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User Guide
PM00760-A F4U001
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Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the Belkin Switch-to-Mac Cableꢀ This cable will help you quickly
and easily transfer important files, folders, and settings from your PC to your Mac® computerꢀ Using the Belkin
Switch-to-Mac Cable makes it easy to transfer your music, photos, Internet favorites, Outlook® Express email
messages, contacts, and moreꢀ Tell the Switch-to-Mac Utility what you would like to transfer, and it will do all
the work of finding the files and putting them in their appropriate place on the Macꢀ
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System requirements
Please read the requirements below to make sure your computers support the use of the Belkin Switch-to-Mac Cableꢀ
System requirements for PC
System requirements for Mac
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Operating System: Windows® XP SP2 and above, Vista®
Open USB 2ꢀ0 port
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Operating System: Mac OS® X v10ꢀ4 and above
Open USB 2ꢀ0 port
50MB hard-drive space
50MB hard-drive space
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
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Package Contents
Quick Install Guide: Follow
the steps in the Quick Install
Guide to get up and running
quickly with your Belkin
belkin Switch-to-Mac
Cable: Works in conjunction
with the Switch-to-Mac Utility
to help you transfer your
files quickly and easilyꢀ The
Cable has a status light that
lets you know when it is busy
transferring data:
Switch-to-Mac Cableꢀ
Status Light:
Switch-to-Mac
Installation Cd: Contains
the Switch-to-Mac Utility
software you will need to use
the Switch-to-Mac Cableꢀ
Steady pulse – No files are
being transferred
Rapid blinking – Files are
being transferred
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before Installation
In order to transfer files successfully to a new Mac computer,
you need to have opened these applications at least once and
accepted their license agreementsꢀ For your convenience,
the Quick Install Guide includes a checklist to help you keep
track of what you want to transfer and which applications you
have openedꢀ
on the PC
on the Mac
Safari®
iTunes®
Internet Explorer® Favorites
My Music/iTunes PC
My Pictures
iPhoto®
Outlook Express Email
Outlook Express Contacts
Outlook Calendar
Mail
Address Book
iCal®
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You can transfer other files that may not be associated with a
particular application:
Check iTunes Settings on your Mac Computer
To avoid creating duplicate copies of your music on your Mac,
select the following option in iTunes:
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My Documents
Desktop Files
1ꢀ Open iTunes on your Macꢀ
Desktop Wallpaper
2ꢀ In the main menu bar, choose “iTunes”ꢀ
3ꢀ Select “Preferences”ꢀ
Custom Folders (you select specific folders to transfer
from the PC)
4ꢀ On the “Preferences” screen, click “Advanced”ꢀ
5ꢀ Uncheck “Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding
to library”ꢀ
6ꢀ Click “OK”ꢀ
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To install the Switch-to-Mac Utility, you need to have administrator privileges on the Mac and the PCꢀ
Close all applications and antivirus programs on both the PC and Mac before installing the Switch-to-Mac Utilityꢀ
If you have an Internet connection, make sure your Mac and PC are connected to allow the software to install the latest updateꢀ
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Install the Switch-to-Mac Utility on
your PC
Install the Switch-to-Mac Utility on your
Mac Computer
1ꢀ Put the Switch-to-Mac CD in your PCꢀ The installation
program should run automaticallyꢀ
1ꢀ Put the Switch-to-Mac CD in your Macꢀ A CD icon will appear
on your desktopꢀ
If it does not run automatically, do the following:
2ꢀ Double-click the CD icon on your desktopꢀ
3ꢀ Double-click the folder titled “Mac Install files”ꢀ
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Click “Start My Computer”ꢀ
Open the Switch-to-Mac Utility CD.
4ꢀ Double-click “Belkin Switch-to-Mac UtilityꢀPKG” to start
the installerꢀ
2ꢀ Follow the instructions on the screen to complete
the installationꢀ
5ꢀ Follow the instructions on the screen to complete
the installationꢀ
3ꢀ The Switch-to-Mac Utility will start when you complete
the installationꢀ On the “Finish” screen, “Launch the Belkin
Switch-to-Mac Utility” is checked by defaultꢀ
The installer will create a
Switch-to-Mac Utility icon on
your desktopꢀ Double-click
this icon to start the Utilityꢀ
4ꢀ Eject the CD and follow the installation instructions for
the Macꢀ
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Transferring your files
new Mac User Tip: You can find all of your installed software in the “Applications” folder of your hard driveꢀ
Important: If you are using a laptop, we recommend that you plug it in before transferring filesꢀ Loss of power may result in an
incomplete transferꢀ
Follow these steps to transfer your files:
1ꢀ Connect the Switch-to-Mac Cable to the PC and Macꢀ
2ꢀ Use the Switch-to-Mac Utility on the PC to establish a
connection with the Macꢀ
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Double-click the Belkin Switch-to-Mac Utility on the
PC Desktopꢀ
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Follow the instructions on the screenꢀ
When the PC and Mac are connected, you will see the
following screen asking you to open the Utility on the Macꢀ
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3ꢀ Use the Switch-to-Mac Utility on the Mac to choose the
information you would like to transferꢀ
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Click “Continue” to review your selection and begin
the transferꢀ
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Double-click the Belkin Switch-to-Mac Utility on the
Mac desktopꢀ
When the transfer is complete, you will see a summary of what
was transferredꢀ
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Follow the instructions on the screenꢀ
Choose what you would like to transfer from the PC to
the Macꢀ
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finding and opening your files on the Mac Computer
Much of your information will be
imported automatically into the
associated applicationsꢀ The
applications will open automatically
following the transferꢀ
The rest of your files can be found in these folders:
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My Documents
My Pictures
My Music
Documents
Pictures
//Users/Home/Documents/WindowsPC
//Users/Home/Pictures/WindowsPC
//Users/Home/Music/WindowsPC
//Users/Home/Movies/WindowsPC
//Users/Home/Desktop/WindowsPC
//Users/Home/WindowsPC
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iTunes, iPhoto, Mail, and Safari do
not require your attentionꢀ
Music
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iCal and Address Book will ask
you to confirm to import your
informationꢀ
My Videos
Videos
Desktop Files
Custom Folders
Desktop Wallpaper
Desktop Files
Custom Folders
Desktop Wallpaper
//Users/Home/Pictures/WindowsPC Wallpaper
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Handling Multiple Transfers
The Utility also creates a new folder each time you transfer files
from the same PCꢀ Consider a scenario where you transfer My
Documents from your PC today, and then do so again next weekꢀ
The Switch-to-Mac Utility is optimized for transferring from each
PCꢀ You can use the Cable to transfer files from two or more PCs
to your Macꢀ Each time you transfer files from your PC to your
Mac, a new folder is created for that transferꢀ For example, if you
transfer My Documents from a desktop and laptop PC, you will
see two folders in the Mac OS locations:
You will have the following two folders:
//Users/Home/Documents/WindowsPC
//Users/Home/Documents/WindowsPC2
//Users/Home/Documents/WindowsPC
//Users/Home/Documents/WindowsPC2
These folders will contain many of the same files, resulting in
duplication and wasted hard-drive spaceꢀ To eliminate duplicate
files, complete only one transfer from each PCꢀ
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Uninstalling the Switch-to-Mac Utility
To remove the Utility from your computer, follow the steps below:
PC:
Mac:
1ꢀ Disconnect the Switch-to-Mac Cable from your PCꢀ
1ꢀ Disconnect the Switch-to-Mac Cable from your Macꢀ
2ꢀ Open the Macintosh HD icon on your desktopꢀ
2ꢀ Open the Control Panel and select “Add or Remove Programs”
(“Programs and Features” in Windows Vista)ꢀ
3ꢀ Open the “Applications” folder and find the Belkin
Switch-to-Mac Utility iconꢀ
3ꢀ Find the Belkin Switch-to-Mac Utility and select “Remove”
(“Uninstall” in Windows Vista)ꢀ
4ꢀ Drag and drop the icon to the trash icon in the dockꢀ
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The Cable is connected, but the Utility tells me to connect
the computersꢀ
2ꢀ If there are multiple WindowsPC(1,2,3) folders, there is a good
chance that each folder contains many of the same filesꢀ
Check to see if there are duplicate files between foldersꢀ
1ꢀ Close the Switch-to-Mac Utility on each computerꢀ
2ꢀ Unplug the Cable from each computerꢀ
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If you have not deleted files from your PC, the most recent
WindowsPC folder should have all your most current filesꢀ
3ꢀ Restart the Switch-to-Mac Utility on each computerꢀ
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If you are sure that all of your files are present in the most
recent WindowsPC folder, you may delete older WindowsPC
folders to free up spaceꢀ
after several transfers, my Mac hard drive is filling upꢀ
The Switch-to-Mac Cable is intended to be used only once for
each PC that has files you would like to transferꢀ Transferring from
the same PC multiple times can cause duplicate filesꢀ
3ꢀ If you do not have more than one WindowsPC folder in the
locations above, you have not transferred duplicate filesꢀ
1ꢀ Go to the folders below and see if there are multiple folders
labeled WindowsPC2, WindowsPC3, etcꢀ
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//Users/Home/Documents/WindowsPC
//Users/Home/Pictures/WindowsPC
//Users/Home/Music/WindowsPC
//Users/Home/Movies/WindowsPC
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fCC Statement
Ce declaration of Conformity
We, Belkin International, Incꢀ, declare under our sole responsibility
that the F4U001, to which this declaration relates, is in
conformity with Generic Emissions Standard EN 55022:1998
Class B, EN50081-1 and with Generic Immunity Standard
EN50082-1 1992ꢀ
deClaraTIon of ConforMITY WITH fCC rUleS for
eleCTroMaGneTIC CoMPaTIbIlITY
We, Belkin International, Incꢀ, of 501 West Walnut Street,
Compton, CA 90220, declare under our sole responsibility that
the product:
F4U001
to which this declaration relates:
Complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rulesꢀ Operation is subject
to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause
harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any
interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operationꢀ
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belkin International, Incꢀ limited lifetime Product Warranty
What this warranty coversꢀ
What is not covered by this warranty?
Belkin International, Incꢀ (“Belkin”) warrants to the original purchaser of this
Belkin product that the product shall be free of defects in design, assembly,
material, or workmanshipꢀ
All above warranties are null and void if the Belkin product is not provided
to Belkin for inspection upon Belkin’s request at the sole expense of the
purchaser, or if Belkin determines that the Belkin product has been improperly
installed, altered in any way or tampered withꢀ The Belkin Product Warranty
does not protect against acts of God such as flood, lightning, earthquake, war,
vandalism, theft, normal-use wear and tear, erosion, depletion, obsolescence,
abuse, damage due to low voltage disturbances (iꢀeꢀ, brownouts or sags), non-
authorized program, or system equipment modification or alterationꢀ
What the period of coverage isꢀ
Belkin warrants the Belkin product for the lifetime of the productꢀ
What will we do to correct problems?
Product Warranty.
Belkin will repair or replace, at its option, any defective product free of charge
(except for shipping charges for the product)ꢀ Belkin reserves the right to
discontinue any of its products without notice, and disclaims any limited
warranty to repair or replace any such discontinued productsꢀ In the event
that Belkin is unable to repair or replace the product (for example, because
it has been discontinued), Belkin will offer either a refund or a credit toward
the purchase of another product from Belkinꢀcom in an amount equal to the
purchase price of the product as evidenced on the original purchase receipt as
discounted by its natural useꢀ
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How to get serviceꢀ
To get service for your Belkin product you must take the following steps:
from such repair facility and of such estimate shall be borne solely by the
purchaserꢀ Damaged equipment must remain available for inspection until the
claim is finalizedꢀ Whenever claims are settled, Belkin reserves the right to be
subrogated under any existing insurance policies the purchaser may haveꢀ
1ꢀ Contact Belkin International, Incꢀ at 501 Wꢀ Walnut Stꢀ, Compton CA 90220,
Attn: Customer Service, or call (800)-223-5546, within 15 days of the
Occurrenceꢀ Be prepared to provide the following information:
How state law relates to the warrantyꢀ
THIS WARRANTY CONTAINS THE SOLE WARRANTY OF BELKINꢀ THERE
ARE NO OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY
LAW, IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF
QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
AND SUCH IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IF ANY, ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO
THE TERM OF THIS WARRANTYꢀ Some states do not allow limitations on how
long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations may not apply to youꢀ
aꢀ The part number of the Belkin productꢀ
bꢀ Where you purchased the productꢀ
cꢀ When you purchased the productꢀ
dꢀ Copy of original receiptꢀ
IN NO EVENT SHALL BELKIN BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR MULTIPLE DAMAGES SUCH AS,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST BUSINESS OR PROFITS ARISING OUT OF
THE SALE OR USE OF ANY BELKIN PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGESꢀ
2ꢀ Your Belkin Customer Service Representative will then instruct you on how
to forward your receipt and Belkin product and how to proceed with your
claimꢀ
This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other
rights, which may vary from state to stateꢀ Some states do not allow the
exclusion or limitation of incidental, consequential, or other damages, so the
above limitations may not apply to youꢀ
Belkin reserves the right to review the damaged Belkin productꢀ All costs of
shipping the Belkin product to Belkin for inspection shall be borne solely by
the purchaserꢀ If Belkin determines, in its sole discretion, that it is impractical
to ship the damaged equipment to Belkin, Belkin may designate, in its sole
discretion, an equipment repair facility to inspect and estimate the cost to
repair such equipmentꢀ The cost, if any, of shipping the equipment to and
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Belkin Tech Support
Belkin International, Incꢀ
501 West Walnut Street
Los Angeles, CA 90220, USA
310-898-1100
Belkin BꢀVꢀ
US: 800-223-5546, extꢀ 2263
310-898-1100, extꢀ 2263
UK: 0845 607 77 87
Boeing Avenue 333
1119 PH Schiphol-Rijk,
The Netherlands
Australia: 1800 235 546
New Zealand: 0800 235 546
Singapore: 65 64857620
Europe: wwwꢀbelkinꢀcom/support
310-898-1111 fax
+31 (0) 20 654 7300
+31 (0) 20 654 7349 fax
Belkin Ltdꢀ
Express Business Park, Shipton Way
Rushden, NN10 6GL,
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 1933 35 2000
+44 (0) 1933 31 2000 fax
Belkin Ltdꢀ
4 Pioneer Avenue
Tuggerah Business Park
Tuggerah, NSW 2259, Australia
+61 (0) 2 4350 4600
+61 (0) 2 4350 4700 fax
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