OS X Mavericks: Transfer your info from a PC
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If you didn’t transfer your information to your Mac when you first set it up, use Migration Assistant to transfer your information at any time. For example, transfer your user account—including all your pictures, music, and files.
Transfer your info
Transfer information over a wired or wireless network. Make sure your computers are connected to the same network.
- Close all other apps, open Migration Assistant on your PC, then follow the onscreen instructions.
If you don’t have Migration Assistant on your PC, download it from the Apple website.
- Select what to transfer, then click Continue.
For information about what you can transfer or about transferring information from a Mac or a disk, see:
Find the transferred info on your Mac
When you log in to a transferred user account, the information is where you’d expect it to be.
- If you had a custom desktop picture on your PC, it’s set as your desktop picture on your Mac. To change the picture, use Desktop & Screen Saver preferences.
- Your email is in Mail.
- Your contacts are in Contacts.
- Your calendars, with your meetings and events, are in Calendar.
- Your web browser’s bookmarks, favorites, and homepage are set in Safari.
- Music and iOS apps in iTunes on your PC are in iTunes on your Mac.
- Files from the main documents, videos, music, or pictures folders on your PC are in the Documents, Movies, Music, or Pictures folders in the Finder, respectively.
- Files from the PC’s desktop are on the desktop on your Mac.
Last Modified: Oct 20, 2015