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| Spoonman:
Hey TCP peeps, Has anyone here successfully transferred their game data from one SD card to another using a Mac? I have followed Nintendo's instructions from their support website to the letter, and my 3DS says it can't read the data on the new card. support article I used: http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/309/~/how-to-transfer-data-between-sd-cards-or-microsd-cards The purpose of this was to expand memory I had in my 3DS. I have tried 'quick format' as well as 'overwrite format' for the new card. If anybody has any experience with this, any tips would be extremely appreciated! |
| larryinc64:
Is it possible to transfer data from the SD card to the system? Maybe a work around would be to unload your system onto the new card, dump the old card on to your 3DS, and arange from there, If all else fails. I'm a PC user so I can't help you, maybe format the card on the 3DS and just copy the files over on the computer? |
| Spoonman:
Yeah copying the files on the computer has been done. I think what you're suggesting - and this is possible as I have 2 3DS systems - is I could put the new card in an old system and do a system transfer? But then if I move that card back over not everything will be there. |
| wiggy:
Everything should transfer, assuming it all fits on the SD card. I've done this a number of times. You don't need to bother with a desktop computer. |
| Spoonman:
I got my answer - Nintendo actually has a support phone line, who knew? Apparently 64GB is TOO big and they don't recommend that size for 3DS - they recommend nothing over 32GB which I think is BS, but hopefully I'll never need all of the 32GB since they all come with 4GB and I haven't needed to expand until this point. Anyway, got a 32GB card, formatted and copied the same way, issue resolved! |
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