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  • The first time that you use Office, a folder named Microsoft User Data is created in the Documents folder provided by the Mac OS. The Microsoft User Data folder contains an Office 2011 Identities folder that stores the Office database for each identity in its own folder. You can move the folder for an identity.
  • Move 'Microsoft User Data' 22 February 2013, 09:00. Maybe I’m too neat but I get annoyed that the Microsoft Office apps insist on putting a Microsoft User Data folder in my Documents folder. As its name suggests, the Documents folder is for documents — not for app settings! The solution for neat freaks like me is simple — quit ALL Microsoft Office apps, then open a Finder window.
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Move the Microsoft User Data folder (revisited) In my opinion, my Documents folder is for Documents that I specificly put there. The Microsoft User Data is data for an application (just like my Mail.app mailboxes) that should be stored in Application Support or other such place in my Library folder. I have to use Microsoft Office sometimes when I need to make sure a document I've created with OpenOffice or NeoOffice looks okay to send to someone living in the PC world. One thing that annoys about MS Office even when I'm not running it is that it writes the user preferences to a directory in my Documents folder (/Documents - Microsoft User Data). Cloud based file transfer is the second method to transfer data from Mac to Windows, on our list. For this, you’ll need an internet connect on both the computers and a common cloud based storage location, like One Drive, DropBox or Right Backup. You’ll have to start by logging in to these services and upload files on its storage. Move the Microsoft User Data folder (revisited) In my opinion, my Documents folder is for Documents that I specificly put there. The Microsoft User Data is data for an application (just like my Mail.app mailboxes) that should be stored in Application Support or other such place in my Library folder.

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I had to restart the finder for this change to take effect.
Also, if you don't have the backup issue that the author has, you can just make the existing folder invisible without creating the alias.

Move and hide the Microsoft Office User Data folder

I tried simply to hide the folder using the command, and got an error message because of the spaces in the folder name. So I retyped the command, pressing Tab after Microsoft, and Terminal entered the required backslash prefix to the spaces automatically. After a relaunch of the finder (via Cmd-Opt-esc), the folder is invisible. Thanks!

Move and hide the Microsoft Office User Data folder

Be careful. If you use Entourage, your life is also kept in that User Data folder. You might want that backed up.

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That's so fabulous! I just did it with my 'iChats' folder, too (gotta save 'em for work reasons). Finally! I've been wondering about that forever..

Be careful if you've moved the iChats folder and made an alias to it! Because Apple *still* has not implemented proper support for Mac OS aliases in Cocoa, iChat cannot follow an alias. If you've replaced the transcripts folder with an alias, iChat won't complain, but it also won't save any transcripts. I spent some time on this because I want to be able to put the iChat transcript folder where I want, not where Apple wants. My final solution:
-Leave the iChat transcript folder ('iChats') in your Documents folder.
-Make an alias from the transcripts folder to wherever you want the iChat transcripts folder to 'really' be (i.e. where you will access it from). Name it whatever you want.
-Now make the original transcript folder (in the Documents folder) invisible. The alias you created will still be visible and it will still open the transcripts folder.

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Ummm..
I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but this is *all unnecessary.*
Just drag your Microsoft User Data folder to your Library (~/Library/) and Office will find it there just fine, and never create a new one in your Documents folder.
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Move and hide the Microsoft Office User Data folder

didn't work for me. MS just went and created a new User Data folder to replace the one I just moved.

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Sorry to burst your bubble, but I just tried it, and Word did re-create the Microsoft User Data in my Documents folder. Perhaps there is more to the trick than your post suggested?
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Hi,
It has worked for me.
I moved the Microsoft User Data folder to /User/xxx/Library/Application Data while Word was opened.
After having closed Word then re-opened it, the Microsoft User Data folder was NOT re-created in my Document folder.
So, the SetFile command is not the only solution to get rid of this folder.
Bye,
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My folder gets recreated in Documents when I try this. Running 10.3.2 with latest MS Office updates on a relatively clean system, no haxies. I tried moving to my Library folder, Application Support, and I created an Application Data folder. Didn't work, and that doesn't surprise me.

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Unexpected Error Loading Microsoft Framework X Library

I recently installed Microsoft Office on 25 MACs and had an 'unexpected error loading Microsoft Framework X library' on 5 of them. Do you have a fix for this?

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thanks so much man. i applied for an account on this message board just to thank you. i appreciate an explanation like urs which is easily understandable by a new Mac convert. it means a lot

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Yeah its pretty annoying that Apps create folders in Documents. Appleworks, MS, Inspiration and Adobe Acrobat all do this too. My backup script I have contains a list of folders to ignore. So its pretty easy to add in new folders and such.

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Move and hide the Microsoft Office User Data folder

I have to say that this 'feature' is the one reason I have stayed with Entourage instead of mail. I move between computers and can simply copy this one folder to take all my mail with me. With Mail.app, I would have to copy my preferences separately (or so I believe).
I could get around this using aliases on all the machines I use but its not as neat as the office solution.

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When you said 'take all of my mail with me' did you mean that literally, or did you also mean take all of the minor window prefs for Mail? You could just copy ~/Library/Mail from one to the next. This folder contains all of your mailboxes and everything, including the accounts.
There is one preference file, that is ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist. So may be that my post is not such a riposte, but the prefs file is pretty limited. Anyway, there is not much more than with the MS Data folder. When I back up or transfer the Mail data I do not bother with the prefs file.
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Great hint. I moved a bunch of folders into the Application Support folder in my Library.
One question though, why do you have the /. in the path to the SetFile program? I've never seen that. Isn't /Developer/Tools/SetFile the proper way to do it? What's the /. for?

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Well dammit, this is a whole new thing. After how many years. . . Just opened Entourage '04 and it acted like that MSUserData Dolder was always in /User/Library/Preferences.
Sure is nice to have the Documents Folder back for my own use. I had such an arcane thing going, just to have my own files. Thank you! [10.4.5, AlBook]

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Yep it works but the place has to be /Library/Preferences not just /Library

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where do you type that developer code into?
Thanks

Despite Windows and Mac being well-equipped operating system in itself, they aren’t compatible to each other. Let’s say, there isn’t any easy way out to transfer files from either of these computers. Many of you might be e-mailing files to yourself from one computer and restoring them onto other via that mail. Certainly, this is one hack to use when things aren’t falling on place. But before you transfer your data from Mac to PC this way, you should look up to other mediums that are more stable.

4 Easy Ways to Transfer Mac Files to Windows

  • Method 1: Transfer Data via Network

Even if you have distinct operating systems, you can use a common network to migrate files from them.

  1. Firstly, you’ll have to create and share a folder containing all those files. For this, create a folder on your desktop, right click it and select Share with>Specific people.
  2. Now if you can see your user name in it, click on Share and then on Continue If prompted, and then click Done.
  3. If you can’t see your user name in this dialogue box, then click on the dropdown and select the user. Now click on Share> Continue If prompted> Done.
  4. Now you’ll have to find your PC’s IP address. For this, click on Start and search for ‘cmd’. Next, select the CMD.exe from the search results.
  5. Next, it the command window type ipconfig and press Enter. You’ll find your PC’s IP address in a line labeled as IPv4 Address. Note down the address that will be used later.
  6. Now you’ll have to connect your computers to a common network.
  7. You can connect your Mac to the network by selecting Connect to Server from Go menu or by pressing Command+K, while Finder is open.
  8. Now type smb:// followed by your PC’s IP address.
  9. Click on Connect, thereafter you’ll be prompted to authenticate. Also, if you haven’t specified the shared folder, you’ll be asked to select one.
  10. Once all this is done, you need to locate files that are to be transferred and transfer them to your Mac.

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  • Method 2: Transfer Files via Cloud

Cloud based file transfer is the second method to transfer data from Mac to Windows, on our list. For this, you’ll need an internet connect on both the computers and a common cloud based storage location, like One Drive, DropBox or Right Backup.

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  1. You’ll have to start by logging in to these services and upload files on its storage.
  2. Next, log on to the same service with same ID.
  3. Now restore the file in your computer.

For example, if you want to transfer files from Windows PC to Mac; log on to your cloud service with Windows PC and upload file on it. Now log on with the same ID onto the same network and restore file on your Mac.

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  • Method 3: Transfer Data via Cable Connection

Many of you might consider this as a complex process, until you’ve tried it. Sharing files from Windows to Mac using a cable is rather easy and time-saving.

  1. Firstly, you’ll have to create a folder on your Windows PC, containing all those files.
  2. Now, connect both the computers via an Ethernet cable. You’ll have to plug in both of its ends to both of your computers.
  3. Next, You’ll have to connect your Mac to the network by selecting Connect to Server from Go menu or by pressing Command+K, while Finder is open.
  4. Now type smb:// followed by your PC’s IP address.
  5. Click on Connect, thereafter you’ll be prompted to authenticate. Also, if you haven’t specified the shared folder, you’ll be asked to select one.
  6. Once all this is done, you need to locate files that are to be transferred and transfer them to your Mac
  • Method 4: Transfer Files via Removable Media

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You can also transfer files from removable media such as, external hard drive, pen drive, CD, or DVD. In addition to transferring files, this method will also work as a backup alternative for you.

  1. You need to first insert your external drive and copy all files from your Windows PC to it. Also remember to eject the drive before plugging off, else your copied items may not appear in Mac
  2. Now insert the drive into your Mac and drag the data onto your Mac’s hard drive using Finder.

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These are the 4 methods that you can use to transfer data from Windows to Mac. However, migrating files may take some time in some of the methods, depending upon the internet speed, number of files and size of files. Further, once you have copied files from one operating system to another, you can sort and organize them.

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