File transfer over local network

[TheMastr13]

Hey guys!

I need a quick (meaning easy to set-up) way to transfer ~30gb of files from my MacBook to my PC.

I want to transfer all of my lossless audio, so I have it on both computers. I don't have any external hard drive or flash drive large enough for the job.

Both computers are connected with CAT5e to the router.

NOTE: my MacBook runs OS X, and my PC is, well, a PC.

Does anybody have a solution?

Thanks,

TheMastr13

[Godlygamer23]

You can try FileZilla.

[TheMastr13]

You can try FileZilla.

Hmmm... I've never used it. I will have to check it out

[Necrodead]

If both comps are on the network, right click the folder you want to send the files from and right click>share>share with homegroup. (you should have one set up already to have internet, I believe) and you can choose read/write or just read. After that go to the other comp and simply navigate to the computer in your network map, and find the folder you shared. IIRC i get 10GBPS over my network. Hope this is the same for mac, but this is how you do it on windows.

[braneopbru]

......IIRC i get 10GBPS over my network........

No.

 

You get 1Gb/s. Maybe if you have a $1000 switch, a $300 NIC and some fibre optic cable you get 10Gb/s. But you most assuredly are NOT getting 10GB/s.

[TheMastr13]

No.

You get 1Gb/s. Maybe if you have a $1000 switch, a $300 NIC and some fibre optic cable you get 10Gb/s. But you most assuredly are NOT getting 10GB/s.

He means 10 gigabit (Gb), not 10 gigabyte (GB)

[braneopbru]

He means 10 gigabit (Gb), not 10 gigabyte (GB)

Which, like I said, unless he has over $1000 in networking gear, he's not getting either.

 

Also, he's right on your issue. Turn on windows file sharing and browse the network from the mac.

[vanished]

Um, drag and drop?  I assume you have shared folders set up, or know how to quickly.

[Necrodead]

No.

 

You get 1Gb/s. Maybe if you have a $1000 switch, a $300 NIC and some fibre optic cable you get 10Gb/s. But you most assuredly are NOT getting 10GB/s.

My bad. All I know is it goes very fast, or at least fast enough for me.

[brwainer]

Which, like I said, unless he has over $1000 in networking gear, he's not getting either.

Also, he's right on your issue. Turn on windows file sharing and browse the network from the mac.

You also have to have an SSD array or an NVMe SSD or use RAM drives on each end to get over 1GBps (8 Gbps) as well, so that's even less likely

For the OP: OSX can read and write from Windows file shares, you just right click on the folder and choose to share it. Note that you want to share it to the entire network, NOT to the Homegroup if you have one set up. You also may have to disable password protected file sharing in the network and sharing center. For Windows to read and write from an OSX file share, you actually have to share it as a Windows type share (I belive they call that Samba), and I also don't know enough about that to tell you how to do it.

If you want to keep the music folder synced up between the computers all the time, or can't figure out the file sharing, I recommend Bittorrent Sync. It uses the BitTorrent protocol for the network transfer, but other than that has no relation to regular BitTorrent. They have clients available for just about everything, and it's free (you don't need the Pro features to do what you are trying to to)

[Blake]

Hey guys!

I need a quick (meaning easy to set-up) way to transfer ~30gb of files from my MacBook to my PC.

I want to transfer all of my lossless audio, so I have it on both computers. I don't have any external hard drive or flash drive large enough for the job.

Both computers are connected with CAT5e to the router.

NOTE: my MacBook runs OS X, and my PC is, well, a PC.

Does anybody have a solution?

Thanks,

TheMastr13

Where is the music? on the windows or mac?

 

if on the mac, just share the folder, then on the windows system, just connect to the share, and copy + paste the music.

If it is the other way, create a share where the music is on the windows drive and then connect to the share from the mac, and copy + paste.

 

If either of these asks for a password, make sure you use the user/pass of the system you are connecting across the network too, eg:

AppleLappy -> PClappy: finder will prompt for a password, login as PClappy\TheMastr13

PClappy -> AppleLappy: Explorer will prompt for a password, login as AppleLappy\TheMastr13

 

You may need to tell finder to use SMB for sharing (it's in preferences somewhere).