On Feb 12, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Eric Volker wrote:
Is it possible to migrate a user account, desktop and apps from an
Intel
iMac with Snow Leopard to a Powermac G5 with Leopard (I'll explain
that in a
bit.) Is it possible to use some combination of Migration Assistant,
Time
Machine and/or Carbon Copy Cloner to move the user account and apps
from a
10.6 to a 10.5 machine?
I would try connecting the iMac via FW target mode and using Migration
assistant. If that doesn't work, I'd be quite hesitant to use other
methods because you're likely to end up with a non functional user
directory on the G5 which will certainly squash your SO's desire to
swap :-/
User settings should translate, user docs certainly will, apps almost
certainly not, since 10.6 doesn't include any PPC apps. Non-Apple apps
will work, so long as they're universal.
The safest way (I would think) is to find those iMac disks (or any
other 10.5 installer) and downgrade the iMac first to 10.5; OS X will
make you do an Archive&Install, then a straight migration assistant
run to the G5 will work.
NO matter what you do, make sure the iMac is backed up completely with
a known good backup before you do anything.
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University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
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