Hi Stuart, On 25/07/2010, at 8:16 PM, Stuart Breden wrote:
> > Having said that Peter, Rhonda will testify to issues with migrating data > from one Mac to another. No, this is not correct. I've never experienced any problems using Firewire Target Disk Mode & Migration Assistant to Transfer data from one Mac to another. When you do the migration, you should do it as soon as you first boot up the new Mac and it offers you the options. Don’t create a user account and then do the migration, since if both accounts have the same name you will run into problems. If you migrate your account off the old Mac (or clone) it will transfer seamlessly to the new Mac, together with Preferences and most of the registrations. I’ve done this with Intel Macs as the destination & PPC Macs as the source. The process has always worked perfectly. A few people have hinted that PPC to Intel migrations may somehow be problematic but I have not seen anything credible about any specific problems that can be directly attributed to using Setup Assistant / Migration Assistant for this. The only precaution I always suggest is to make sure the older Mac is working properly (no issues/problems) & to run Disk Utility’s “Repair Disk” on its drive before starting the migration. (Note that this will require starting it up from an installer disc or other bootable disk with Disk Utility on it.) Also, take the time to organise the old Mac's files & folders & uninstall obsolete applications, delete old documents that are no longer required, update applications , etc. In other words … Prepare to upgrade from to an Intel Machine and Snow Leopard beforehand. What I believe you are referring to above, is my comments to you after you posted this to WAMUG: Quote: > "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." End Quote: So I pointed you to these comments made by 'Kappy' <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1872713> But I have never found using Firewire Target Disk Mode & Migration Assistant on booting up a new machine not to transfer everything I select across to the new machine. > When I got my latest Intel iMac fro work, I let the Apple show do it using > the the function when you turn on a new iMac for the first when it ask if you > want to import data from another Mac. > > I imported a few problems and am still trying to sort them out. If there are any problems on the old Mac they will transfer across to the new Mac. > > I'm about to upgrade from my home PowerPC G5 to an Intel iMac. Will have a > good look at Rhonda's suggestion on her web site. The Tutorial I have on my web site is explaining and showing 'How To Transfer Your Data From Your Old Mac To A New Mac' using Migration Assistant & Firewire Target Disk Mode. Mac OS X comes with a built-in Application for Data Migration called MIGRATION ASSISTANT. This incredible application can painlessly transfer files from one MacIntosh to another. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- 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]>
