[Hidden-tech] Just a few more questions on the mac-to-PC transition

[Shel Horowitz]

Thanks, Robert and Jeff. You both told me that the drive has to be in
PC-friendly format. And Robert, thanks also for the explanation about top
menus.

Funny that no one mentioned that among the several people who suggested an
external would be the best way to transfer the data. I was really
hoping—and assuming—that I'd be able to move the external between computers
as needed, since it's only data files I need and not program or utility
files.

But I've figured out a solution:

I have an 8GB SD card for my camera. That's big enough to take at least
some of the files. I need to go get a big flash drive (my clients seem to
be able to use the Mac-generated files I put on their PC flash drives
without a hitch) but meanwhile I have begun copying the most important
folders that are small enough to fit.

Also, can anyone weigh in on #s 2 (printer driver problem) and 4)
(*recommended macro program)?
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On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

> At Mon, 12 Mar 2018 13:00:30 +0100 Shel Horowitz <
> shel at principledprofit.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks to this community (and some significant time on tech support calls
> > and chats), I'm making progress. I've gotten files onto my external from
> my
> > Mac, successfully installed MS Office (not an easy thing because the
> > company I bought the software from apparently was supposed to notify
> > Microsoft and the program didn't recognize my MS account as having
> > purchased it—that one took half an hour on Microsoft's Live Chat to
> > straighten out).I also installed Malwarebytes antivirus.
> >
> > Advice: do NOT buy software from SoftwaresMax if you will ever need tech
> > support. I have contacted the company 2x by phone and once by chat. 2
> > voicemails with no call back, 1 successful connection to someone who was
> > helpful but her solution didn't fix the problem, and one completely
> > inappropriate response on chat.
> >
> > Still having a few issues and questions:
> >
> >    1. What am I doing wrong that my external  (Seagate USB that I think
> is
> >    about 10 years old and connects fine on the Mac) doesn't show up when
> I
> >    plug it into the PC's USB? I've tried both ports and also tried
> restarting
> >    while it's connected. I can't even figure out what letter it is in
> the hope
> >    that I could find a pathname that way. It's not C, D, or E, as those
> are
> >    claimed by built-in devices, and it does not show up under Device
> Manager:
> >    Dries
>
> Guessing: the drive is formatted with the Mac file system -- M$ won't be
> able
> to handle that (althouh Linux will).
>
> >    2. I installed the drivers for my Dell 3335dn networked multifunction
> >    printer but every time I try to print I get error messages. I have
> tried
> >    cleaning out the queue, but some of the errors don't even put
> something in
> >    the queue. It prints fine both from my Mac and my wife's both of
> which are
> >    also connecting wirelessly. I tried a hard-wire connection with a blue
> >    Ethernet cable, no luck.I haven't yet tried a crossover cable but I'd
> >    rather do it wirelessly anyway.
> >    3. Internet browsers on the Mac include a top menu (e.g., in Chrome,
> >    it's Chrome-File-Edit-View-History-Bookmarks-Peole-Window-Help). I
> figured
> >    out how to jump between windows on the PC browsers (Chrome and Edge)
> but
> >    not how to do the other stuff that I get from the menus. Is there a
> way to
> >    display them?
>
> Arg... The "new way" is to not have menu bars (on both MS-Windows and newer
> versions of Linux, since *nobody* uses the menu bars with webbrowsers :-).
> I
> don't know about Chrome or Edge, but with Firefox under Lunux there is a
> menu
> icon in the upper right corner. *Right Click* there and there is a dropdown
> "context" menu where you can enable the "menu bar". I would *guess* the
> same
> sort of thing will work for Chrome or Edge, but I don't know -- *I* don't
> use
> M$ software and Chrome does not run on the version of Linux I use.
>
> (The "top menu" is not disablable under MacOS -- it is a "feature" of
> Finder.
> Note: under M$, the menu bar is "attached" to the application window.  Same
> for *most* Linux GUI systems [Ubuntu's Unity behaves like MacOS's Finder].)
>
> >    4. I'm looking for a good keyboard macro program, ideally $50 or less
> >    for a one-time purchase. My needs are fairly simple, pretty much just
> text
> >    strings (been getting by just fine with the very simple AText on
> Mac). Any
> >    recommendations?
> >    5. How do I set the default so that MS Office documents are stored on
> >    the actual physical drive rather than the cloud-based OneDrive? I am
> fine
> >    about using the cloud for music and photos, but I've had enough
> experience
> >    with data files being inaccessible via the cloud that I'd rather have
> them
> >    physically stored on the computer.
> >
> > Other than the huge footprint that barely fits into my backpack, I think
> > I'm really going to like this computer once the bugs are worked out. And
> > the footprint is directly related to two features I like a lot: the
> > beautiful screen and the real numeric keypad.
> >
> > Thanks once more and Happy Daylight Savings Time.
> >
> > Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"(sm)
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> >
> > Contact me to bake in profitability while addressing hunger,
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> >
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> >
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> >
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