Cameltosis Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I have a ton of songs on a PC hard drive and I want to transfer them to a new iMac. I bought an external hard drive that is both Mac and PC compatible and I thought that might work, it does not. After talking to Mac support they want me to burn these files to a cd and then reload them to the Mac. First of all, this idea sucks. Second of all, if the files cant be pulled from a hard drive how can they be pulled from a cd? Anyway, does anyone have an idea how this can be done? George is getting pissed!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCharger Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I transfer my entire iTunes library between my home PC and my work PC using my iPod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I have a ton of songs on a PC hard drive and I want to transfer them to a new iMac. I bought an external hard drive that is both Mac and PC compatible and I thought that might work, it does not. After talking to Mac support they want me to burn these files to a cd and then reload them to the Mac. First of all, this idea sucks. Second of all, if the files cant be pulled from a hard drive how can they be pulled from a cd? Anyway, does anyone have an idea how this can be done? George is getting pissed!!!! The external drive should work (I assume the songs are in MP3 format ) as long as it is formated as a FAT32 and not NTFS. I don't know much about Macs, but with all the Mac chestbeaters here why wouldn't there be a way, as a Mac can "Do Windows"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 is it that the mac can't see the data on the hard drive, or that itunes won't import/recognize them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Must be your drive and how it's formatted. I plug and play my hard drive between a Mac and a PC all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 does this help? with this method you can use your ipod as the transfer device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 does this help? with this method you can use your ipod as the transfer device. Thanks ton. This should come in handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) Sorry......you Mac people drive me crazy! Where is H8 when I need him? It's a PC world..............get used to that! "Ooooo Macs can do windows!" Bullchit! "Ooooo Macs have better graphics!" Bullchit! "Oooooo Macs can do anything a PC can do and more!!" Bullchit! "Mac Comml's are Cool!" BULLCHIT!!!!!!!!!!!! When a company has to dis the competitor to stay in business they ARE in trouble! H8???????????????? Where are you????? Edited May 21, 2008 by rocknrobn26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Sorry......you Mac people drive me crazy! Where is H8 when I need him? It's a PC world..............get used to that! "Ooooo Macs can do windows!" Bullchit! "Ooooo Macs have better graphics!" Bullchit! "Oooooo Macs can do anything a PC can do and more!!" Bullchit! "Mac Comml's are Cool!" BULLCHIT!!!!!!!!!!!! When a company has to dis the competitor to stay in business they ARE in trouble! H8???????????????? Where are you????? Microsoft is a clusterf%^k. Just because it's got the larger marketshare doesn;t make it a better product. Look at it this way. If microsoft had their $hit together, Apple would've been dead years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Sorry......you Mac people drive me crazy! Where is H8 when I need him? It's a PC world..............get used to that! "Ooooo Macs can do windows!" Bullchit! "Ooooo Macs have better graphics!" Bullchit! "Oooooo Macs can do anything a PC can do and more!!" Bullchit! "Mac Comml's are Cool!" BULLCHIT!!!!!!!!!!!! When a company has to dis the competitor to stay in business they ARE in trouble! H8???????????????? Where are you????? robin my man .... how about "oooooo it's a far better product!" microsoft would dis apple if they could ... but they can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 so you can't just connect a usb hard drive to a mac? or is it a security issue within itunes where all their lockdown security bullschit thinks they're someone else's mp3s and won't let you at them? you need some 10 page instructions so that you can copy it a few gigs at a time via your ipod? is this part of that whole "complete mac experience" tonorator is always fawning about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Sorry......you Mac people drive me crazy! Where is H8 when I need him? It's a PC world..............get used to that! "Ooooo Macs can do windows!" Bullchit! "Ooooo Macs have better graphics!" Bullchit! "Oooooo Macs can do anything a PC can do and more!!" Bullchit! "Mac Comml's are Cool!" BULLCHIT!!!!!!!!!!!! When a company has to dis the competitor to stay in business they ARE in trouble! H8???????????????? Where are you????? You might want to run a spec sheet against the two. I work in both platforms and when it comes to advertising and graphics ONE is clearly far better than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Microsoft is a clusterf%^k. Just because it's got the larger marketshare doesn;t make it a better product. Look at it this way. If microsoft had their $hit together, Apple would've been dead years ago. robin my man .... how about "oooooo it's a far better product!" microsoft would dis apple if they could ... but they can't. PC's Rock ands Macs are.................Cute and may grow into a REAL computer someday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerx Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Coincidentally, I was trying to convert my iTunes (AAC files?) to MP3's tonight on my PC. I was about to come to the Huddle to look for answers when I saw this post already open. Sooooo......I read online that I can burn them to a CD and then reload them, but when I tried to find the file with the CD Burner, it doesn't see the file or doesn't recognize it? Anyone here know what I am doing wrong or have a way to convert the iTunes (mp4's or AAC files) to play with Microsoft? One that doesn't cost anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 so you can't just connect a usb hard drive to a mac? i have several connected to mine. works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Coincidentally, I was trying to convert my iTunes (AAC files?) to MP3's tonight on my PC. I was about to come to the Huddle to look for answers when I saw this post already open. Sooooo......I read online that I can burn them to a CD and then reload them, but when I tried to find the file with the CD Burner, it doesn't see the file or doesn't recognize it? Anyone here know what I am doing wrong or have a way to convert the iTunes (mp4's or AAC files) to play with Microsoft? One that doesn't cost anything? here is how to convert songs. here is good info on converting songs and how to deal with those purchased on itunes. there is a 2-step process to get an itunes purchased song to MP3. first, burn to an audio CD, then reimport as MP3. if the song is an itunes plus song, you can convert directly. and for the mac haters, this is not an itunes flaw, it is itunes complying with DRM, digital rights management. this has been discussed at length in a past thread if you want to learn more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 is this part of that whole "complete mac experience" tonorator is always fawning about? yeah man, it's all a myth. keep on keepin' on with your windows experience. upgraded to vista yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameltosis Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 Thanks for the help guys. I am actually asking this for a freind so I couldnt answer the questions until I talked to him. The Mac can see the iTunes files but it cannot open them. The hard drive is PC/Mac compatible so I dont know what the problem is. We are going to with the iPod idea. He didnt want to do that because he doesnt have one over 2GB's but he has 20GB's of music. I have a 40GB iPod so we will use that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 so you can't just connect a usb hard drive to a mac? or is it a security issue within itunes where all their lockdown security bullschit thinks they're someone else's mp3s and won't let you at them? you need some 10 page instructions so that you can copy it a few gigs at a time via your ipod? is this part of that whole "complete mac experience" tonorator is always fawning about? It's a DRM issue, and doesn't have anything to do with Mac or PC. The same issue would occur if you tried to transfer PC to PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameltosis Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 It's a DRM issue, and doesn't have anything to do with Mac or PC. The same issue would occur if you tried to transfer PC to PC. Will transferring via iPod work? Or does the DRM issue remain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 It's a DRM issue, and doesn't have anything to do with Mac or PC. The same issue would occur if you tried to transfer PC to PC. actually I think it's an itunes DRM issue. I know like windows media player allows you to manage/backup/copy your license files, which makes it easy to transfer them from one computer to another using whatever media you want (instead of just your ipod). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Will transferring via iPod work? Or does the DRM issue remain? it might not work unless it's "his" ipod. if everything is all licensed to you, it will probably call you a dirty pirate thief and not allow "your" ipod to be the go between. maybe there's some way of making it temporarily think "your" ipod is "his" ipod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 actually I think it's an itunes DRM issue. I know like windows media player allows you to manage/backup/copy your license files, which makes it easy to transfer them from one computer to another using whatever media you want (instead of just your ipod). I have never bought songs from Windows Media Player, and I can't seem to figure out how to do that... so I wouldn't know. DRM in general is gay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameltosis Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 i havent had a chance to work on my freinds Mac yet but I did fix something that has been bugging me about my iPod. I bought a Foo Fighters cd off iTiunes and I could not get it to play through the Sync in my car. Plays on the iPod speakers but not in the car. After your help I burned a cd, then ripped it back into iTunes, and now I can drive to work listening to the sweet sweet sounds of Dave Grohl. Thank you Huddle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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