# transferring files from mac to pc

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-files-from-mac-to-pc/625564>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 18, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-files-from-mac-to-pc/625564 "2012-06-18T20:21:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![trinity2011](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@trinity2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trinity2011)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-files-from-mac-to-pc/625564/1 "2012-06-18T20:21:24Z")

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how to transfer files from a macbook to laptop running windows 7 (have belkin ez transfer cable)?

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-files-from-mac-to-pc/625564/2 "2012-06-18T20:25:12Z")

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Just network them both and use file sharing.

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-files-from-mac-to-pc/625564/3 "2012-06-18T22:51:27Z")

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Or simply use a standard USB memory stick. Or Dropbox.

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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-files-from-mac-to-pc/625564/4 "2012-06-19T02:18:58Z")

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If you’re only doing it once, USB memory sticks. If you need to do this regularly, set up file sharing over a network.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-files-from-mac-to-pc/625564/5 "2012-06-19T02:22:55Z")

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Or burn a CD. Or pretty much any other method you’d use for moving files around-- Nowadays almost all of them work for Mac and PC alike.