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Connect the external hard drive to your mac using a USB cable and wait until the hard drive successfully connected to your computer. (Name of the drive should appear on your Mac screen). Step 2: Open “Finder”, then locate the files to move to external hard drive.

IBoysoft Data Recovery for Mac is free Mac hard drive data recovery software which has helped lots of users transfer documents, pictures, audios, videos, emails that files from broken Mac to new Mac, recover lost data from dead MacBook Pro /MacBook Air/iMac, recover lost data from unbootable Mac computer, recover lost data from failed internal Mac hard drive, etc. Connect the new Mac to the old machine and launch EaseUS Mac cloning software. In the From drop-down list, select the old Mac disk that you want to clone. Tip: For fastest migration, connect your old computer to your iMac with a cable, such as a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) cable. If you used Time Machine to back up your files from another Mac to a storage device (such as an external disk), you can copy the files from the device to.

Nowadays, the iPad is getting thinner with a bigger screen and is becoming a Mac substitute for many users. When using iPad for work or for fun, you must need to transfer files from Mac to iPad at some point.

This guide will show you all possible ways to move files between Mac and iPad. All files, including music, photos, contacts, movies, TV shows, PDF, Word/Excel documents, etc. can be transferred. Just select a method that works best for you.

Transfer Files from Mac to iPad Using iTunes

Using iTunes is a classic way to transfer files between Mac and iPad, although iTunes is killed in the latest macOS Catalina 10.15. (Check how to sync iPhone/iPad to Mac on macOS Catalina)

If you haven't updated your Mac to the newest macOS 10.15, you can still use iTunes on your Mac to transfer files to iPad.

Sync media files from Mac to iPad

To transfer photo, music, video files from Mac to iPad, you have to sync your iPad with the iTunes library on your Mac, which may delete some existing files on your iPad.

Step 1: Run iTunes on Mac and plug your iPad into Mac. (What to do when iTunes won't recognize your iPad?)

Step 2: Select your iPad in iTunes. Click Music, Photos, Movies or TV Shows and click Sync button on the bottom.

Share documents from Mac to iPad

File Sharing on iTunes enables apps like Pages, Keynote to share files between Mac and iPad. To transfer documents from Mac to iPad:

  • Click File Sharing on iTunes;

  • All your iPad apps that support File Sharing will show up;

  • Select an app and click Add to add files from Mac to iPad.


How to Transfer Files from Mac to iPad without iTunes

Syncing iPad to iTunes library on Mac could wipe some existing files on Mac. That's why many people would like to import files to iPad from Mac without iTunes.

FonePaw iOS Transfer can replace iTunes for iPad files transfer. As a matter of fact, transferring files with the FonePaw tool is much more convenient than iTunes. It won't overwrite the existing files on your iPad and it supports files transfer from iPad back to Mac, too. Moreover, files transfer between iPhone and iPad, iPad and iPod Touch is also possible with FonePaw iOS Transfer.

iPad Pro, iPad Air 3/2, iPad mini 4/3, iPad 2 and any other iPad models are all supported.

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Step 1: Connect iPad to Mac

After launching FonePaw iOS Transfer on your MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac or Mac Pro, get you iPad connected to Mac using a USB cable. After detected, your iPad will be shown up in the home window of the program.


Step 2: Move Files from Mac to iPad

Select a category in the left column. For example, select Videos, which will load all video files on your iPad. Click 'Add'. In the pop-up file browser window, navigate to the folder on your Mac where you save video files you want to transfer. Then, click 'Open' to copy movies to your iPad.

Further reading:

How to Put Movies on iPad from Mac


How to Transfer Files from Mac to iPad Wirelessly

If you don't have a USB cable on hand right now, you can also transfer files from Mac to iPad wirelessly without USB cables. That's to use AirDrop to share the files between Mac and iPad.

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Although AirDrop comes to handy when transferring one or several files at a time, it is not reliable if you need to move a large number of files between iPad and Mac. You're recommended to use a USB cable if there are numerous files on your Mac to transfer to iPad.

Step 1: Make sure that AirDrop is enabled on both your iPad and Mac.

Step 2: On your MacBook or iMac, open the file, such as a photo, you want to send to iPad. Tap the Share button.

Step 3: When AirDrop displays the name of your iPad, tap the device to receive the files from Mac.

The Mac file will then be transferred to iPad wirelessly.

Are you trying to move your old Mac to a new one? It requires you to transfer a series of applications and a large number of personal data with its settings to from one Mac to another?

When it comes to data transfer on Mac, most users will mention Migration Assistant. Yes, at most times, it is the best choice to copy all of your documents, apps, user accounts, and settings to a new Mac from another computer.

But what if your Mac computer is too old to work with Migration Assistant or Migration Assistant stuck and failed to work? While encountering such a situation, how can you transfer applications or data to new Mac without Migration Assistant?

What will you need to transfer applications and data to new Mac without Migration Assistant?

Here, you usually have two choices, to reinstall the applications manually or using third-party Mac backup software to complete the transfer job by disk clone. I think most users will be happy to choose the latter one because it can help them save all the possible tedious jobs that might be related to the first method.

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If it is the case, now the problem becomes how to find a reliable Mac cloning software. Here we would like to introduce EaseUS Todo Backup for Mac. With a wizard-like interface and a lot of advanced and flexible features, it can work as well as or even better than Migration Assistant in Mac data transfer.

Steps to transfer data and applications to new Mac without Migration Assistant

1. Connect the new Mac to the old machine and launch EaseUS Mac cloning software.

2. In the From drop-down list, select the old Mac disk that you want to clone.

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3. In the To drop-down list, select the new Mac hard drive as the destination disk where you want to save the duplicate.

4. Set up the disk cloning properties. Here, you are allowed to exclude files or folders if necessary.

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5. Finally, click the Start button to execute the cloning operation.

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The above steps will help you transfer from old Mac to new Mac with the system, data, applications and settings.