Transfer photographs from Pc to the Mac

[macro]

I need to transfer the last 100 or more photos from my PC to the Mac Pro. I know I need an ethernet cable as described by someone. Is there software I need or does the Mac, inherently, take care of the transfer? What, on the Mac, do I have to do, or bring up, to do this.

 

[Makosuke]

I'd say the easiest way would be to connect the two computers to the same network (or to each other if you don't have a router) turn on file sharing on one and connect to it from the other. I've gotten either working either way, but my offhand guess is it's probably easier to turn on Sharing on the Mac (make sure you check the Windows share box) and connect to it from the Windows box.

That said, if you have a thumb drive around, using that would be way easier and less prone to network oddities. Or, assuming that the PC has a DVD-R in it, burn a CDR/DVDR (or more, if they're large pictures) and use that to transfer. You get a bonus backup copy that way.

What to do with them once you get them copied to the Mac's hard drive will depend entirely on what you want to do with them. If you want them in iPhoto, just drag them into iPhoto's window, and they should be copied to its library. If you just want them around to use with Photoshop or whatever, store them wherever you want--"standard" location is in Pictures in your home folder, if you don't have a preferred organization system.

 

[speakerwizard]

there is a guide for networking : http://guides.macrumors.com/Networking_Windows_with_Mac_OS_X

prob easier to use an external HD / ipod or cd / dvd though

 

[Frisco]

Just do it via iPod!

 

[~Kat~]

Thanks for the link speakerwizard, I've had a router since last September but still haven't figured out how to network my PC and Mac. I actually gave up on it. Hopefully, I'll be able to figure it out.

 

[macro]

I need to sort out all your answers. I thank you for taking the time to partake in my question.

 

[BrownSquirrel]

Trouble Shoot my issue please

I have transferred photos from my PC to Mac.

Some of my picture files run pretty deep; I have files in files inside of files.

With that being said, I transferred pictures from PC and put them in the picture file on the Mac. NO Problem

However
When I try to put them in iPhoto I run into a problem.

iPhoto wants to take my organization and open the files in the files and bring them into one huge file in iPhoto. does that make sense?

(iPhoto does not keep my folders seperated)

Any idea what is going wrong? I should be able to grab a file full of photos from picture on the Mac and put them in iPhoto the same way. Right?

Stumped.

 

[skybolt]

To keep your organization, you will need to import folder by folder. Sorry, but if you don't, you will get the behavior you experienced -- one big file. Time consuming, yes, but not if you consider having to re-organize again.

 

[BrownSquirrel]

Thanks for the help, I will be posting results when I get home and let you know how it al turned out.
Thanks

 

[montycat]

To keep your organization, you will need to import folder by folder.
This is the way I did it. I had about 5,000 photos and 40 short videos on a bunch of CDs (no DVD burner on my old pc machine). I dragged groups of folders into iPhoto. Since I mixed up my disks, it didn't matter what order they were in. The folders were automatically put into chronologic order and all the subfolders were fine. Yes, it took some time to do and when I was done I put everything onto DVD. MC