You don't have to use a router as a go-between. Just put each end of
the network cable into each mac and they should see each other, and
transfer at 1000mbps. Rather than 100 which most ordinary routers go
at. With this method it will probably be the computers hard disk speed
that bottlenecks performance rather than the cable.
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On 15 Sep 2011, at 12:44, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote:
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
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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
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