On Thu, Mar 15, 20079:03 AM, the following words from A-NO-NE Music [EMAIL PROTECTED], emerged from a plethora of SPAM ...
>cheshirekat / 2007/03/14 / 12:06 AM wrote: > >>Through Apple's Discussion Forum, I've heard there are far too many >>problems after using the Migration Assistant when going from a G4 Mac to >>an Intel Mac. > >I haven't checked their thread, but this could happen. If you have apps >that is ported from Windows, they most likely depends on less-Mac- >friendly dlib files, which Migration Assistant might fail to link. >Other issue is drivers. This includea some copy protection such as >PACE. Migration Assistant will not copy drivers and kext files. This >can be a real problem when app was copied but its kext didn't. > >One more thing. If you manually reinstall everything, it is a really >good chance to spring clean your environment. Migration Assistant will >copy apps which you haven't used for years :-) > >-- > >- Hiro > Well, I'm avoiding Migration Assistant because I don't want my new Mac to get burdened with any of my old PowerBook's baggage. I want to start everything off fresh. I know I have some old stuff on my PowerBook; lingering around even though I haven't used it for years. I've downloaded stuff that I'd completely forgotten about until I'm looking for something and find pieces of stuff I thought I'd long ago deleted. Now begins the wait for the Fedex guy. I took the entire day off, which means Fedex won't get here until after the time I normally get home. -- "I never before knew the full value of trees. Under them I breakfast, dine, write, read and receive my company." - Thomas Jefferson
