Transferring Files For Old Mac

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How to do it: Use some removable technology such as a Zip disk, SyQuest disk, CD-burner, or external hard drive to move the files. Connect the drive to the old Mac, transfer the files to the disk, then connect the drive to the new Mac and reverse the process. Follow these steps to transfer data Mac-to-Mac via cable: Connect the transfer cable from your old Mac to your new one. Power-on your old Mac and press and hold the “T” key while it boots up. If it’s already on, go to System Preferences. On your new Mac, wait for your old Mac’s drive to appear.

Applies To: iPad, iPad Pro, iPad Air, and iPad mini; MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, and iMac Pro

As you know, it's no doubt that you can transfer files from Mac to your iPad without the help of third-party software, because the iTunes installed on your Mac enables you to do it. However, using iTunes to sync files from Mac to your iPad will inevitably cause data syncing on your device. I guess that's why so many users are searching for 'how to transfer files from Mac to iPad without iTunes' or 'how to transfer files from Mac to iPad wirelessly'. If you are one of them, no worry, you will learn how to import files from Mac to iPad after reading this article, either with or without iTunes. Carry out the method best suited to your needs. (The ways to transfer files from PC to iPad are also provided.)

PAGE CONTENT:
Part 1: How to transfer files from Mac to iPad without iTunes
Part 2: How to transfer files from Mac to iPad with iTunes

Part 1: How to transfer files from Mac to iPad without iTunes

If you prefer to copy files from your Mac to iPad without iTunes to avoid data syncing or want to copy files from Mac to your iPad wirelessly, there are also the ways to do it, either with EaseUS MobiMover or AirDrop. EaseUS MobiMover is a professional iPhone data transfer program in the market. And AirDrop is the built-in feature in Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that can help you transfer files between Mac and your iPad or between another two AirDrop-supported devices. Follow the steps below to get the details.

EaseUS MobiMover: Transfer files from Mac to iPad all at once

What can MobiMover do for you?

With MobiMover installed on your Mac or PC, you can:

  • Transfer data between the computer and your iOS device (iPhone/iPad in iOS 8 and later) or between two iOS devices. You can also copy files from iPhone/iPad to Mac or sync data from one iDevice to another.
  • Manage files on your iPhone/iPad from Mac/PC. With this feature, you can delete iPhone photos from PC effortlessly.
  • Download videos from websites to your computer or iPhone/iPad. For example, you can download YouTube videos to iPad to watch them offline.

What are the file types MobiMover supports?

  • Photos: Camera Roll, Photo Library, Photo Stream, Photo Videos
  • Videos: Movies, TV shows, Music Videos
  • Audio: Music, Ringtones, Voice Memos, Audiobooks
  • Others: Contacts, Notes, Messages, Voice Mails, Books, and Safari Bookmarks

Photos, videos, Audio, Contacts (in .html format), Books, and Safari bookmarks are what you can transfer from Mac to your iPad.

Just by clicking the button below, you can safely and quickly get the versatile tool installed on your Mac, with which you can enjoy much convenience whenever it comes to iOS data transfer, file management, and video download. Don't hesitate to give it a try NOW!

Step 1. Connect your iPad to your Mac, and click 'Trust' when a prompt appears on your iPad asking you whether to trust this computer > Run EaseUS MobiMover and choose 'Mac to Phone' to move data from Mac to iPad > Click on the 'Select Files' to move on.

Step 2. Go to browse the files you want to transfer. After choosing the desired files, click 'Open'.

Step 3. You can preview the selected files on the right pane, with their detailed file names and file sizes. To add more items to transfer, you can click 'Add Contents' or directly drag files or folders from your Mac to the appointed area. Finally, click 'Transfer' to start transferring the content from your computer to the iPad. Don't disconnect your iPad while transferring. MobiMover enables you to move lots of data at a time without any quantity and size limitation.

AirDrop: Send files from Mac to iPad wirelessly

As mentioned above, you can transfer files between your Mac and iPad using AirDrop, which requires Bluetooth and WiFi to work. (If AirDrop is not working on your Mac, fix the issue first.)

Step 1: Switch on AirDrop on your Mac.

  • Go to Finder > Go > AirDrop and then turn on Bluetooth and WiFi. After that, AirDrop will be switched on automatically.
  • Set the option Allow to be discovered by in the AirDrop window as Everyone or Contacts Only.

Step 2: Turn on AirDrop on your iPad. (Don't forget to switch on Bluetooth and WiFi at the same time.)

  • In iOS 10 and earlier: Swipe up from the bottom of your iPad screen to open Control Center and then click the AirDrop icon to switch on AirDrop.
  • In iOS 11: Swipe up from the bottom of your screen to open Control Center. Press deeply on the module where Airplane Mode locates in, tap on AirDrop and set your iPad to be discovered by Contacts Only or Everyone.

Step 3: Transfer files from Mac to iPad.

Drag the items you want to send from Mac to iPad to the image of the recipient and clickSend.
Or you can click the Sharebutton in an App, choose AirDrop, choose the recipient and then click Done.

With AirDrop, you can also transfer files from iPhone to Mac wirelessly without iTunes or share content between two iOS devices freely.

Part 2: How to transfer files from Mac to iPad with iTunes

Using iTunes is Apple's official way to transfer files between Mac and iOS devices. To make the transfer process smooth, you'd better update the iTunes on your Mac to its latest version to avoid problems like 'iPhone not connecting to iTunes'. Go to App Store > Updates and your Mac will check for updates automatically. If there is a new version of iTunes or macOS available, click Install to update your iTunes to the latest version. Then follow the steps below to transfer files from Mac to your iPad with iTunes in two ways. (Here transferring photos from Mac to iPad is set as an example.)

iTunes Sync: Sync files from Mac to iPad

Step 1: Connect your iPad to your Mac with a USB cable and run iTunesif it doesn't open automatically.

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Step 2: Tap on the Device button and choose Photos.

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Step 3: Click the checkbox next to Sync Photos and choose one option from the drop-down menu of Copy Photos.

Step 4: Click Sync to start to import photos from Mac to your iPad.

iTunes File Sharing: Transfer files between Mac and iPad via apps

Note: You can share files between your Mac and iPad via Apps that support file sharing. To check whether an app supports this feature, go to see the documentation of it.

Step 1: Connect your iPad to your Mac.

Step 2: Click the Device icon and chooseFile Sharing.

Step 3: Select the app you want to transfer a file to from the list on the left.

Step 4: Click Add, choose the file and click Add again.

The Final Words

All the four methods above can be used to transfer files from Mac to iPad. It's hard to say which tip is the best for you because each way supports different file types. If you prefer to transfer photos, videos, and audio from Mac to your iPad, using EaseUS MobiMover in Method 1 could be a better option. While if you intend to copy documents to your iPad, using AirDrop in Method 2 or file-sharing in Method 4 is recommended.

2001 – Transferring files from one computer to another used to be relatively simple; you just copied the files to a floppy and sneaker-netted it over to the other machine, and voilà, you’re done. However, since the advent of the iMac, which has no floppy drive, users have had to become more creative. The solutions below are for individual home and school users as well as small groups such as high school departments.

Note: This article was written in the days when Macs still shipped with the Classic Mac OS 9. Even though Mac OS X 10.0 was available, most users didn’t make the jump until version 1.1, 1.2, or even 1.3. Many of these solutions should work with Mac OS X, but a lot of specific details are slightly different.

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Review of File Transfer Solutions

Solution: Buy a USB Floppy Drive

How to do it: Connect the drive to your new Mac, run the installer program that came with it, and go back to the sneakernet.

Advantage: Relatively simple and familiar.

Disadvantage: Relatively large upfront cost, not easily expandable to other users, relies on unreliable floppy disks. Expensive for large groups.

Solution: Directly Network the Two Computers Together via Ethernet

How to do it: Buy or build a crossover ethernet cable. Connect the old Mac’s ethernet port to the new Mac’s. Then follow the Network File Transfer instructions below.

Advantage: Cheap and fast. Could be a permanent connection if you’re not using the Internet.

Disadvantage: Somewhat complex to set up for the beginner. Uses up the ethernet port. Some older Macs don’t have built-in ethernet. (Most Power Macs and Quadras do. Most older Macs require a Network Interface Card.)

Solution: Directly Network the Two Computers Together via LocalTalk

How to do it: Use an ImageWriter II printer cable between the printer ports on two Macs with those old round Mac serial ports. Then follow the Network File Transfer instructions below.

Advantage: Cheap. Could be a permanent connection if you’re not using a LocalTalk network or a printer.

Disadvantage: Somewhat complex to set up for the beginner. Uses the printer port. Not especially fast.

Solution: Directly Network the Two Computers Together via FireWire

How to do it: If both Macs have FireWire, run a FireWire cable from the FireWire port on one Mac to a FireWire port on the other Mac. Then follow the Network File Transfer instructions below.

Advantage: Cheap – you only need a standard FireWire cable – and very fast. Could be a permanent connection if you’re not using the Internet.

Disadvantage: Somewhat complex to set up for the beginner. No Mac prior to 1999 has built-in FireWire, although you can add it to most Power Macs with PCI slots.

Solution: Connect the Two Computers Together via a Hub

How to do it: Purchase an inexpensive hub (or an expensive router) and plug both computers into it with standard ethernet cables. If you are using a cable modem or a school or office ethernet network, you can plug the uplink port (usually port 1) into the ethernet connection in the wall and let both machines use the intranet and Internet. (However, make sure you get a different IP address for the second machine!)

Then follow the Network File Transfer instructions below.

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Advantage: Allows ethernet to be connected to other devices such as the external network or printer at the same time.

Disadvantage: There is an initial expense for the hub, although it will most likely be cheaper than buying a new USB floppy drive. Your network admin may not approve of your buying a hub and plugging it into the network, but it’ll work fine at home for the cable modem. For a beginner, networking two computers, even Macs, can be intimidating.

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Solution: Use Apple’s iDisk to Transfer the Files

How to do it: Owners of OS 9.x can set up an Internet disk, called an iDisk, which comes free with the operating system. Go to www.apple.com, click on the iTools tab, then click on iDisk. Follow the directions to register. Once you’ve done it, copy your files from the source computer to the iDisk simply by dragging them over to the Documents Folder. Then the destination computer can be used to connect to the same iDisk and move the files over.

Update: iTools and iDisk have been discontinued. Contemporary options include Dropbox, Google Drive, and Apple’s iCloud service.

Advantage: If you have OS 9.x, it’s free. As long as you can get to a modern Mac connected to the Internet, you can get to your stuff.

Disadvantage: Yet another password to deal with; older Macs can download files from an iDisk if you use the File Sharing template, but they can’t interact with the iDisk as if it were a mounted network volume, as OS 9.x can. Firewalls and http proxy servers interfere with iDisk operation and prevent users from getting full use of their iTools. Your IT staff may or may not want to assist you in fixing this problem.

Solution: Use Another Medium to Transfer Files

How to do it: Use some removable technology such as a Zip disk, SyQuest disk, CD-burner, or external hard drive to move the files. Connect the drive to the old Mac, transfer the files to the disk, then connect the drive to the new Mac and reverse the process.

Advantage: You may be taking advantage of what you have on hand to do this.

Disadvantage: You almost certainly will need an adapter you don’t yet possess. The problem is that every kind of medium that could be used requires ports that the older Mac and the newer Mac don’t have in common (except for ethernet). For example, say you had an external SCSI drive connected to your old Mac. The new Mac doesn’t have SCSI and would require an adapter. The new Mac can use USB or FireWire devices, but nobody makes NuBus or Comm Slot USB or FireWire cards. If you have a PCI Mac, you’re all set, but not all Power Macs were PCI – and none of the 68K machines were. If your older Mac already has a CD burner, you’re in business; but if it doesn’t, good luck finding one.

Solution: Use a Local Server to Transfer the Files

How to do it: Assuming all the Macs involved are connected to the same network, use the Chooser to find the server and connect to it. Click on AppleShare, change the zone (if necessary) to the zone where the server is located, then pick the server off the list when it appears. See the Network Transfer instructions below.

Advantage: This solution is expandable for groups who don’t have access to iTools. It can also work across large networks if that becomes necessary, such as when you transfer to a new office with a new iMac but want your old files along for the ride.

Disadvantage: Your LAN must support either IP addressing (if your oldest machine can run Mac OS 8.1) or it must support AppleTalk if you have a very old machine. On some networks, LANs can run AppleTalk over the local hub as long as the router is configured to reject AppleTalk packets to keep you from pinging the entire network. You will therefore need to consult with your IT department before proceeding. See Setting up a File Server below.

Setting Up a File Server

These instructions are for either the networked or the one-to-one solutions described above. As long as the two machines are connected, whether through a crossover cable, a hub, or a LAN, this should work.

  1. Make sure AppleTalk is set to Ethernet on both machines. Since there are no serial ports on newer Macs, you will automatically be on ethernet.
  2. On the server or source machine, open the File Sharing (OS 8 and 9) or Sharing Setup (System 7.5.5 and below) control panel. The control panels are remarkably similar, so you won’t have any trouble following these directions. (If you have the File Sharing control panel, click on the Start/Stop tab.)
  3. Make sure the computer has a name. If you’re setting up a general purpose server, use something simple like, The server or File Transfer Server. If it’s just your own computer, then use Gromit” or Fluffy Mondale or whatever. (If you’re working with technicians, call it something like Z X P Y Room xyz Mac Server OS 8.1 or something equally technical and include plenty of numbers. The Z is the zone, and the P is the port number you’re connected to on the router. That way they know where to find you when they want to tell you to turn off AppleTalk.) Put your name in the owner field, and spell it just like you would normally type it, including capitalization.
  4. Enter an owner password. Hint: don’t use abc, 123, or your daughter’s name. The best passwords aren’t in dictionaries and have numbers inserted in the middle of words like this: glo544omy. Better write it down.
  5. Click the Start button. It will change to a Stop button. After a few moments, you have now got a functional network server, so if you are just doing this for yourself, skip to the File Transfer section below, log in as yourself on the client computer, and copy anything you want.
    > If, however, you’re setting up a server for a bunch of people in a relatively low-security setting, such as just giving people a place to temporarily store their files when moving them around, keep reading.
  6. The next step is to give access to the client computers. First open the Users and Groups control panel (or click on the Users and Groups tab in the File Sharing control panel.) This control panel looks quite a bit different from one OS version to the next. In System 7.5.5, it looks like this:

Whereas in OS 9.1 it looks like this:

However, the functions are very similar.

Create a new user by typing Cmd-M (all versions). Change the name of the user to Teacher or Employee or whatever makes sense in your context. Names can be changed by clicking on the name itself, waiting a moment, then typing over the name, just as filenames are changed in the Finder.

Double-click on the new user icon that appears. (OS 8 and 9, a dialog box automatically opens.)

Enter a password that you intend to pass out to everyone such as wordpass. Make it one that everyone can remember. You will need to click a dropdown menu and select Sharing in the File Sharing version of this.

Check allow user to connect, but make sure allow user to change password and allow user to link to programs on this Macintosh are unchecked. If there is a remote access option, turn that off too.

  1. You’re done with File Sharing or Users and Groups, so close the window. Next, create a new folder in the root level of the hard drive (In the Finder, open the hard drive, then pick New Folder from the File menu.) Change the name of the folder to something everyone will recognize, such as File Transfer Folder.
  2. Click on the folder once, and then (if you have OS 8 or 9) choose Get Info and click on the dropdown menu in the info window and select Sharing. In System 7.5.5, click on the folder once and pick Sharing from the File menu.
  3. Click Share this item and its contents and make sure all the boxes are checked in the first row (which should be your name, as you are the owner.) In the second row, click on the User/Group popup and pick the User you created earlier, such as Teacher. Make sure all three boxes are checked for this user. In the third row, make sure none of the boxes are checked. Close the window.

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You have just set up a file transfer server! Congratulations. Now all that remains is to go to the client, log in, and transfer the files.

Network File Transfer Instructions

These are the instructions to follow after you have set up your file server and are ready to transfer files to the client computer. The instructions are very similar if you are working on two computers or on a network. If you are working on two computers at home, you’ve already set up the file server, and the files are on the server, so you won’t have to transfer the files twice; otherwise these directions are the same.

  1. Go to the computer that has the files you wish to move and log into the file transfer server as follows.
    • Open the Chooser (in the Apple Menu) and pick AppleShare.
    • Make sure the zone matches the zone of the server. The person who set up the server will have to tell you what zone this is. The server’s name should appear in the box on the right.
    • Double-click on it to log in.
  2. Use the registered user” button if it isn’t checked already. Enter the name and password that have been set up for this purpose, such as Teacher and wordpass.A dialog box will appear which you must use very carefully to avoid giving yourself problems later on. These dialog boxes look about the same in all the versions.
  1. Click on the server’s name in this dialog box, but don’t click on the button which I have circled in red. If you do click it, Checked items will be opened at system startup time even if the checked item is no longer on the network or has been renamed so – the systems spends forever looking for it. And as far as I know, the only way to uncheck the box is to log in to the server again, which is impossible if the server no longer exists. (The alternative is to open the System Folder, open the Preferences folder, and trash the AppleShare Prep file.)
    > If you’re logging into the server as the owner, you will get access to the entire hard drive. If you log in as a registered user, only the File Transfer folder you created will appear in the list, and that is all that will be mounted on your drive by this process. You won’t, for example, be able to get into the server’s System Folder, which is a good thing.
    > Click OK.
  2. Create a folder with your name and put all the files you want to move into it. Then drag the folder to the File Transfer server icon.
  3. If you’re going to be doing this frequently, make an alias of the File Transfer server icon (click on it and hit Cmd-M). Using the alias will allow you to skip the Chooser steps. You should also be able to give the alias away and let other people skip the Chooser steps, something I have only done once, so I can’t remember any tricky little details.
  4. If you are on a network, disconnect from the server by dragging the File Transfer server icon (not the alias) into the Trash. Yes, I know if feels like you’re deleting the server, but you’ve just encountered the most counterintuitive Mac operation there is, and it’s okay. Really. You won’t delete the server.
  5. Go to the computer you wish to transfer the files to, connect to the File Transfer Server again (steps 1-4 above), and drag the files from the File Transfer Server to the new computer. Now this is a public folder, so don’t put sensitive stuff in it. As a courtesy to others using the File Transfer server, you should delete your files from the server as soon as you finish transferring them.
  6. Make an alias on the new Mac if you will be doing this frequently. Since only 10 people can connect to a single-station AppleShare server simultaneously, disconnect from the server whenever you are not using it.

Possible Problems

If your server is a color monitor machine and the client is a black-and-white Mac, then the icons may not display properly in the dialog boxes and may not appear at all. In this case, use the older machine as the server and let the newer machine log into it.

If there are more than 10 users connected simultaneously, no one else can log in. Can anyone tell me why Apple makes the jump from 10 to 50 users with AppleShare IP? What if I have only 15 computers? How do the other five connect to the server simultaneously without my spending hundreds of dollars? Solving that problem is going to be a real sticky wicket this fall.

If your older Mac doesn’t have ethernet and your newer Mac doesn’t have LocalTalk, you will be spending money to get an adapter. I use an EtherWave printer adapter and several similar devices to connect 68K Macs to my ethernet network. You can find this stuff fairly cheap in used parts catalogs.

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Conclusion

There are a lot of steps involved in this process, but once you’ve set it up, it’s pretty easy, especially if you use aliases. I keep an alias of my iDisk on my desktop, as well as an alias for my laptop, which plugs into the ethernet network when I have it at home.

If you attempted the same thing with a PC, there’s a lot more configuration decisions to make, and more vocabulary to learn.

Happy moving day!

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