Why can't I seem to use migration assistant to move applications from time capsule to iMac?
I just want to use Migration Assistant to move select applications to my new iMac. I can't seem to find a way to select only a limited number of applications to transfer. I want to move applications such as a Canon Utilities and Image browser applications that came with my Canon camera that I bought. I loaded the original software on to my Macbook Pro with the discs. I can't do that with my iMac (obviously) so I'm hoping to get my canon software onto my iMac through migration assistant. Please help!
It is not as fine grained as that.. you select all or nothing.. At least from my experience using it.
It works if you remember that all the applications will be imported to a particular user profile.. simple create a new user.. log in with that and accept what you have to to get the applications you want.. although I would suggest most things are available for download nowadays.
You can also keep using your old MBP if it is still working and simply copy the files on the CD to the new computer via the disk in the MBP.
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i use migrate assistant to move files from my old pc to the new Mac , but it creates the user account. How can i delete the unwanted user account.
Welcome to Apple Support Communities
That's the classic behaviour after using Migration Assistant and that's normal.
To transfer the data from the new user account to your old user account, you can follow some steps. Here is all the information you need to do this > https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5472 -
secondly, i used migration assistant to move everything from old laptop to new. when i used pages on new machine, 10.8.5 operating system, there is no click for file save as in the menu, only flle save. why?
Hold down Option key while clicking on menu bar and Save as will appear.
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So, I've purchased a Mac mini to replace my aging Mid 2009 mini on which I've been running Mavericks Server. In trying to answer the question of how best to move services from the old machine to the new, I've stumbled into the fact that Migration Assistant can apparently migrate not just user data for workstations and laptops, but also service data for servers. The problem is there isn't much detail in the docs about how good a job it does when going from one machine to another without changing OS releases. There's a very detailed document in the KB about going from older versions of Server to new (OS X Server: Upgrade and migration from Lion Server or Snow Leopard Server) and a general doc on migrating from another Mac under Mavericks (OS X: How to migrate data from another Mac using Mavericks) but that has no details about Server.
Has anyone used Migration Assistant to move services from one system running Server to a new system? Are there any details that are particularly important to get right? Are there things that require manual steps after Migration Assistant is done?
There are other ways I could tackle the problem, of course. I could simply swap drives between the systems, but the new system has two drives that are bigger, faster, and I intend to mirror them. That would complicate such an approach. I'd really like to keep the conversation constrained to a discussion of Migration Assistant as the primary method.yes. I migrated a server frm lion to mavericks following these notes a while back:
OS X Server: Upgrade and migration from Mountain Lion
i do not recall having any problems with it. -
I'm trying to use migration assistant to transfer applications from my newer imac to an older macbook (10.5.8). I keep getting an error message "application quit unexpectedly" as I'm waiting to select the items to migrate. I've tried using a firewire cable as well as just a network connection.
Thank you.Here is some information:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889
It mentions that migration is not supported with 10.4; now you said you have 10.5 - it may be the same problem. Besides, migration assistant will recognize an older system and move apps etc. over to a newer system - I'm not sure it will do the same thing in reverse.
And, there are a couple more problems: one is that your newer versions may not be backwards compatible with the old 10.5 and the second is that is you are trying to copy apps so you can use them on both, it most likely violates the SLA (unless you purchased them on MAS).
So, if none of those two apply, I'd simply try target disk mode (without the assistant) and drag over the apps. -
When using Migration Assistant to move files from old PC laptop to new MacBook Pro, that has Windows 8 installed containing Outlook, will emails, contacts and calendar entries be moved to Outlook on the new MacBook or into Mail, Contacts and Calendar?
I doubt they will. But then I'm not sure as I used a migration program once about 18 years ago and totally FUBARed the system I had at that time and I've never used one again.
For me the reason to have a new system is to start fresh. Installing only program that I now use and manually copying data over from the older system.
Not sure your older version of Outlook, and the outlook mail boxes, are compatible with Office/Outlook for Mac 2011.
A better place to ask this question would be on the MS Office for Mac forums.
Hope it all works out for you. -
I am trying to use migration assistant to move everything from snow leopard (10.6.8) to mountain lion (10.8.3) using a direct machine to machine ethernet cable connection but it stalls out at about 17 minutes remaining. Thoughts on how to proceed?
Have you set both to never sleep?
Is the source (old) Mac's software up to date (including the Migration Assistant for Mac OS X Snow Leopard update)?
Is the old Mac healthy? Have you run Verify Disk on it lately?
The estimates are wildly inaccurate under the best of circumstances. How long has it been stuck? -
hey, i have an iMac G5 (ALS) and an a G4 iMac from 2002, the G5 is running OS X 10.5.8 and the G4 is running OS X 10.4.11. I want to copy apps from the G4 to the G5 without loosing them in the G4, is that possible???
What applications? Why can't you just reinstall them? Copying a file does not delete the file in the process, so the answer to your specific question is, yes it is possible.
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Using Migration Assistant to move applications
I have an old MBP using Snow Leopard, which I'll be migrating applications to my new Mac Mini with Mavericks. Can I pick specific applications to move accross, or will Migration Assistant move the lot?
Thanks in advance
Mark.Hello there, Chap66.
The following Knowledge Base article provides the information you seek to migrate content from another mac to a computer with Mavericks:
OS X: How to migrate data from another Mac using Mavericks
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5872
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro. -
I bought and downloaded PAGES on my iPAD. Why can't I seem to use it on my iMAC? Isn't there a simple way to just share it from my iPAD to my iMAC?
As stevejobsfan said. But also if your profile is correct and you are running system 10.7 on your iMac, you will not have much portability between the two either. Think of them as 2 different programs that just happen to have the same name.
OS 10.9 Mavericks' version of Pages has greater compatibility with the app version of it. But there are a lot of consequences to moving to Mavericks which should not be done lightly. Read around a bit on it before making any decision to upgrade. -
I just purchased my new macbook pro yesterday and I used the Migrations Assistant to move files from my old mac to this one. Everything seems to be in working order EXCEPT iTunes. every time I try and open it a message appears telling me to download it and a second window also comes up saying error (-42408) occurred. I have tried to download iTunes7 and even plug my iPhone is but nothing has worked. Help!
Your warranty includes 90 days of phone support. Contact Apple.
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I bought a new iMac today. I'm using migration assistant to move all my software, but the time just keeps getting longer. It says connect an Ethernet cable for faster data transfer. I did, but that doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?
m1doc,
Are you migrating from a Mac or a MS Window machine? Either way you probably should be in touch with AppleCare, you have 90 days of free AppleCare telephone support. They can usually help on issues like this. If you don't know the phone number please use http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57 to help find the number in your country. -
why can i not seem to order more than one print at a time, which of course becomes expensive with shipping, it does not seem to offer me the facility to choose again? either order or cancel!
make an album containing the photos you wnat to print, select all photos in the album and order
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When using Migration Assistant to transfer files from my pc, I get an error message saying that an attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions. How can I fix this?
You followed:
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/ -
I just purchased a new Macbook Pro Retina, and I have an old Macbook Pro w/o Retina and wish to use migration assistant. I still want to use the older Macbook Pro and keep all the files on it, but copy them and also put them on my new Macbook. What I'm trying to say is, can I use migration assistant to move files to a new Mac, while keeping the files on the old computer?
You can omit some broad categories, but you can't pick and choose individual items.
See Using Setup Assistant on Mountain Lion or Lion (preferred method), or the similar Using Migration Assistant on Mountain Lion or Lion for the gory details.
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