Hi guys,
I got a Macbook Pro in late 2009 for school. I have always been a PC guy, but needless to say using the Mac was a joy. I was in a graphic design program for a year and it was a great experience. Over the year I was at school I created nearly a hard drive full of content ranging from websites to videos to other media.
I have been out of the program for a while and I didn't really pursue a graphic design career so I have now decided to sell my MBP. I just don't use it very much anymore and I'm looking to build a new PC. Problem is, I have all of that content that I don't want to lose. I don't really intend to put it directly on my PC for browsing, but I would like to have it accessible so I can look through it occasionally. Obviously when I sell the Mac I will be wiping the drive.
So I'm wondering what you guys would recommend. Can I buy an external drive and create an image of my Mac's drive? Is there an easy way to do this? I don't really want to sift through all of the files to keep only the important stuff. I'd rather just have it all accessible in the file structure it was in.
I also have a time machine backup, but I have heard it won't be useful on PC.
So any help would be appreciated, sorry about the long post but I figured I would get more help if you had a bit of a backstory.
Also, just out of curiousity, and apologies if this is against forum rules, but any idea how much a mid 2009 17" 2.8 ghz 500GB 4GB MBP is worth?
Thanks again guys.
-Matt
I got a Macbook Pro in late 2009 for school. I have always been a PC guy, but needless to say using the Mac was a joy. I was in a graphic design program for a year and it was a great experience. Over the year I was at school I created nearly a hard drive full of content ranging from websites to videos to other media.
I have been out of the program for a while and I didn't really pursue a graphic design career so I have now decided to sell my MBP. I just don't use it very much anymore and I'm looking to build a new PC. Problem is, I have all of that content that I don't want to lose. I don't really intend to put it directly on my PC for browsing, but I would like to have it accessible so I can look through it occasionally. Obviously when I sell the Mac I will be wiping the drive.
So I'm wondering what you guys would recommend. Can I buy an external drive and create an image of my Mac's drive? Is there an easy way to do this? I don't really want to sift through all of the files to keep only the important stuff. I'd rather just have it all accessible in the file structure it was in.
I also have a time machine backup, but I have heard it won't be useful on PC.
So any help would be appreciated, sorry about the long post but I figured I would get more help if you had a bit of a backstory.
Also, just out of curiousity, and apologies if this is against forum rules, but any idea how much a mid 2009 17" 2.8 ghz 500GB 4GB MBP is worth?
Thanks again guys.
-Matt
