In case of moving to Windows, how do I access files stored under Mac OS?

[hajime]

Hello, in case I buy a Thinkpad, how do I access the files stored under Mac OS? If I have files with long filename and perhaps also in Japanese, will there be compatibility issues if I try to access those files under Windows 10 on the Thinkpad?

 

[Audit13]

You can use a software utility, such as the one from Paragon, to access a Mac partition using a Windows machine.

 

[BeatCrazy]

If I understand your question... just download the iCloud application onto your ThinkPad.

 

[maflynn]

If I understand your question... just download the iCloud application onto your ThinkPad.

That will only work for documents stored on iCloud. If the OP needs to access data that is not on the cloud, then he needs another solution.

Another option is to back the data up onto an ex-FAT drive, that both platforms can read. The downside is that long file names may be an issue.

 

[twalk]

If you're running a mixed Win/Mac environment, my suggestion is to get a NAS. You can get good 2 bay ones for <$150 (sometimes <$100) and 4 bay ones for <$300. It just makes everything about transferring and accessing files between different system much easier (not to mention easy access by movie players for your video collection)

 

[maflynn]

accessing files between different system much easier

Easier but slower, especially for large files. I'm not disagreeing but files over ethernet/wifi will be slower then USB. I used to use a NAS for similar reasons, but then found it better for me, to use an external drive. True it can only be used by one machine at a time, but for my usage that's all I needed.

 

[twalk]

Easier but slower, especially for large files. I'm not disagreeing but files over ethernet/wifi will be slower then USB. I used to use a NAS for similar reasons, but then found it better for me, to use an external drive. True it can only be used by one machine at a time, but for my usage that's all I needed.

Depends on the NAS. I've used older NAS's that were only able to do around 45M/s. I'm still using an older Drobo 5N that only gets around that. But I've also got a 10 bay ASUStor that will do 80M/s+ and I've built a 15 bay OMV box that gets 90M/s+ (on old/slower drives). For reference, 1G ethernet maxes out at about 110M/s

With USB-A 3.0 external drives, I've seen as low as 30M/s up to a high of about 90M/s. There's a lot of variance there. However if you want to get your full drive speed, USB-C and/or TB3 will allow that (150M/s - 250M/s for a modern drive)

Personally, I'm looking to build my next NAS to handle 400M/s transfers plus move most of my basement lab over to 10G Enet. Transferring 10's to 100-200G at a time over 1G Enet isn't that bad... but it's not the best. However those multi-terabyte copies are a real pain