#MAKING THE SWITCH FROM MAC TO PC INSTALL#
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It allows Windows to seamlessly read and write to Mac HFS+ drives. This is another little utility that you'll need to make your PC fit into a Mac infrastructure. I've got around 6 Terabytes stored with them currently. They were foolish enough to offer me an 'unlimited' plan. I use Crashplan Pro and have been very happy with the service. And as long as you're backing up your system, you might as well back up your most important files to the cloud (also good whether you're on a Mac or PC). Neither of these look as 'slick' as Apple's Time Machine, but they both have more features than Time Machine. I've also found Todo Backup from EaseUS to be reliable and easy to use. Macrium Reflect (mentioned above) will do this. This is just good planning when switching from OSX to Windows. I've generally found that the more familiar and comfortable you get with Windows the less likely you are to do something that requires the cloned drive. It has been my experience that as a 'newbie' to the Windows world, you're more likely to need a backup drive like this early in the learning process because you're more likely to do things you shouldn't do to your system. This is a good practice whether you are on a Mac or a PC. If you ever do something to your main machine that would either take to long to fix or somehow corrupts the system you'll have a working system back in no time by popping in this drive. Put this drive on a shelf as an insurance policy. Not all drive cloning software properly creates a bootable clone, but Macrium Reflect does.

Grab an extra hard drive and clone your system drive to that extra drive.

Basically anything that your work requires you to have, but nothing goofy. This could include Adobe Creative Cloud, Avid Media Composer, Resolve, Cinema 4D.

#MAKING THE SWITCH FROM MAC TO PC INSTALL#

Then and only then install ONLY the core software that you intend to use.

#MAKING THE SWITCH FROM MAC TO PC DRIVER#

Install all OS and driver updates before installing anything else.It will take some time to learn a new way. The number one item on this list is patience. I've decided to broaden the scope of this blog a bit to include some 'best practice' suggestions and some software recommendations to make a transition in Switching From Mac to PC as smooth as possible. Switching from Mac to PC, Part II - aka Media as Martial Art

Making the switch from mac to pc