I got as far as cd /Users then the next thing was command not found.

Mark M

On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 12:28:38 PM UTC-4, smac0031 wrote:
>
> My G5 recently died. I bought and ancient intel.
>
> I tried using the Migration Assistant to migrate from the G5. I kept 
> getting and error that the G5,
> running 10.5.8 I think, the most advanced system X needed to be upgraded. 
> Obviously not being
> possible I took the G5 drives and put them in the Intel and I was able to 
> migrate that way.
>
> I still have problems with permissions. For instance the Intel won't let 
> me into my music folder
> telling me I don't have permission. I'm fairly sure I'm using the system 
> administrator account so 
> I don't get it. There are other users in the user section of the system 
> preferences but they are 
> dimmed.
>
> Another problem is with my ancient Brother HL-1440 printer. It's extinct 
> but it still works fine except 
> not with this newer computer. I downloaded something called a CUPS driver 
> and the directions.
> I enter the first command in Terminal and then it goes nowhere. There are 
> supposed to be
> printer choices depending on the drivers installed. There are none. 
> According to the documentation
> this drive is supposed to work with this computer and this OS and this 
> printer. There error I get
> is there is no printer connected.
>
> I also have and Epson V300 scanner which is a nice scanner. It has control 
> buttons one of which is
> the power on/off and another which automatically scans PDFs. That was 
> really handy. Naturally this
> doesn't work now. I got the latest driver for it and the I have to use the 
> software in a work around
> and the first page is always more or less square and every other page 
> afterward is crooked no
> matter what I do. My late Father did a genealogical study of our family 
> and I'm trying to scan the
> damn thing. There are over 150 pages and this is not working.
>
> Also this thing is running El Capitan. This is one of the early PowerMac 
> how advanced system
> software should I upgrade it to. This is a legacy computer and I am used 
> to running legacy
> software and I don't want to get things out of whack. My favorite computer 
> was Digital Audio G4
> which died earlier this year there was limited software for that thing, 
> but keeping it 
> contemporaneous seems to work.
>
> Thankyou Mark M
>

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