Computer.”', 'Locate the files you want to transfer using Windows Explorer.', 'Select all the files you want to transfer by holding “Ctrl” while clicking them or pressing “Ctrl-A” if you want to transfer all the files in the folder.']
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Once both computers are connected in Zapya. You will see the File Transfer screen on Windows computer like this. Simply drag files from your Windows computer and drop them onto Zapya program, Zap will then send them to your Mac. Switch from the Records tab in Zapya for Windows to find all sent and received files.
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['Open System Preferences on your Mac.', 'Click Sharing.', 'Click the checkbox next to File Sharing.', 'Click Options…', "Click on the checkbox for the user account you'd like to share with a Windows machine under Windows Files Sharing. You might be asked to enter a password.", 'Click Done.']
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['Connect the external hard drive to your Mac using its included USB cable. ... ', "Double-click the external hard drive's icon that appears on your Mac desktop.", "Drag and drop the files and folders you want to transfer into the hard drive's window."]
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Copying the Files Manually To do so: Connect the external drive you want to use as a destination for your files. Restart your Mac in Recovery mode by holding Cmd + R on startup, then choose Terminal. Use the cp -r command to copy your files to the external drive.
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First of all, go to the start button and open the start menu. In the search bar there, type in "windows easy" and from the search results, click on the windows easy transfer program. This will open up the windows easy transfer wizard. This window will help you copy files and settings from one computer to the other.
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['Click Open Folder to View Files.', 'In Windows Explorer, select the file(s) you want to transfer.', 'Click a folder arrow to locate the subfolder you want to use to store the file(s).', 'To move the file, press and hold the Shift key and drag it to the folder.']