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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Moving data from a Mac to Vista

I am going abroad with VSO for 2 years. I have bought a laptop running Windows Vista, and I would like to load it with pictures and iTunes music from my Mac. Vincent McDonald

Copy all your Mac files to CD or DVD, being sure to copy them as data. You can then copy the files from CD to the Windows machine, on which I assume you'll already have installed the latest version of iTunes. Store the discs somewhere safe as a backup. There's a discussion on the osx.tribe.net site. iTunes also has a Back up to Disc feature, and an alternative is to transfer iTunes files via an iPod, as Apple explains on its Support site..

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