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How to Make PS3 Play Other User Game Saves

When you've made significant progress in a game, it's important that you keep that save file for future use, or perhaps just for bragging rights. You may end up wanting to move that save file to a new account on your system or even to another PS3 altogether. You can easily transfer a save file from one account to another on your PS3 in a few moments, and if you need to transfer a save file from an account on one PS3 to another PS3, you can do that in a few minutes, though you'll need a storage device to move the file.

Things You'll Need

USB storage device (optional)

Instructions

Transfer to Another User Account
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  Turn on your PS3 if it's not on already, and log in to the user account with the save file you want to transfer.
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  Navigate horizontally to the "Game" section of the XMB menu.
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  Navigate vertically to the "Saved Data Utility (PS3)" option, and select it.
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  Select the game with the save file from the list of saved data.
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  Locate the save file you want to transfer, and press the green triangle button to display the options available for that file.
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  Select "Copy"; then select the user name you want to move the file to.
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  Wait a moment until the PS3 informs you that the copy is complete. Now all you need to do is switch to that user account and start up the game; the save file will be available for you to use.
Transfer to Another PS3
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  Turn on your PS3 if it's not on already, and log in to the user account with the save file you want to transfer.
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  Insert a USB storage device into a free USB port on your PS3. The simplest option for this is a flash drive, but you also could use an external hard drive.
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  Navigate horizontally to the "Game" section of the XMB menu; then navigate vertically to the "Saved Data Utility (PS3)" option, and select it.
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  Locate and select the game with the save file from the list of game data; then locate the save file you want to transfer.
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  Press the green triangle button to display the options available for that file.
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  Select "Copy"; then select the USB storage device you inserted.
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  Wait a moment until the PS3 informs you that the copy is complete.
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  Turn on the other PS3, and connect the USB storage device to it.
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  Log into the user account you want to use and navigate again to the "Saved Data Utility (PS3)" option within the "Games" section.
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  Select the USB device in the list of options; then select the save game on the device.
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  Press the green triangle button and select "Copy." In a moment the copy process will complete, and now you can start up the game and load the save file.

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