Hi Stuart, As both myself and Peter H mentioned earlier this morning.
>From your old iMac copy this folder & preference file into the same location >on the new iMac. /Home/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder) & Home/Library/Preferences "com.apple.mail.plist" Drag & drop them in the same location on the new iMac. They will overwrite the folder and files that are already there. Cheers, Ronni On 29/03/2010, at 9:23 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: > > Thanks Ronni. Good advice for the near future when I move up to an Intel > iMac for home. > > In the mean time can you be you help on the more specific of getting the OS > Mail stuff across? > > Stuart Breden > PO Box 132 > Kalamunda WA 6926 > Ph: (08) 9257 1577 > Mbl: 0417 053 266 > > > > On 29/03/2010, at 8:13 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> Hi Stuart, >> >> I know it's a bit late now, but migrating from a PowerPC to an Intel Mac is >> a little different & requires a bit of preparation. >> >> NB: Upgrade any PPC apps to Universal versions (if they exist) before >> running anything. >> <http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1963?viewlocale=en_US> >> >> A good guide by 'Kappy' worth reading can be found here: >> <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350> >> >> Begin Quote: >> A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs: >> >> Because Migration Assistant isn't always the ideal way to migrate from >> PowerPC to Intel Macs, using Target Disk Mode or copying the critical >> contents to CD and DVD or an external hard drive will work better when >> moving from PowerPC to Intel Macs. >> >> Basically the instructions you should follow are: >> >> 1. Backup your data first. This is vitally important in case you make a >> mistake or there's some other problem. >> >> 2. Connect a Firewire cable between your old Mac and your new Intel Mac. >> >> 3. Startup your old Mac in Target Disk Mode. >> >> 4. Startup your new Mac for the first time, go through the setup and >> registration screens, but do NOT migrate data over. Get to your desktop on >> the new Mac without migrating any new data over. >> >> 4. Copy the following items from your old Mac to the new Mac: >> >> In your /Home/ folder: Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites folders. >> >> In your /Home/Library/ folder: >> >> /Home/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder) >> /Home/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder) >> >> Also in /Home/Library/Application Support (copy whatever else you need >> including folders for any third-party applications) >> >> /Home/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder) >> /Home/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder) >> /Home/Library/Preferences/ (copy the whole folder) >> /Home /Library/Calendars (copy the whole folder) >> /Home /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder) >> /Home /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder) >> >> >> If you want cookies: >> >> /Home/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist >> /Home/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist >> >> For Entourage users: >> >> Entourage is in /Home/Documents/Microsoft User Data >> Also in /Home/Library/Preferences/Microsoft >> >> If you need to transfer data for other applications please ask the vendor or >> ask in the Discussions where specific applications store their data. >> >> 5. Once you have transferred what you need restart the new Mac and test to >> make sure the contents are there for each of the applications. >> >> Written by Kappy with additional contributions from A Brody. >> Revised 1/6/2009 >> End Quote: >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 28/03/2010, at 8:06 PM, Stuart Breden wrote: >> >>> >>> Another issue with all this new stuff. >>> >>> I've migrated the information from my old G5 iMac to a new Intel >>> 21.5-inch: 3.06GHz 500GB hard drive iMac. >>> >>> Not every thing migrated. >>> >>> Internet Explorer did not come. That is easy to get. >>> >>> However what did not migrate was OS Mail. >>> >>> Suggestions? >>> >>> When using Migration Assistance can you move individual applications e.g. >>> Mail? >>> >>> Stuart Breden >>> PO Box 132 >>> Kalamunda WA 6926 >>> Ph: (08) 9257 1577 >>> Mbl: 0417 053 266 >>> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
