Re: Transition Manager

2012-02-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 25, 2012, at 5:25 AM, smac0031 wrote: I have acquired a G5. In reading about it I have stumbled onto something called Transition Manager. It's called 'Migration Assistant' and was released as part of 10.4, IIRC. From what I understand this program is supposed to transfer all

Re: Transition Manager

2012-02-27 Thread Jack Countryman
On Feb 25, 2012, at 5:25 AM, smac0031 wrote: I have acquired a G5. In reading about it I have stumbled onto something called Transition Manager. It's called 'Migration Assistant' and was released as part of 10.4, IIRC. From what I understand this program is supposed to transfer all of your

Re: Transition Manager

2012-02-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 27, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Jack Countryman wrote: The occasions when you DO NOT WANT TO USE IT are those when the system or hard drive on the 'old' machine has problems that you want to avoid on the new machine. Problems such as what? MA does not touch the system folders at all, only the

Transition Manager

2012-02-25 Thread smac0031
I have acquired a G5. In reading about it I have stumbled onto something called Transition Manager. From what I understand this program is supposed to transfer all of your settings from your old Mac to your new Mac. Supposedly, it will transfer programs, too. Does anyone have experience

Re: Transition Manager

2012-02-25 Thread Douglas Mencken
How big an UPS do I need need for the G5 and a 23 inch flatscreen? For me, 600VA (300W) is enough for: Power Mac G5 tower, 20 LCD screen, 2 routers, and 1 external USB2.0 hard disk. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: Transition Manager

2012-02-25 Thread Cameron Kaiser
I have also become aware of a patch that will modify the Rom on a G5 so it will run OS 9. Does anyone know anything about this. Is this worth messing with? Rumours have circulated and no one has ever produced this code. There are some minor patches that have gotten partially through the boot

Re: Transition Manager

2012-02-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 25, 2012, at 12:05 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: I have also become aware of a patch that will modify the Rom on a G5 so it will run OS 9. Does anyone know anything about this. Is this worth messing with? Rumours have circulated and no one has ever produced this code. There are some minor