Ranulph, With them connected, select the 'from another disk or Time Machine backup' option rather than 'From another Mac'
Just another of the little quirks that have developed in the transition between SL & L. Sent from my shiny, new iPad! Chris Webb . Partner MacService Woodside, Brightling Road Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL t: 01580 881212 f: 01580 881313 m: 07770 960632 e: [email protected] w: www.macservice.co.uk 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
