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Started 3 years ago by misskitty
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misskitty
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Ok I am trying to transfer my photos on my MAC osX to my PC. There currently in I-photo on the MAC.
I am trying to do this with my 2 gig stick and there are about 1800 photos. But they won't convert and if it seems like they did they don't show up on the PC.
I like my MAC but it is old and I am giving it to someone till I get a new one. But they can't have the photos on it too lol.
So is this a common thing ? Is there anyone that knows what I could do to make this work I would be more then appreciative about it you have no idea.

Posted 3 years ago #
Walker
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The simplest way to move them would just be highlight them all, and drag and drop to your flash drive, but I'm going to bet that 1800 photos won't fit on a 2 GB stick if they're taken at a fairly high resolution.
You may have to copy them over in groups.... a few hundred at a time. That, or run out to MicroCenter and pick up a bigger flash drive. You can grab a 16Gb model for $40 (maybe cheaper if they're on sale).
I'm not sure what you mean by "won't convert" unless you just mean that they "won't copy". Nearly all photo formats are easily recognizable on both PC and MAC.
Another way to do this would be to highlight all your photos in iPhoto and use the File>Export option to be able to specify what file type you want them exported in (jpg, tiff, or png) and you can select a resolution to scale them down to in the process. This would get them to all fit on a 2GB flash drive with a little bit of math, but you'd be scaling down the photo quality as well.
One thing I love about a MAC to MAC upgrade is the ability to hook up a firewire cable and import all of your profile settings, applications, and files to the new MAC upon setup. I'm not sure if this can be done easily from MAC to PC, but a direct firewire connection is about as fast as it gets for moving large amounts of fires around.

Posted 3 years ago #
misskitty
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ok I am going to try the Export now and I'll let ya know thanks a bunch.
I can't wait to get a new MAC but it wont be for a few months.

Posted 3 years ago #
misskitty
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The export thing seems to be doing the trick thanks a ton walker 8)

Posted 3 years ago #
Walker
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No problem! ;)

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