Dear Sam, Thanks!
The target disc mounts soI think the cable's ok: certainly was recently when I did a backup to an external disc using it.. But migration assistant doesn't see it. It asks me to set the "from" computer's migration assistant to "to another computer". When I set this up, it gives me a code to confirm, and is ready to migrate. But it's using wifi. Theres about 300Gb to migrate. You mention using ethernet: do you mean plugging each machine directly into an ethernet router? I guess that would be faster. Ranulph On 15 Sep 2011, at 10:55, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > Hi Ranulph > > Finder menu > preferences > show on desktop > tick the relevant boxes for > what you want on the desktop. > > Your MBP should be recognised in target disk mode, have you tried another > cable? Have you run software update on the old laptop? > > If you migrate from the old laptop, even via Ethernet, it'll take your user > data and programs, but keep the newer OS software. > > Regards > > Sam > > > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > [email protected] > > On 15 Sep 2011, at 10:22, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear All >> >> Apple delivered me my replacement 17" MBP yesterday. So now I'm setting it >> up. It seems to come with lion installed, which is a bit of a pain, really, >> judging on the comments I've seen on SMUG. >> >> One problem is migration assistant. It does not want to recognise my old MBP >> in target mode connected by firewire 800. So I have 2 questions. >> >> Do I have to migrate using wifi (which I presume will be terribly slow), or >> is there a way to use firewire? >> >> Can I migrate a Snow Leopard machine to my new machine, and will it install >> 10.6, or do something funny with 10.7? >> >> FINALLY, an extra question. How do I make the hard disc visible on the >> desktop? >> >> Thanks for all help. >> >> Ranulph >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
