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Got it.  But my trusty Windows desktop stopped booting up, even with a repair boot.

Thank God for my new Mac.

I have to decide if it would be worth it to reinstall my Windows OS…

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For clarity, the Mac is always the middleman is all the transfer activity.

No data is getting transferred to the Mac, but the SSD connected via a Thunderbolt port.

Copy/pasting from the NTFS drive attached to the Mac via the dock is the problem I’ve had from the beginning.

I’ll try copy/paste from the NTFS drive to the Flash Drive formated as ExFat and see if that works.  If it does that will be my second best solution.

Thanks.

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OK, let’s see if I understand.

The data source is and external HD formatted as Windows NTFS.

The data destination is not the Mac itself but an OWC 4 TB SSD interfaced to the Mac via Thunderbolt connection.  The final destination on the SSD is a 1 TB partition formatted as ExFat, so size shouldn’t be an issue.  I have a little less then 1 TB of source data but no significantly large files.

Since the data source is an external HD written by the computer do I really need to get the Windows machine in the loop?

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PK

Your post gives me hope. If you’ll indulge me I’d like to describe my configuration in some detail and ask for any possible solution available.

• Data Source (not changeable)
  • Gateway external HD, 2 TB, Windows NTFS
  • Interface to Mac – W7 SATA to USB 3A cable through a UGREEN dock, USB 3.0 port to Mac front USB C port
• Data Destination (highly preferred as not changeable)
  • OWC SSD, 4 TB
  • Interface to Mac – Thunderbolt
  • Target for data transfer a 1TB partition formatted as ExFat

Thinking about the PK post, I have several external storage option

• Seagate External Slim HD, 2 TB with USB 3.0 cable interface.  Format is Guid Partition Map.
• The mentioned MOVE SP Flash drive , 1 TB with USB 3.2 and Type C ports.  Format is ExFat but can be changed to Fat 32

I’ve had some luck copy-pasting smaller data sets from the Source to Destination but mostly get the Error Code 50.

This all might not be much value here but it helped me think through the posts above.  All further help would be appreciated…

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I have a Flash Drive by MoveSpeed that I just bought.

It is 1 TB and dual-head USB 3.2 and Type C ports.

The default format is ExFat but they advise it is reformatable to FAT 32.

I am getting desparate to transfer my data off my Windows external hard drive to protect against losing it when that mechanical drive fails.  I just expected to be able to copy-paste to the expensive OWC 4TB SSD plugged into my new MAC Thunderbolt port.  I never expected to have such a challenge with format compatibility.  Hopefully the experts on the forum can solve my problem…

Thanks

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Will

1 TB is correct.

It’s 20 years of photos!

Thanks for the correction.

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Darn,  is there any other format than ExFat I can use on the SSD to write the NTFS data to it?

Any hardware interface magic?

I desperately want to operate on that gold mine of photography files with that fantastic M4 Mac without having to leave them on that old hard drive which I know will fail sometime in the future.

The only other thought I had was to buy major online storage space and upload them to someplace like Google Photos.

Sigh…wish I was a retired IT guy.

 

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Thanks,

The W10 drive is formatted as ExFat.  Mine is NTFS. That might be the difference in successfully copy/paste procedure.

I need to really think more about your post to fully appreciate the setup difference.

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After 20 years running Windows I bought a new Mac Mini.  The setup was wonderful !

I have 1 GB of photography files on an external hard drive that was connected to my Windows Desktop via SATA cable.  The partition format is NTFS.

I bought a 4 TB OWC SSD connected to the Mini via Thunderbolt port.  I created a 1 TB ExFat partition to move my Windows files to.

I have the Windows external hard drive connected to a USB 3 port on the Mini via a patch cable and dock.  I can see all the files on the Windows hard drive just fine.

But every attempt I make to copy-paste or drag-drop the files to the Mini SSD I get an Error Code 50 failure.

I really expected the NTFS and ExFat formats to be compatible, and the fact that I can see all the files on the Hard Drive confuses me why they won’t copy.

These are my lifetime of photography files and I need them to be available with the high speed interface and M4 chip of the Mini.

I have successfully transferred a smaller set if files from a 2 TB external drive formatted as ExFat but I’m stumped that I can see the NTFS files but not transfer them.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

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Me too.
when my W7 machine dies I’ll probably switch to an Apple machine, MacBook or iMac.
Just tired of dealing with MS OS patching and hassling.
I’ll work on an external drive adaptor to access everything I had backed up on my Windows desktop and use iCloud and Google Photos for my photos as the primary for them.

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What version of Chrome are you running?
W7 limits Chrome updates.
I’m running the same OS as you are.
My Chrome version is 109.0.5414.120 64 bit

However I don’t require Chrome to remember my passwords.
I use LastPass on all my devices.
I have the LastPass extension installed on my Chrome version on W7 and the current version requires me to enter my master password on startup and then automatically fills in any credentials required to log in to any website I have set up with a personal account, including this forum.

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Pepsiboy

OK, one  more time…

Can I set up the administrator account without a password?

Can I setup an individual account with administrator privileges so I can log in under that individual account and not be constantly required to provide permissions for any actions that require administrator privileges?

Sorry for asking again but I’ve been through some OS changes and just trying to simplify operations again.

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Wow… feel like I’m back in Graduate School!

You guys are really impressive or I’m getting really old – or both!

Changing any DNS setting on my domains scares the heck out of me.

Currently just the SPF change seems to have resolved my Gmail delivery problem.  So maybe I’ll take some time to study your references and browse my host site to see if I can find a way to add the DKIM setting.

Looking at DMARC and the FTP stuff just boggles my mind.

So for now maybe I’ll mark this one resolved and wait to see if I can get my school juices flowing again.

I do appreciate the help.

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Thanks…

Did your host set up the DKIM for your account?

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Great reference!  I think I’m getting it…

About DKIM, here’s my host’s response:

Thank you for contacting IONOS.Unfortunately, IONOS doesn’t provide support for the implementation of DKIM records.

Yet you can set a DMARC record,  for this, please click on the following link for information on how to implement this on your domain DNS settings:

https://www.ionos.com/help/index.php?id=145</span></p&gt;

 

I’ll try to confirm I can email to Gmail with just the SPF now set.

Guess I’m not paying enough for my host to set up the DKIM…

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