At 8:56 PM -0500 4/3/2009, Wendell Mendell wrote: >new Mini and want to migrate user accounts from my G4 Sawtooth, >running 10.4.11.
>(a) Should I just go get the 800/400 Firewire cable and do it that >way? Having the older computer booted in firewire target disk mode does seem to work better. Certainly faster than using file sharing (ethernet). >Does that still work between Leopard and Tiger? Certainly. >(b) An Apple Help Desk person did not think it was possible to >migrate accounts from one computer to another (much to my >astonishment). She only talked about transferring files. I know how >to transfer files. If I were to just transfer files and not use the >Migration Assistant, which ones should I bring over? I know >something about Libraries and such, but I would think that trying to >move all the bits and pieces from one operating system to the other >might have unintended consequences. And then there are the >Applications...... Use Migration Assistant to move what it can. Just be aware that some apps will need to be upgraded, because you're not only switching from Tiger to Leopard, but you're also going from PowerPC to Intel x86. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
