On Feb 25, 2012, at 5:25 AM, smac0031 wrote:

> I have acquired a G5. In reading about it I have stumbled onto
> something called Transition Manager.

It's called 'Migration Assistant' and was released as part of 10.4, IIRC.


> From what I understand this
> program is supposed to transfer all of your settings from your old Mac
> to your new Mac. Supposedly, it will transfer programs, too. Does
> anyone have experience with this?

I"ve done this dozens of times without a hitch...it works very well.


> I have some software that came
> installed on my old DA G4 that I don't have the original discs. I
> think they are all OS X Power PC software. Will these transfer to the
> G5?

Yes. 

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University of Arizona
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