John, I had no problem earlier this year doing just that. When I first got the new computer it had Mountain Lion on it and I used Migration Assistant to move everything over from the old iMac. It's true that some of the applications wouldn't work under ML but it gave me list of those and I either had to upgrade or delete them. I still have Photoshop CS2 on the new iMac just to remind me that I no longer have it to use. It's in the Dock but has a circle with a line through it. I won't be upgrading that one because of the cost. Not worth it too me.
Anne On May 19, 2013, at 10:33 PM, John Robinson wrote: > It's been discussed many times here Anne (sorry this is late, been out of > town since last Thursday) It's impossible to move from Snow Leopard to > Mountain Lion. If you try you will completely mess up the operating system. > > The best way is to move all the data file, pictures, video's, iTunes Library > but for applications move only those that are Mt. Lion compatible or download > the particular Mt. Lion version. > > Going to the Time Capsule should be as simple as setting up the Extreme. You > will have use Airport Utility to walk through the setup but that is easy as > you know, give it a password tell System Preferences to use the Time Capsule > for your Time Machine and it should be fine. It will take a long time to > back up a bunch of data wirelessly so expect long delays getting your first > complete backup. > > John > > On May 19, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > >> I have two iMacs (old and new) and am trying to get all my stuff onto my >> new one. Since I previously moved stuff from old to new, but continued to >> work mostly on old I need to move all stuff from ole to new. >> >> Old: 2.8 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo running Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) >> New: 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 running Mac OS X 10.8.3 (Puma aka Mountain Lion:) >> >> My plan: Set up new account on new machine. Use Migration Assistant to move >> all from old to new account. >> Then move photos from old account on new iMac to new account on iMac. After >> this I plan on deleting the old account on the new iMac. >> >> It is the latter I don't know how to do. Actually not sure about the former >> two steps but figure I should be able to figure them out. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks in advance - before I screw up both machines. >> >> Second problem. >> >> I have Time Capsule (backup + wireless base station) and want to set it up. >> Currently using Airport Extreme for my wireless onnection. If I just unhook >> the Extreme and hook up the Capsule will I have immediate wireless >> connection or will I have to make some settings somewhere? I don't want to >> lose the wireless connection because then I won't be able to ask for help. >> >> I always prefer Apple because everything is so easy; however I am always >> very tentative when making any major changes because I'm afraid I'll end up >> with nothing working. >> >> Anne Cartwright >> >> P. S. I have everything backed up to external hard drives on both machines. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
