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Originally Posted by New Englander
I admit I'm not great on computers. So I'm asking for help. On this Windows PC I had downloaded a program from Amazon. What I'm trying to do is copy this program onto a thumb drive. Then place the thumb drive into a new Macbook. But, when I plug the thumb drive into my pc a bell sounds so I know the PC is recognizing the thumb drive but I can't find it.
Last night the thumb drive worked great. I copied my bookmarks from my PC to the new Macbook. Then I erased the thumb drive so I could do the same with the program I want to move from my PC to the new Macbook.
Any help will be appreciated.  |
The Tinker is correct.
Your Windows program will not run on your Mac, unless you're using emulator software or have an old Mac with dual-processors (which I know you don't).
The odds are, the program you're running on your Windows machine, has a Mac Version of the same software. Simply download that and transfer your data.
I suspect your thumb drive was written (initiated) on a Windows machine? The file capability between Mac & Windows is slightly different. Mac can run a Windows formatted drive, but might not be able to access all file information.
If you're getting a chime, your thumb drive is being recognized by your Mac (doesn't mean it can read it). Here's what to do. Rename the thumb drive, while it's plug into your Windows computer. Name it something weird, like .... "WEIRD".
Plug it into your Mac & wait for the chime. Once you hear the chime, select the "Magnifying Glass" on your Menu bar, type in "WEIRD" and it will find your thumb drive.
If you get more specific on what your ultimately goal is and the software involved, I can probably tell you how to do it.