On Feb 27, 2013, at 8:13 PM, JohnV <[email protected]> wrote: > The 1.83GHz INtel Core Duo iMac running 10.6.8 is the main everything-else > computer (or, again, is SUPPOSED to be), supposed to be handling email, web > access and all the usual office and personal stuff. It has iLife and some of > the same programs installed on it as the G5 since it was the backup for the > G5 at one point, but it's not as smooth working with the PPC programs. > > What I need (or THINK I need...) is to get the passwords, keychain items and > other working elements off of the g5 onto the iMac so it can pick right up > doing that. That's be MAIL accounts, log-in ID and Passwords for various > website forums (forae?) and commercial sites like AMAZON, etc etc > > That process of Moving Things from teh G5 to The Imac needs to consider that > the iMac is NOT a fresh clean machine but one already running programs on its > own, needs some tweaking (it has user accounts that I no longer need on it > for example) and my ignorance wonders about transferring EVERYTHING off the > G5 to the iMac rather than just what MAIL and SAFARI need to connect and > operate in place of the G5 versions. I do understand that there;s a plethora > of OS stuff beyond that that may well have to go along to make the system > happy.
So long as you do not try to import a user with the same name as an existing one, this is what Migration Assistant is for. You can specify in the dialog whether you want users, applications or 'other files', and you can select users individually. However the imported users cannot have the same short name as an existing user on the iMac. Migration Assistant is smart enough to deal with your concerns, all you want to do is import the user profiles for your needs, which will include all settings like mail accounts, user keychains, etc. Really, Migration Assistant 'just works', and it works well; I use it all the time. -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
