Paul, be sure that she updates her current machine. I got an update today to correct issues in the migration assistant that arise when migrating and machine with Snow Leopard to one with Lion.
On 20 Jul 2011, at 14:20, Paul Howard wrote: > Afternoon all. > > The mother in law is going to order a new iMac today, now that Lion is out. > She currently has an old, white, 17" iMac. > > Now I know transferring her account over is as simple as running the > migration assistant with the old machine in Target disk mode, but what cable > would be required? The new iMac has a FW 800 port on it, but the old one only > has a FW 400 port. > > I know Apple sells a 800 - 400 converter (#1) but would you use a standard FW > 400 cable from the old iMac, into this converter and then into the new iMac? > > I need to make sure she orders the correct cabling as she is in the States > and I will be talking her through this over the phone. > > TIA > > > #1 > http://store.apple.com/us/product/TW748LL/A?n=firewire&fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MTUzNjk0MDI&s=topSellers > > -- > Paul Howard > > web: phoward.com | twitter: @phowardcom > > tel (UK): +44 (0)1293 738158 | mobile (UK): +44 (0)7903 505153 | tel > (US) : +1 251 243 0058 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
