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# Uploading from Chrome for Mac
While you're writing and testing your programs, you'll mostly be [running them
in the simulator](/device/simulator), but once you've finished your program you
can **compile** it and run it on your micro:bit.
The basic steps are:
1. Connect your micro:bit to your computer via USB
2. Click **Download** and download the `.hex` file
3. Copy the `.hex` file from your computer onto the micro:bit drive
## Requirements
You need the following things to transfer and run a script on your micro:bit:
* A-Male to Micro USB cable to connect your computer to your micro:bit. This is
the same cable that is commonly used to connect a smart phone to a computer.
* A PC running Windows 7 or later, or a Mac running OS X 10.6 or later
## Step 1: Connect your micro:bit to your computer
First, connect the micro:bit:
1. Connect the small end of the USB cable to the micro USB port on your micro:bit.
2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to a USB port on your computer.
Your computer should recognise your micro:bit as a new drive. On computers
running Windows, `MICROBIT` appears as a drive under Devices and drives. On a Mac
it appears as a new drive under Devices.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-osx-device.png)
## Step 2: Download your program
1. Open your project on [pxt.microbit.org](https://pxt.microbit.org)
2. Click **Download**
3. When prompted, choose to **save** the compiled file onto your computer. The
prompt will be different depending on which browser you are using, or
whether you are using a Windows computer or a Mac
When you select **Download** in Chrome, the file will appear at the bottom of
the browser. Click on the small arrow and select **Show in Finder**. This will
show the file in your download folder. Drag and drop the file onto your
`MICROBIT` drive.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-osx-chrome.png)
## Step 3: Transfer the file to your micro:bit
* Once you've found the folder containing your `.hex` file, drag and drop it
onto your `MICROBIT` drive
* The LED on the back of your micro:bit flashes during the transfer (which
should only take a few seconds).
* Once transferred, the code will run automatically on your micro:bit. To rerun
your program, press the reset button on the back of your micro:bit. The reset
button automatically runs the newest file on the micro:bit.
By copying the script onto the `MICROBIT` drive, you have programmed it into the
flash memory on the micro:bit, which means even after you unplug the micro:bit,
your program will still run if the micro:bit is powered by battery.
### ~hint
Transfer not working? See some [troubleshooting tips](/device/usb/troubleshooting).
### ~

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# Uploading from Firefox for Mac
While you're writing and testing your programs, you'll mostly be [running them
in the simulator](/device/simulator), but once you've finished your program you
can **compile** it and run it on your micro:bit.
The basic steps are:
1. Connect your micro:bit to your computer via USB
2. Click **Download** and download the `.hex` file
3. Copy the `.hex` file from your computer onto the micro:bit drive
## Requirements
You need the following things to transfer and run a script on your micro:bit:
* A-Male to Micro USB cable to connect your computer to your micro:bit. This is
the same cable that is commonly used to connect a smart phone to a computer.
* A PC running Windows 7 or later, or a Mac running OS X 10.6 or later
## Step 1: Connect your micro:bit to your computer
First, connect the micro:bit:
1. Connect the small end of the USB cable to the micro USB port on your micro:bit.
2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to a USB port on your computer.
Your computer should recognise your micro:bit as a new drive. On computers
running Windows, `MICROBIT` appears as a drive under Devices and drives. On a Mac
it appears as a new drive under Devices.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-osx-device.png)
## Step 2: Download your program
1. Open your project on [pxt.microbit.org](https://pxt.microbit.org)
2. Click **Download**
3. When prompted, choose to **save** the compiled file onto your computer. The
prompt will be different depending on which browser you are using, or
whether you are using a Windows computer or a Mac
A dialogue box will appear, asking whether you would like to open or save your
hex file. Select **Save file** and click **OK** and the file will then appear in
your downloads in the top right of your browser. Right click on the file and
click on **Show in Finder** and the file will appear in your downloads folder.
Select the file and drag and drop it onto your `MICROBIT` drive.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-osx-firefox-1.jpg)
![](/static/mb/device/usb-osx-firefox-2.png)
## Step 3: Transfer the file to your micro:bit
* Once you've found the folder containing your `.hex` file, drag and drop it
onto your `MICROBIT` drive
* The LED on the back of your micro:bit flashes during the transfer (which
should only take a few seconds).
* Once transferred, the code will run automatically on your micro:bit. To rerun
your program, press the reset button on the back of your micro:bit. The reset
button automatically runs the newest file on the micro:bit.
By copying the script onto the `MICROBIT` drive, you have programmed it into the
flash memory on the micro:bit, which means even after you unplug the micro:bit,
your program will still run if the micro:bit is powered by battery.
### ~hint
Transfer not working? See some [troubleshooting tips](/device/usb/troubleshooting).
### ~

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# Uploading from Safari for Mac
While you're writing and testing your programs, you'll mostly be [running them
in the simulator](/device/simulator), but once you've finished your program you
can **compile** it and run it on your micro:bit.
The basic steps are:
1. Connect your micro:bit to your computer via USB
2. Click **Download** and download the `.hex` file
3. Copy the `.hex` file from your computer onto the micro:bit drive
## Requirements
You need the following things to transfer and run a script on your micro:bit:
* A-Male to Micro USB cable to connect your computer to your micro:bit. This is
the same cable that is commonly used to connect a smart phone to a computer.
* A PC running Windows 7 or later, or a Mac running OS X 10.6 or later
## Step 1: Connect your micro:bit to your computer
First, connect the micro:bit:
1. Connect the small end of the USB cable to the micro USB port on your micro:bit.
2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to a USB port on your computer.
Your computer should recognise your micro:bit as a new drive. On computers
running Windows, `MICROBIT` appears as a drive under Devices and drives. On a Mac
it appears as a new drive under Devices.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-osx-device.png)
## Step 2: Download your program
1. Open your project on [pxt.microbit.org](https://pxt.microbit.org)
2. Click **Download**
3. When prompted, choose to **save** the compiled file onto your computer. The
prompt will be different depending on which browser you are using, or
whether you are using a Windows computer or a Mac
When you select **Download** in Safari a file called `Unknown` will be
downloaded into your Downloads folder. Open your Downloads folder and drag and
drop the file onto your `MICROBIT` drive, under Devices:
![](/static/mb/device/usb-osx-dnd.png)
## Step 3: Transfer the file to your micro:bit
* Once you've found the folder containing your `.hex` file, drag and drop it
onto your `MICROBIT` drive
* The LED on the back of your micro:bit flashes during the transfer (which
should only take a few seconds).
* Once transferred, the code will run automatically on your micro:bit. To rerun
your program, press the reset button on the back of your micro:bit. The reset
button automatically runs the newest file on the micro:bit.
By copying the script onto the `MICROBIT` drive, you have programmed it into the
flash memory on the micro:bit, which means even after you unplug the micro:bit,
your program will still run if the micro:bit is powered by battery.
### ~hint
Transfer not working? See some [troubleshooting tips](/device/usb/troubleshooting).
### ~

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# Troubleshooting Transfer
You can’t drag and drop more than one hex file at once onto your micro:bit. If
you try to drag and drop a second hex file onto your micro:bit before the first
file has finished downloading, then the second file may fail in different ways.
When the first program has been written to the micro:bit, the drive will
disengage. If you drag and drop a second file at this point it may not find the
drive and the second write will fail.
The errors may look like this:
**Windows**
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-copy-file-error.jpg)
**Mac**
![](/static/mb/device/usb-osx-copy-file-error.png)
Or it may appear that there are two hex files on your micro:bit so the micro:bit
won’t be able to run multiple files. To rectify this, unplug your micro:bit and
plug it in again. Make sure that your micro:bit appears as `MICROBIT` and not
`MAINTENANCE`.

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# Uploading from Chrome for Windows
While you're writing and testing your programs, you'll mostly be [running them
in the simulator](/device/simulator), but once you've finished your program you
can **compile** it and run it on your micro:bit.
The basic steps are:
1. Connect your micro:bit to your computer via USB
2. Click **Download** and download the `.hex` file
3. Copy the `.hex` file from your computer onto the micro:bit drive
### ~hint
You can use the [micro:bit uploader](/uploader) to automatically deploy ``.hex`` files to your micro:bit!
![](/static/uploader/tooltip.png)
### ~
## Requirements
You need the following things to transfer and run a script on your micro:bit:
* A-Male to Micro USB cable to connect your computer to your micro:bit. This is
the same cable that is commonly used to connect a smart phone to a computer.
* A PC running Windows 7 or later, or a Mac running OS X 10.6 or later
## Step 1: Connect your micro:bit to your computer
First, connect the micro:bit:
1. Connect the small end of the USB cable to the micro USB port on your micro:bit.
2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to a USB port on your computer.
Your computer should recognise your micro:bit as a new drive. On computers
running Windows, `MICROBIT` appears as a drive under Devices and drives. On a Mac
it appears as a new drive under Devices.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-device.jpg)
## Step 2: Download your program
1. Open your project on [pxt.microbit.org](https://pxt.microbit.org)
2. Click **Download**
3. When prompted, choose to **save** the compiled file onto your computer. The
prompt will be different depending on which browser you are using, or
whether you are using a Windows computer or a Mac
Your `.hex` file appears as a download at the bottom of the browser. Click on
the arrow next to the name of the file and then click **Show in folder**.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-chrome.png)
Drag and drop the `.hex` file from the download folder onto the `MICROBIT` drive.
## Step 3: Transfer the file to your micro:bit
* Once you've found the folder containing your `.hex` file, drag and drop it
onto your `MICROBIT` drive
* The LED on the back of your micro:bit flashes during the transfer (which
should only take a few seconds).
* Once transferred, the code will run automatically on your micro:bit. To rerun
your program, press the reset button on the back of your micro:bit. The reset
button automatically runs the newest file on the micro:bit.
In File Explorer, right-click on the hex file (created in Step 2 above), choose **Send to**, and then **MICROBIT**.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-sendto.jpg)
By copying the script onto the `MICROBIT` drive, you have programmed it into the
flash memory on the micro:bit, which means even after you unplug the micro:bit,
your program will still run if the micro:bit is powered by battery.
### ~hint
Transfer not working? See some [troubleshooting tips](/device/usb/troubleshooting).
### ~

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# Uploading from Edge on Windows
How to compile, transfer, and run a program on your micro:bit on **Microsoft Edge**.
While you're writing and testing your programs, you'll mostly be [running them
in the simulator](/device/simulator), but once you've finished your program you
can **compile** it and run it on your micro:bit.
The basic steps are:
1. Connect your micro:bit to your computer via USB
2. Click **Download** and download the `.hex` file
3. Copy the `.hex` file from your computer onto the micro:bit drive
### ~hint
You can use the [micro:bit uploader](/uploader) to automatically deploy ``.hex`` files to your micro:bit!
![](/static/uploader/tooltip.png)
### ~
## Requirements
You need the following things to transfer and run a script on your micro:bit:
* A-Male to Micro USB cable to connect your computer to your micro:bit. This is
the same cable that is commonly used to connect a smart phone to a computer.
* A PC running Windows 7 or later, or a Mac running OS X 10.6 or later
## Step 1: Connect your micro:bit to your computer
First, connect the micro:bit:
1. Connect the small end of the USB cable to the micro USB port on your micro:bit.
2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to a USB port on your computer.
Your computer should recognise your micro:bit as a new drive. On computers
running Windows, `MICROBIT` appears as a drive under Devices and drives. On a Mac
it appears as a new drive under Devices.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-device.jpg)
## Step 2: Download your program
1. Open your project on [pxt.microbit.org](https://pxt.microbit.org)
2. Click **Download**
3. When prompted, choose to **save** the compiled file onto your computer. The
prompt will be different depending on which browser you are using, or
whether you are using a Windows computer or a Mac
A message will appear at the bottom of the browser asking what you want to do
with the file. Click **Save**:
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-edge-1.png)
Then click **Open folder** and drag and drop the file from your Downloads to
your `MICROBIT` drive.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-edge-2.png)
## Step 3: Transfer the file to your micro:bit
* Once you've found the folder containing your `.hex` file, drag and drop it
onto your `MICROBIT` drive
* If you're using Windows, you can use **Send to** as described below
* The LED on the back of your micro:bit flashes during the transfer (which
should only take a few seconds).
* Once transferred, the code will run automatically on your micro:bit. To rerun
your program, press the reset button on the back of your micro:bit. The reset
button automatically runs the newest file on the micro:bit.
In File Explorer, right-click on the hex file (created in Step 2 above), choose **Send to**, and then **MICROBIT**.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-sendto.jpg)
By copying the script onto the `MICROBIT` drive, you have programmed it into the
flash memory on the micro:bit, which means even after you unplug the micro:bit,
your program will still run if the micro:bit is powered by battery.
If you want to save time, you can use the [micro:bit uploader](/uploader) to
automatically deploy hex files to your micro:bit. It works on Windows and is
compatible with any browser.
### ~hint
Transfer not working? See some [troubleshooting tips](/device/usb/troubleshooting).
### ~

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# Uploading from Firefox on Windows
How to compile, transfer, and run a program on your micro:bit on **Firefox for Windows**.
While you're writing and testing your programs, you'll mostly be [running them
in the simulator](/device/simulator), but once you've finished your program you
can **compile** it and run it on your micro:bit.
The basic steps are:
1. Connect your micro:bit to your computer via USB
2. Click **Download** and download the `.hex` file
3. Copy the `.hex` file from your computer onto the micro:bit drive
### ~hint
You can use the [micro:bit uploader](/uploader) to automatically deploy ``.hex`` files to your micro:bit!
![](/static/uploader/tooltip.png)
### ~
## Requirements
You need the following things to transfer and run a script on your micro:bit:
* A-Male to Micro USB cable to connect your computer to your micro:bit. This is
the same cable that is commonly used to connect a smart phone to a computer.
* A PC running Windows 7 or later, or a Mac running OS X 10.6 or later
## Step 1: Connect your micro:bit to your computer
First, connect the micro:bit:
1. Connect the small end of the USB cable to the micro USB port on your micro:bit.
2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to a USB port on your computer.
Your computer should recognise your micro:bit as a new drive. On computers
running Windows, `MICROBIT` appears as a drive under Devices and drives. On a Mac
it appears as a new drive under Devices.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-device.jpg)
## Step 2: Download your program
1. Open your project on [pxt.microbit.org](https://pxt.microbit.org)
2. Click **Download**
3. When prompted, choose to **save** the compiled file onto your computer. The
prompt will be different depending on which browser you are using, or
whether you are using a Windows computer or a Mac
A window will appear asking whether you want to save or open the `.hex` file.
Select **Save File** and then select **OK**.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-firefox-1.png)
The file will then appear in your downloads in the top right of your browser.
Click the **folder icon** next to the filename to open it in Windows Explorer.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-firefox-2.jpg)
Drag and drop the `.hex` file from the download folder onto the `MICROBIT` drive.
## Step 3: Transfer the file to your micro:bit
* Once you've found the folder containing your `.hex` file, drag and drop it
onto your `MICROBIT` drive
* If you're using Windows, you can use **Send to** as described below
* The LED on the back of your micro:bit flashes during the transfer (which
should only take a few seconds).
* Once transferred, the code will run automatically on your micro:bit. To rerun
your program, press the reset button on the back of your micro:bit. The reset
button automatically runs the newest file on the micro:bit.
In File Explorer, right-click on the hex file (created in Step 2 above), choose **Send to**, and then **MICROBIT**.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-sendto.jpg)
By copying the script onto the `MICROBIT` drive, you have programmed it into the
flash memory on the micro:bit, which means even after you unplug the micro:bit,
your program will still run if the micro:bit is powered by battery.
### ~hint
Transfer not working? See some [troubleshooting tips](/device/usb/troubleshooting).
### ~

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# Uploading from Internet Explorer on Windows
While you're writing and testing your programs, you'll mostly be [running them
in the simulator](/device/simulator), but once you've finished your program you
can **compile** it and run it on your micro:bit.
The basic steps are:
1. Connect your micro:bit to your computer via USB
2. Click **Download** and download the `.hex` file
3. Copy the `.hex` file from your computer onto the micro:bit drive
### ~hint
You can use the [micro:bit uploader](/uploader) to automatically deploy ``.hex`` files to your micro:bit!
![](/static/uploader/tooltip.png)
### ~
## Requirements
You need the following things to transfer and run a script on your micro:bit:
* A-Male to Micro USB cable to connect your computer to your micro:bit. This is
the same cable that is commonly used to connect a smart phone to a computer.
* A PC running Windows 7 or later, or a Mac running OS X 10.6 or later
## Step 1: Connect your micro:bit to your computer
First, connect the micro:bit:
1. Connect the small end of the USB cable to the micro USB port on your micro:bit.
2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to a USB port on your computer.
Your computer should recognise your micro:bit as a new drive. On computers
running Windows, `MICROBIT` appears as a drive under Devices and drives. On a Mac
it appears as a new drive under Devices.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-device.jpg)
## Step 2: Download your program
1. Open your project on [pxt.microbit.org](https://pxt.microbit.org)
2. Click **Download**
3. When prompted, choose to **save** the compiled file onto your computer. The
prompt will be different depending on which browser you are using, or
whether you are using a Windows computer or a Mac
A message will appear at the bottom of the browser asking what you want to do
with the file. Click **Save**:
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-ie11-1.png)
Then click **Open folder** and drag and drop the file from your Downloads to
your `MICROBIT` drive.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-ie11-2.png)
## Step 3: Transfer the file to your micro:bit
* Once you've found the folder containing your `.hex` file, drag and drop it
onto your `MICROBIT` drive
* If you're using Windows, you can use **Send to** as described below
* The LED on the back of your micro:bit flashes during the transfer (which
should only take a few seconds).
* Once transferred, the code will run automatically on your micro:bit. To rerun
your program, press the reset button on the back of your micro:bit. The reset
button automatically runs the newest file on the micro:bit.
**Send to**: If you're using Windows you use *Send to* in File Explorer:
In File Explorer, right-click on the hex file (created in Step 2 above), choose **Send to**, and then **MICROBIT**.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-sendto.jpg)
By copying the script onto the `MICROBIT` drive, you have programmed it into the
flash memory on the micro:bit, which means even after you unplug the micro:bit,
your program will still run if the micro:bit is powered by battery.
### ~hint
Transfer not working? See some [troubleshooting tips](/device/usb/troubleshooting).
### ~