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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / July 2006Transferring files from iMac to iBook - How?
I've got a Bondi-blue slot-loading iMac that I want to get some files from. I know I can copy the files to a key drive, and then transfer them that way, but is there an easier, more direct way? The iMac (IIRC) doesn't have a Firewire connection, so that's out, and so is CD-ROM (no CD writer). Can I USB-toUSB? Of course, I'm sure the would be ENTIRELY to easy. Any hints? > I've got a Bondi-blue slot-loading iMac that I want to get some files > from. I know I can copy the files to a key drive, and then transfer > them that way, but is there an easier, more direct way? Ethernet cable (and File Sharing). m.  Signaturematt neuburg, phd = matt@tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/ Tiger - http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/tiger-customizing.html AppleScript - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102119 Read TidBITS! It's free and smart. http://www.tidbits.com Any particular thing I need to do other than the cable? Turn on the iBook first? Then after it boots up turn on the iMac? I'm totally ignorant on the subject here, so any suggestions are appreciated. > > I've got a Bondi-blue slot-loading iMac that I want to get some files > > from. I know I can copy the files to a key drive, and then transfer [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > AppleScript - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102119 > Read TidBITS! It's free and smart. http://www.tidbits.com > Any particular thing I need to do other than the cable? Turn on the > iBook first? Then after it boots up turn on the iMac? I'm totally > ignorant on the subject here, so any suggestions are appreciated. DDonSS3- Booting the iBook first may be a good idea. Some older machines would not load the necessary Ethernet drivers if there wasn't a valid device connected during boot-up. After you get it working, you may find that the sequence doesn't matter. Also, depending on the age of the machines, you may need a cross-over Ethernet cable. If either one of them is new enough, then a straight cable should be OK. Go ahead and try it and see if it works. You will need to turn-on file sharing on one machine to access it from the other. If you have more questions, be sure to specify what OS is on which machine. Fred > Some older machines would not > load the necessary Ethernet drivers if there wasn't a valid device > connected during boot-up. ...it's more up to the OS doing that, and normally the main event is AppleTalk switching to serial when no ethernet is connected, but that failure is gone under MacOS 9 > Any particular thing I need to do other than the cable? Turn on the > iBook first? Then after it boots up turn on the iMac? I'm totally > ignorant on the subject here, so any suggestions are appreciated. No. I think the only thing you need is a crossover ethernet (cat5) cable. The way how can enable file-sharing over tcp and afp between the two machines, depends on the OS you are using. Give us some more informations about the systems you are using. Florian > I think the only thing you need is a crossover ethernet (cat5) > cable. a patch cable will do as well (depending on the age of the iBook, all the white once should be able to decide themselfes) > Any particular thing I need to do other than the cable? Turn on the > iBook first? Then after it boots up turn on the iMac? I'm totally > ignorant on the subject here, so any suggestions are appreciated. Just look up file sharing in the Mac OS help. The general idea is, you connect the two computers via a network cable, turn file sharing on one of the computers (the newest one), and on the other computer, mount the hard drive of the one that has file sharing turned on. On the other hand, if both computers are Macs (which is something you did not indicate), and both have a firewire drive, you can probably just use firewire target mode which is even easier then setting up file sharing. > I've got a Bondi-blue slot-loading iMac that I want to get some files > from. I know I can copy the files to a key drive, and then transfer [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to easy. > Any hints? Ethernet cable; if the iBook isn't too old, it shouldn't matter whether you have a crossover cable or not. Using OS 10.2.4 on the iBook and an earlier version of OS 10 on the iMac. It's in storage right now, so I'm not sure which version it's got. IIRC I bought the iBook in 2004. It's a 12-inch G3. > > I've got a Bondi-blue slot-loading iMac that I want to get some files > > from. I know I can copy the files to a key drive, and then transfer [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Ethernet cable; if the iBook isn't too old, it shouldn't matter whether > you have a crossover cable or not. |
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