On Jul 2, 2012, at 3:21 PM, bdinger wrote: > Obviously I'd prefer 2, but I know that using Migration assistant all but > requires the source to either be working, or a recent OS level. So I can > hope that I'd find a Intel Mac for her running Tiger still, but that > likelihood is low, and even if so I've never run migration assistant using a > external drive AND going from PPC to Intel.
Get either an external case or one of the USB drive connector cables like this: <http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=2020> ad select the 'Transfer my data from a mounted volume' option in Migration assistant or during iinstallation of OS X. Migration assistant is pretty smart and won't move things over that'll mess up the system and handles dissimilar system version well. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- 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
