Hot Diggety! Andrew Hume was rumored to have written: > i have a 10.4.x macbook with stuff on it.
Two key questions: 1) Is it at the latest 10.4 rev? (10.4.11, IIRC?) If not, update it. 1a) If it's PPC, the 10.4.x-to-10.4.11 combo updater is at: http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_4_11_Combo_Update__PPC_ 1b) If it's Intel, the 10.4.x-to-10.4.11 combo updater is at: http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_4_11_Combo_Update__Intel_ 2) Does it have a Firewire port? If so, then you could boot the 10.4 host into Target Disk mode (with a FW cable between both hosts) by holding down 'T' at power-on, which would make the 10.4 disk available to the 10.6 host. (Otherwise, you can also do this via Ethernet or wireless but that sometimes that can get a little complicated and speed will be by far the fastest with Firewire if available.) >From there, you could then run Migration Assistant on the 10.6 host, importing data from the 10.4 disk that's mounted. > i have a shiny new 10.6.x macbook with nothing on it. Given it's 10.6, the new MB is definitely Intel. > theoretically, i could use migration assistant to do this, Should be able to. Migration Assistant will have the best odds of preserving your original environment, so it's the recommended path. BIG tip: prior to trying the upgrade (via any method), make a bootable clone of your 10.4 disk _first_! You can easily hook up a temporary USB or Firewire external hard drive and run CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) or SuperDuper to do the cloning. (And, of course, then test a boot off the cloned drive, just to make sure!) -Dan _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
