Transfer music collection from PC to Mac?

[chosenwolf]

What method is the most efficient? Can I use a USB (pc) to Firewire 800 (mac) cable to connect my two computers for the transfer? Or is there a more effiecient way to do so? I am planning on transferring a lot of big files later on so the fastest method would be best.

Thanks for your input and patience with a mac newbie =)

 

[Eraserhead]

What method is the most efficient? Can I use a USB (pc) to Firewire 800 (mac) cable to connect my two computers for the transfer? Or is there a more effiecient way to do so? I am planning on transferring a lot of big files later on so the fastest method would be best.

Thanks for your input and patience with a mac newbie =)

I would say the easiest/cheapest solution would be to use an ethernet cable, to link the two together, you would need to get a crossover cable, it won't be that quick but it'll be easy to set up and get the job done.

unless the PC happens to have a Firewire port, in which case the fastest method is to use the firewire cable to create a network between the two.

 

[chosenwolf]

I would say the easiest/cheapest solution would be to use an ethernet cable, to link the two together, you would need to get a crossover cable, it won't be that quick but it'll be easy to set up and get the job done.

unless the PC happens to have a Firewire port, in which case the fastest method is to use the firewire cable to create a network between the two.

What about over the air? I can transfer files back and forth through my network, however I wish it was faster.

 

[reh]

What about over the air? I can transfer files back and forth through my network, however I wish it was faster.

Wireless is painfully slow for transferring large amounts of data.

 

[adk]

I'd recommend doing it over the network. Definitely spend the small amount of dough for an ethernet cable though, wireless will be a huge PITA

 

[disconap]

Unless you have the time. Like if you want to set it to transfer and then, say, go out and catch a movie or something. Then why spend more to do the same thing?