1- leave the older system unplugged until asked to do so. 2- you can do it at any time, the Migration Assistant is always available to use. 3- you have options for exactly what you can migrate
I *strongly* recommend first setting up the new system and installing all your applications fresh from the original distribution media. Do all the Software Updates, make sure the new system is working perfectly. THEN run the Migration Assistant and migrate all your USER files, NO applications or system additions. This is exactly how I configured my own new system in August 2010* and exactly how I have set up new systems for about three dozen clients in the past couple of years. It is an efficient and robust methodology to configuring a new Apple system. I have had to do zero support on all those installations, they all worked flawlessly from the moment I handed them back to the clients. Godfrey * with one additional step: I used SuperDuper to clone my working startup drive first and ran the Migration Assistant using the clone. That completely eliminates all possibility of anything during the installation process losing data on the old system. On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 4:09 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > Happy New Year all. > > Looks like my iMac will be ordered in a day or so with projected > delivery on the week of the 7th. > > I have been told by a friend of mine, who has a graphics business and > uses Mac, as well as 1-2 lister, that i will be able to hook up my > iBook to the new iMac and transfer files and programs over. > My friend tells me to hook up at start up of the iMac but what I see > on the Apple site it does not suggest that. > I know i need a firewire adaptor from 400 to 800 but what are the > thoughts on migration. I don't want to screw this up. > > Hopefully programs like PSCS1 and Toast 6 will run on the new OS. > > Dave > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
