You can do this during setup using "Setup Assistant" (or later by using "Migration Assistant")
1. Connect the two running Mac Minis with an Ethernet cable and follow the steps for copying "From another Mac" (or whatever it says) or 2. Connect the 2 Mac Minis with a Firewire cable, boot the old one into Firewire Target Disk mode, and follow the steps for copying "From another hard drive" (ditto) I used the second when going from a PPC iMac running Leopard to an Intel iMac running Lion. -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 4:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I hope to soon be replacing my flaky core duo imac with a slightly newer > core2duo. I am currently using snow leopard, and will be starting out with > the same on the newer machine, with the possibility of upping to lion > later. I would like to be able to simply copy my entire hard drive contents > onto the new machine. In past upgrades i recall having to reset permissions > on numerous directories and still not always getting everything copied over > via network, like the contents of Mail for instance. Is there software, > preferably within SL or available free, that will allow me to simply copy > the entire thing without all the hassle? Looking to do this over a network > as i don't have an external drive. Thanks for any info! > > -bill > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
