Newbie to Mac transferring data from pc

I don't use Mozy but did use Dropbox. In dropbox a file is a file so no conversion was needed for a document. Those just open in Word. (You do have Word for the Mac?)

As to zip files, you'll need an app for that.
Bob

Thanks for your reply. Does that mean I don't need to convert from mozy to ex7z? When I want to preview the file to see what's in it it looks like chinese to me.
What do I do w/can't open in dos mode and could not open as archive?

We toss files back and forth all the time. A .doc file opens fine on any machine. However that's not what you asked for in your last post. You want PREVIEW to work. For that I remember I have to open the doc, make any change (even delete a space then tap space) then save it. That gets Word to save it on the machine and preview might work.

I can guess some want more than that .
Bob

and how does this fit into the routine of moving your data files from a PC to your Mac.

If this is a new Mac, then the Migration Assistant will move all your data files from your PC to your Mac.

Remember that it is ONLY data files that you can move over, all your program files will NOT work on your Mac and cannot be converted.
Your pictures, music, movies, documents and the like, will all make the move and "should" not need converting to some other format.

What exactly are you moving?

P

The tech guy at Mozy told me to use ez7z to convert my pc data to mac data. I think this was mostly for the quicken and groove programs, or it might have been because he archived my data so I could download it more easily? I'm really guessing at this as he told me an awful lot of stuff I didn't really understand. Of course, there is always the possibility he suggested this to make it easier for me as I really don't know what I am doing here.

I have a lot to learn about the macbook and it's really slow going. Any advice or links you can give me to help me learn would be greatly appreciated.

it is running OS X 10.7.x (Lion) then Quicken will not run on it.
To check what version you are running, go to the Apple at the top left of the screen, click on it and choose, About this Mac.
The page that appears will tell you exactly what version you are running.

Thanks mrmacfixit (great ID)

by holding down the Control + Option + Escape key, select Ez7z app and hit Force Quit.

I think, maybe, that you are trying to decompress these files while they are still up there in the Cloud and not on your computer.

Open the Mozy folder and drag the files onto your desktop. It may take a while for them to download but, once they have, it should only take a minute or two (at the most) to decompress them.

Do you still have the PC?

Do you have a Flash drive?

Can you get one?

if yes to either of the last two questions, then use it to copy the files from the PC to the Mac.

P

Hey mrmacfixit,

Now that your files are on your MacBook, and decompressed, you should not have any further major problems with them.

OK, I got files transferred and now I would like to hilite a number of files to delete them. On pc I could ctrl and click on individual files and delete all at once. If the files were all together, I could hilite first file, click shift and then click last file to be be deleted and the whole block btwn the top and bottom would hilite and I could delete all at once.

that the routine is almost exactly the same on your Mac.

To select individual files that are not contiguous, use Command + Left Click
and
to select contiguous files use Left click to select the first file and Shift + Left Click to select the last file. All files in-between the two will be selected.

The above method works in all views with the exception of Icon View. For that you just click and drag to draw a box around the group of icons you want to select.

Once selected, Right Click and Sent to Trash, or click and drag them there.

I'm surprised you did not try that first.

BTW, duplicate postings of the same question does not mean you get a faster or better answer.
Please don't do it.

I will be deleting the other thread.

Glad you found the New Thread button
P