On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 8:58 AM Tim Evans <tkev...@tkevans.com> wrote:
> I found a software package called "ToDo PCTrans" from EaseUS. > > https://www.easeus.com/pc-transfer-software/pctrans-pro.html > > It moves accounts (including user files, permissions, docs, photos, web > browser profiles, bookmarks--and cache--e-mail profiles, mailboxes, and > save messages. In addition, it moves applications over (free version > will move 5 apps; pro version ($49) will move all apps over). Just for the record, this is something Apple got right decades ago. With a Mac you can use the built in Time Machine program to do backups to an external drive and it will keep hourly snapshots fairly efficiently. Then you plug that into your replacement machine and it will offer to put everything back or you can do it selectively, More recently, even if you didn't have a backup, if the old machine is still running, when you put a new one on the same network it will offer to copy everything over (phones and ipads do this too). The migration even includes whatever had to happen when they've switched CPUs from powerpc to intel and then arm. With Windows, I've usually cluttered them up so much with extra utilities etc. that I take the opportunity to start from scratch and just move the documents I know I need. Having a backup of the old machine helps with that since I know I can retrieve anything I missed later. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
