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Originally Posted by bobdeb
Any suggestions regarding moving a large number of files from an older laptop to newer?
I've considered using a thumb drive but is there a better method?
Is it possible to maintain directories?
Not Apple if that matters.
Thanks much in advance.
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The size of your files may be more important than the number of files. If you have files of a total size larger than your thumb drive capacity, you would need to use the thumb drive several times (i.e., move some of the files to the new computer, delete those files from the thumb, repeat). If you already have a cloud storage account such as OneDrive or Google Drive, that would be somewhat simpler and perhaps more reliable depending on the total size of your files. But if you don't already have a cloud account, I suggest sticking with the thumb drive for simplicity in using what you already have.
Also, if you already have an online backup service such as Carbonite, you might be able to restore files backed up online to your new computer.
And, yes, I believe you will be able to maintain your directory structure from what you described.