On Feb 27, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Jack Countryman wrote: > The occasions when you DO NOT WANT TO USE IT are those when the system > or hard drive on the 'old' machine has problems that you want to avoid > on the new machine.
Problems such as what? MA does not touch the system folders at all, only the user directories and non-apple applications, and it's file-level transfer so disk directory issues don't get moved over. > Then its often better to do a clean install on the > new machine and only move the minimum amount of files from the old one. > Since, at least in my experience, Migration Assistant tends to be an > 'all or none' sort of thing, If you click the reveal arrows at the beginning you have a choice of what things or users to move over. What will really screw you up is if you create a user with the same name on the new system than try to import another user profile on top of it. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
