Thanks Sam, I’ve transferred all the stuff I want via an external hard drive. Being someone who rarely does this sort of thing I was surprised how straightforward it was! Richard
> On 19 Aug 2015, at 09:37, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > > The applications will be migrated from your time machine backup/previous mac > via the migration assistant. > > If you don't want to erase then maybe diskwarrior will be able to repair the > drive if disk utility can't. > > Regards > > Sam > > > > <http://www.facebook.com/macambulance> > <http://www.twitter.com/macambulance> > <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/macambulance/> > MacAmbulance Ltd. > Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development > > Sam Mullen ACMT > +44 (0)7747778022 <tel:+44%20(0)7747778022> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > www.macambulance.co.uk <http://www.macambulance.co.uk/> > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 <tel:8466597> > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > > On 19 Aug 2015, at 09:06, Richard Coker <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Thanks Sam but won't that erase the applications etc. that I want to transfer? > Kind regards, > Richard > > -------------------------------------------- > On Wed, 19/8/15, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [sussex_mug] Migration issue > To: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Wednesday, 19 August, 2015, 7:58 > > You'd > need to erase the hard drive, reinstall os x the use the > migration assistant. You can do the first two steps the > recovery partition, cmd+R when booting up. > Regards > Sam > > > MacAmbulance > Ltd.Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web > DevelopmentSam Mullen > ACMT > +44 (0)7747778022 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > www.macambulance.co.uk <http://www.macambulance.co.uk/> > MacAmbulance > Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, > registration number 8466597 > This email is intended solely for the > addressed recipients and may contain privileged or > confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email > immediately. > > On 19 Aug > 2015, at 00:20, Richard Coker <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I've > just acquired a newer macbook pro as my ageing white macbook > is struggling - most of it seems to work (with a lot of fan > activity) but when I try to verify the HD in disc utility > the process soon stops and tells me the disc is corrupted. > > > Am I right to assume that if I use > migration assistant to transfer my applications I will be > running the risk of corrupting the HD in the 'new' > machine? 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