# Transferring Cards from Windows to Mac **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [December 5, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/transferring-cards-from-windows-to-mac/15652 "2021-12-05T19:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Amar](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Amar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/transferring-cards-from-windows-to-mac/15652/1 "2021-12-05T19:11:07Z")
Hi, guys I have an urgent question. I am a GCSE student and have all my cards saved on my windows laptop. However, my windows laptop has started to slow down on me, I have backed up all my anki cards. For Christmas i will be getting a mac book air, I am really unsure on how to transfer my anki cards from windows to mac. Lets say I send my cards via email from my windows laptop and open my email on my mac, and download the cards, would that work? As iโ€™m sure it would be recognized as a windows file. Please let me know any suggestions or iโ€™m kinda screwed. ---
**Author:** ![cqg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cqg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/cqg)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/transferring-cards-from-windows-to-mac/15652/2 "2021-12-05T19:22:48Z")
You can open an account in ankiweb and easily [synchronize your collection](https://docs.ankiweb.net/syncing.html) between all your devices from there, or you can manually [export](https://docs.ankiweb.net/exporting.html#collection-colpkg) your collection to a colpkg file, and open that file from your mac. ---
**Author:** ![Amar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Amar](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Amar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/transferring-cards-from-windows-to-mac/15652/3 "2021-12-05T19:25:38Z")
Im really dumb I honestly have no clue how to do that. ๐Ÿ˜… ---
**Author:** ![cqg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cqg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/cqg)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/transferring-cards-from-windows-to-mac/15652/4 "2021-12-05T19:28:16Z")
Follow the instructions [here](https://docs.ankiweb.net/syncing.html#setup), and ask in the forum if you have any problem ๐Ÿ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Amar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Amar](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Amar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/transferring-cards-from-windows-to-mac/15652/5 "2021-12-05T19:38:41Z")
The problem im having is that i have multiple profiles for anki for example one for biology, one for chemistry and when im syncing it merges them together. ---
**Author:** ![Amar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Amar](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Amar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/transferring-cards-from-windows-to-mac/15652/6 "2021-12-05T19:40:59Z")
If i export my cards as files on my windows laptop and post them on my discord channel and then i reopen my discord on my macbook and import my cards from there onto anki, would that work? ---
**Author:** ![cqg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@cqg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/cqg)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/transferring-cards-from-windows-to-mac/15652/7 "2021-12-05T19:59:34Z")
Profiles should only be used when different people are using the same computer. In your case, itโ€™s recommended to use just a single profile with different decks (biology, chemistry and so on) and subdecks. At this point, i would recommend you to [export your different decks in your different profiles to several apkg files](https://docs.ankiweb.net/exporting.html#deck-apkg) and then import them into your Mac, using a single profile. Remember to include the scheduling information when exporting if you want to keep your progress in your new computer. Apkg and colpkg files should be compatible between PC and Mac. ---
**Author:** ![Amar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Amar](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Amar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/transferring-cards-from-windows-to-mac/15652/8 "2021-12-05T20:20:22Z")
okay thanks, iโ€™m kinda new to anki I have only been using it for a month Thanks for the support! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/transferring-cards-from-windows-to-mac/15652/9 "2023-05-01T04:40:57Z")
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