If you have 3.5-inch floppy disks formatted for MS-DOS or Windows that you want to copy to a modern Windows 10 or Windows 7 PC, you’re in luck. This is the easiest format to work with.
RELATED: How To Use DOSBox To Run DOS Games and Old Apps How to Copy Files From a 3.5-Inch Floppy Drive to a Modern PC Benj Edwards / How-To Geek You’ll have to figure out how to access or convert the data using emulators, such as DOSBox or other utilities, which is beyond the scope of this article. It might be locked in vintage file formats modern software can’t understand. Once you copy the data, you have to be able to read it. What we’re going to cover here-copying data from a vintage floppy disk onto a modern PC-is only half the battle. There’s a Catch: Copying Data Is the Easy Partīefore we begin, you should understand a huge caveat. Here’s how to access a vintage 3.5- or 5.25-inch floppy disk on a modern Windows PC or Mac. Eventually, they were replaced, and floppy disk drives vanished from new computers. See Listen to music together using SharePlay.Remember floppies? Back in the day, they were essential. While listening together, anyone on the call can control the playback (pause the music, go to the next song, and more), manage the shared Playing Next queue, and view lyrics. People who don’t have access are prompted to get access (through a subscription, a transaction, or a free trial, if available). See Change SharePlay preferences.Įveryone on the call who has access to the content hears the music start playing at the same time. If you select Start Only for Me, you are prompted the next time you want to use SharePlay for Music. From then on, SharePlay starts automatically.
If this is the first time you’re using SharePlay, confirm that you want to use it. While on a FaceTime call on your Mac, move the pointer over any song or album in the Music app, then click the Play button to start the music. The music volume adjusts automatically so you can keep talking while you listen. If everyone on the call has the required access to the music, they can hear the song at the same time, see the name of the song and what’s up next, and use the shared controls to pause playback, reorder songs, add songs to the queue, and jump to the next track. You can get together and listen to music with others on a FaceTime call. While watching together, everyone can use playback controls on their respective Apple devices to play, pause, rewind, or fast-forward in real time.
See Change SharePlay preferences.Įveryone on the call who has access to the content can watch at the same time. If you select Start Only for Me, you are prompted the next time you want to use SharePlay for the Apple TV app.
While on a FaceTime call on your Mac, start watching a movie or show in the Apple TV app. The show or movie volume adjusts automatically so you can keep talking while you watch. If everyone on the call has access to the video content (by subscription or free trial, for example), they can see the same moments at the same time, and use the shared playback controls to press Play or Pause. You can watch TV shows and movies during a FaceTime call with others.