Fat_Tony
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Hi folks,
After recently coming back to Apple on my phone, I picked up a Macbook Pro retina in the Apple store in Belfast on Thursday, somewhat impulsively. I have never used a Mac before but the option to return it within a week or two if its not for me swung it, I'm sure it will be a big improvement but I now have to master the basics as quickly as possible.
I have done plenty of research, and picked up an "idiots guide" but I'm still struggling a bit.
All my iTunes data was already on an external hard drive, and so far I can't seem to get it to connect with my Macbook. I had to copy all the data to my windows PC hard drive, I have formatted the external drive to Fat (?) I think it was called. Its now recognised on the Mac, but not on the PC.
Im sure ill have loads of questions but initially, how do I get the 50gb of data back onto my external hard drive? I tried putting it on a memory stick but that doesn't work either, wrong format again I'm assuming?
I really want this to work out, I love the idea of the Mac and I'm picking up bits and pieces quite easily, I just need to get it up and running properly asap so I can determine if its a keeper or not.
Thanks in advance
After recently coming back to Apple on my phone, I picked up a Macbook Pro retina in the Apple store in Belfast on Thursday, somewhat impulsively. I have never used a Mac before but the option to return it within a week or two if its not for me swung it, I'm sure it will be a big improvement but I now have to master the basics as quickly as possible.
I have done plenty of research, and picked up an "idiots guide" but I'm still struggling a bit.
All my iTunes data was already on an external hard drive, and so far I can't seem to get it to connect with my Macbook. I had to copy all the data to my windows PC hard drive, I have formatted the external drive to Fat (?) I think it was called. Its now recognised on the Mac, but not on the PC.
Im sure ill have loads of questions but initially, how do I get the 50gb of data back onto my external hard drive? I tried putting it on a memory stick but that doesn't work either, wrong format again I'm assuming?
I really want this to work out, I love the idea of the Mac and I'm picking up bits and pieces quite easily, I just need to get it up and running properly asap so I can determine if its a keeper or not.
Thanks in advance