On 16/02/2012, at 6:04 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Windows Migration Assistant > <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4796> > > "With OS X Lion, you can migrate all of the information from your old Windows > PC to your new Mac. Lion automatically transfers your contacts, calendars, > and email accounts and puts them in the appropriate applications. > > Windows Migration brings the following information from your Windows PC > (Windows XP SP3 or greater) to your Mac: > > • Email: IMAP and POP accounts from Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows > Mail and Windows Live email accounts are transferred to Mail. Email metadata > such as read, replied, and flagged are transferred from Outlook, Outlook > Express and Windows Mail to Mail in OS X. > • Contacts: Outlook and Outlook Express contacts, and Windows Contacts > from the Contact home directory are transferred to Address Book. > • Calendars: Outlook calendars are transferred to iCal > • iTunes library, including music, photos, videos and apps and games > for iOS devices, except rentals > • Home directory folders and content, including Music, Pictures, > Desktop, Documents, and Downloads > • Browser bookmarks and homepage from Internet Explorer, Firefox, and > Safari are transferred to Safari > • User settings including localization, locale, and any customized > desktop picture > > What you need to do first > > • First, make sure that both the Windows PC and the Mac are on the same > network, such as your home network. > • Second, to avoid interrupting the migration process, disable > automatic installation of updates in Windows. > • Make sure know the name and password of an administrator account. The > first account created on the Mac is an administrator account. > Note: This process will create a new user account on your Mac to contain the > Windows PC information that is migrated over. It will not merge the > information with an existing user account on the Mac.” > Etc etc etc ….. > > Cheers, > Ronni
That was the first thing I tried, of course (after assuring the client that this was going to be a piece of cake :-) ). The problem is that it relies on the Mac being able to network successfully to the PC. The client's problematic Nortons installation was preventing this from happening (at least I suspect it was Nortons to blame). The Mac could see the PC on the network, just not able to access it in any way, so Migration Assistant was a waste of time. The connection was never made. Rather than waste the client's time trying to sort out THAT issue, I felt it would be faster just to do it all manually. Everything worked fine except for the mail. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
