Canceling Migration Error - Mac Mini - HELP!!!

HELP!
I am migrating my G4 Power PC Tower to a Mac Mini. I set up and started the migration using the Migration Assistant over an ethernet connection. Mini stated that the Migration would last 2+ hours - no problem.
I am switching monitors, and so, in the interest of time efficiency, I did so during the migration. Dumb idea. Something caused a disruption about midway through the migration. Now, on the screen of the Mini is a message in the Migration Assistant stating that it's "Canceling Migration, this should take less than a minute".
This has been going on for five+ hours now.
I've turned it off. I've turned it on.
I've hit ESC. I've hit ALT/APPLE/ESC.
Nothing. Still, the same Canceling Migration screen.
Any ideas????
Thank You,
Nat Saywell

What utility are you using to backup your drive?
Apple buys hard drives from major manufacturers like Toshiba, Samsung, Seagate, and Western Digital. The drives will last as long as any drive you would purchase from them. Some last long and some don't.
Suffice to say the drives carry a specific warranty. That should give you an idea how long the manufacturer thinks it will last on average.
You can restore files from your backup pretty easily in Mountain Lion. If you are using Time Machine then you can actually boot from a Recovery HD image that it places on your backup drive. To boot from it you must connect the backup drive, then restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager appears. Select the icon for the Recovery HD and then click on arrow button beneath the icon.

Similar Messages

HT4889 Trying to migrate from Mac-mini Tiger to Mac-mini Lion and Migration Assistant cannot find my Firewire, 400 to 800, "T" disk although it show up in the new Mac's computer folder. Help

Trying to migrate from Mac-mini Tiger to Mac-mini Lion and Migration Assistant cannot find my Firewire, 400 to 800, "T" disk although it shows up in the new Mac's computer folder. It seems that Mac-mini Tiger is as it should be and the firewire cable is OK. Something about the Migration Assistant is being missed, but I have no idea what it is.
Help

Addendum: I read on a post here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=420169) about removing some kext files in order to trick OSX into thinking that there were no FireWire ports.
I followed the instructions and removed from /System/Library/Extensions/ the following files:
IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport.kext
IOFireWireAVC.kext
IOFireWireFamily.kext
IOFireWireIP.kext
IOFireWireSBP2.kext
I restarted and BAM...Snow Leopard booted crazy fast and the mouse and keyboard worked instantly.
The System Profiler says "No FireWire ports were found."
So this tells me that the FW port is probably the culprit and is messing up the installation.
So how do I hack the Mountain Lion installer and tell it to ignore the FW port, which is obviously quite dead? Or is there something I can do to the Base system that is similar?

Migrate from mac mini mountain lion to mbp lion

Any suggestions on how to migrate a mac mini on mountain lion to a macbook pro on lion. Booting from time machine doesn't work because it only wants to restore to the original computer. Migration assistant doesn't show the backup drive as a source for the restore. Not sure how to proceed.

Let's backup, because when I said that earlier I thought you were leaving Lion on the MBP. So, you should be able to erase the drive in the MBP, then boot from the Time Machine backup. If you have 10.8.2 backed up, then there is an invisible copy of the Recovery HD. Connect the Time Machine backup drive to the MBP.
Boot Using OPTION key:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the "OPTION" key.
3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.
4. Select the Recovery HD on the Time Machine backup drive.
5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.
Once it boots up you can use the main menu to first repartition and reformat the MBP's drive, then restore the Time Machine backup to the MBP.
Sort of sorry to go in such circle to get to this point, but I just did not understand the goal. Forgive my being so thick-headed today.

Mode not supported error on my mac mini help!!!

I have an 18 month old mac mini with a proview monitor.
The problem is that for the past month whenever I have restarted my mac i intermittently get a black monitor screen after the apple loading one and a monitor error message box saying 'mode not supported'. I thought it was a monitor problem, tried the auto reset button ect on it and tried ever display setting on my mac to no avail. Detecting displays in the sys prefs would also cause this problem and under my warrenty with PC world they are sending me another monitor.
If i reboot the mac by the power button on the back eventually after anything between 10 - 30 times it will all be ok. (not good for my mac or my sanity!) and only ok till i need to restart, sleep or turn off the mac.
Tonight I tried to boot from the install disk, monitor working ok this way and ran disk utility, a few permissions repaired but no other probs.
Ive firewired it to my old imac to try and see if i can change any settings but cant and the monitor is showing the firewire flashing about no probs.
So it seems its my mac thats the problem, short of a full install does anyone have any ideas?
Im just stabbing in the dark so far so could use some help
many thanks
Elizabeth

got it sorted by resetting the p ram

PC to Mac mini, help please

Hi, I'm still new to Mac and even newer to things like networking.
I have a PC that has over 800 songs that I want to transfer into my Mac mini before my iPod Shuffle arrives through the mail.
The reason is the many problems that the Shuffle has when interacting with Windows PCs according to Apple Discussions. I want to move the PC out of the way and into the basement as soon as this is done
So my question is how do I transfer my songs without burning 800 songs to CDs? Can I hook up the two computers through the ethernet ports?
The PC has no firewire ports but has usb ports.
Do I need software to do the transfers also? If so is there any free software on the web to use?
Thanks to all who respond.

Thanks for help but it still hasn't worked for me.
Jesse Jay when I try the smb://... I keep getting "The Finder cannot complete the operation because some data in "smb://..." could not be read or written (error code -36)" any clues what this means?
kd5bloc you stated "The second solution was much easier...Enable the networking from the Mac, and finding it via Windows". Maybe this will work if it will allow Mac to compy music files from PC, but once networking is enabled on the Mac how do you find it using Windows?
To anyone else who has or knows how to connect a Mac Panther to PC XP directly through ethernet for the purposes of transfering music files from the PC to the Mac please by all means leave instructions or links to articles on the web if you know any.
I have spent many hours reading articles and trying to get it to work but I just can't. Thanks to all who reply.
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1.42 GHz PowerPc G4 256 MB DDR SDRAM 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1.42 GHz PowerPc G4 256 MB DDR SDRAM 80GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive

Mac Mini Help Please!!! - Hard Drive and Time Machine

Hello everyone,
I return once more seeking your support if I may...
I went down to the Genius Bar today, as my Mac Mini was having the multi-colour circle not-responding icon showing an awful lot, and it was struggling to perform simple tasks.
I bought my mac mini 2 years ago (12-Mar-11), and I was told there was an I/O error; and i needed a new hard drive.
I am currently backing up my machine, onto a WD My Passport 500gb.
When a new hard drive is installed by Apple, can I restore my files with my 'My Passport' backup?
I do also store other items on 'My Passport'; does this make a difference when trying to restore my files to my new hard drive?
One more question if I may...
Has anyone here had a new hard drive installed by Apple before, and if so, has the hard drive 'stood the test of time'
Many thanks in advance for your help
James

What utility are you using to backup your drive?
Apple buys hard drives from major manufacturers like Toshiba, Samsung, Seagate, and Western Digital. The drives will last as long as any drive you would purchase from them. Some last long and some don't.
Suffice to say the drives carry a specific warranty. That should give you an idea how long the manufacturer thinks it will last on average.
You can restore files from your backup pretty easily in Mountain Lion. If you are using Time Machine then you can actually boot from a Recovery HD image that it places on your backup drive. To boot from it you must connect the backup drive, then restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager appears. Select the icon for the Recovery HD and then click on arrow button beneath the icon.

Mac mini help startup white screen

ok someone please help me my mac mini wont go past the white apple start up screen i have tryed unplugging everything for 4 days that dident work i have tryed everthing i can think of and i really dont want to go get it fixed i dont have any money soo please help meee

Hi Spencer
This is the Safari forum for problems/questions specific to Apple's browser plus related Internet questions.
my mac mini wont go past the white apple start up screen
Usually this indicates a problem with the hard drive or logic board. Are you using an Intel or PPC machine?
Did you try starting up from your Installer DVD? If you can do that, perhaps HD file corruption is the problem. To check and possibly repair file errors boot from your Installer DVD holding down the C key after inserting the Disc/pressing the power button for a restart. After the Installer fully opens select Disk Utility from the Utility menu, highlight your HD, then select "repair disk". If errors appear, rerun until you get a clean pass.
I'm going to ask the Moderator to move this post to the MacMini Forum.
Post back

Mac Mini help

Hello,
I just set my mac mini up and love it! However I have speakers and I plugged it into my mac mini but its still playing the sound through the mini and not my speakers anyone know how I can get it to play through the speakers inside?
Also, I tried downloading Adobe Flash and I keep getting any error that it fails to download any ideas on how to get it to download?
and one other thing I want to use my better minitor how its got the VGA instead of the DVI is there something I can buy that will allow me to use the VGA to the mac mini hdmi cable?
Thanks for any information!

1. Make sure your plugged into the Audio Output (Headphone) jack and not the Input jack.
If so, then make sure that the Speaker plug is fully seated into the Output jack.
2. Follow the instructions at > Installation problems | Mac OS
3. You can not convert HDMI to VGA, you need to use a Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter and plug it into your ThunderBolt/Mini Display Port.
For the correct adapter, see > Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter - Apple Store (U.S.)

UNABLE TO WAKE A SLEEPING MAC MINI - HELP APPRECIATED

Dear All,
We've just got a new (2010) MacMini which is being used as a central media server, and being administered remotely via ARD 3.3.2.
The only problem we seem to be having is that once the Mac Mini has put itself to sleep we're unable to wake the unit up again vis ARD especially after it's been sleeping for a long while i.e. overnight (we have the put hard disks to sleep option turned 'off' incidentally).
The only way to wake the unit up is to physically go and touch the power button on the rear of the Mac Mini, which is far from ideal... so any help or work-arounds would be greatly received.
Thanks in advance

If the Mini is on the same network as your ARD management console, then choose Wake... from the Manage menu in ARD.
If the Mini is on a remote network, I'm looking for a solution to the same problem!
I have two Minis to manage on two separate remote networks. One is run headless (i.e., no keyboard, monitor, or mouse). With that Mini, it's set to never sleep (anything). Unless it has crashed, I never have a problem accessing it. I always log out of that Mini, which makes the Current Status "Available" and the Current Application "Login Window" in ARD.
For the other Mini, there's a keyboard, monitor,, mouse, and (frequently) a user attached! When nobody's at that Mini, I sometimes get "Unavailable" or "Offline" in Current Status in ARD (doing this for memory). If I have to get into that Mini, I have to have someone manually wake it just like you. I'd like a work-around or a set of settings to make sure that the manual wake is not necessary.

Mac Mini help plz..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I recently got someone to purchase a mac mini from an authorized apple store 6 months ago. and on apples site they say that it cfomes with 512mb of RAM.ive talked to apple about this and they wont help me....yet my computer says its only got 256 of RAM....can someone plz help me out.....and tell me how much i could sell this for.... has a 1.42ghz processor.......also it has 2.5 years of apple icare left, all accesories, and some axtra programs...like fireworks, dreamweaver, flash mx pro.
thx,
[email protected]

Have you considered just upgrading yourself?
If you're going to suggest to someone that they upgrade the RAM in their Mac mini, you MUST be sure to let them know that the Mac mini RAM is not a user-installable part and if you damage something while installing RAM the repair will not be covered by Apple and you risk voiding your warranty.
-Doug

Retro Migration: Intel mac mini to PPC G4 powerbook

I have a perfectly good top of the range G4 powerbook sitting around and my partner wants to use it to to go mobile, is it possible to use the leopard migration assistant to move data from an intel mac mini to a G4 powerbook, is it all just a normal transfer or is there anything special i need to do?

You want to be careful about using the migration assistant when it comes to copying items from the user library. Rather than use the migration assistant, I'd do a Finder copy of the Documents, Pictures, Music and Movie files and install the programs manually. If you want to give her her bookmarks, contacts, and mail, you can safely copy the Safari folder from the Library to the G4's Library. I'd set up Mail Accounts on the G4 manually and then export the mail from each mail folder and copy them over for import. I'd export the contacts and then import them as well.

Music Production | iMac or Mac Mini, help me make a decision

I've been playing the piano competitively for 12 years, producing classical and electronic music with Cubase SX on PC for 5 years.
Just to put you in proportion, the following specs were enough until recently - my productions became better and more complicated.
Additional 40% performance would completely satisfy my needs, no way I'll need more.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a387/GbeTech/Compspecs2.gif
I also have a pair of monitors, a LCD screen and a sound card (Juli@: http://www.esi-audio.com/products/julia/) that I would like to use.
- The monitors are obligatory to use.
- The sound card is obligatory _unless there is an option for a sound card with identical or better performance than the Juli@_.
Question: Is it possible to buy a sound card with similar or better performance than the Juli@ with either iMac or Mac Mini?
I can't afford a Mac Pro, as my budget is 2400$ max.
I'm trying to decide between an iMac, or a MacMini;
iMac
20"
2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
320GB HD 7200RPM
Wireless Mouse and Keyboard
1349$
MacMini
2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
320GB hard drive
1049$
iMac
Advantages
• A little better performance than the Mac Mini, but as both have better performance than my sufficient and current PC, I'm OK with either.
• More flexible about upgrading, changing hardware etc...
Disadvantages
• More expensive than the Mini, because the computer is actually a screen, which I don't need
MacMini
Advantages
• Possible to use my LCD screen
• Very cheap
Disadvantages
• Not really possible to upgrade anything significant.
*- Can I install my sound card into the iMac or the Mini?*
*- Is it possible to buy a sound card with the same or better performance than the Juli@?*
I prefer installing my card rather than buying a new one.
Can you help me decide?
Message was edited by: GbeTech

GbeTech,
I think it will come down to which machine you think you will enjoy using. You won't be able to use your Julia Sound Card in either machine.
I had a Core Duo 1.6Ghz Mac Mini with 2MB of Ram. I used both Logic 8 and Garageband on the Mac Mini with a Motu 896 and an external Firewire Drive using the ports on the Mac Screen. I never had any latency issues or crashes and recording was fine.
I play classical guitar and accordingly I need a system which is whisper quiet - the Mini was great in that regard.
I then switched to a 3.06Ghz iMac with 4MB of Ram. The iMac only has one FW 800 port and I was worried about daisychaining the Motu through the external Drive.
As it happened I've had no problems whatsoever using the iMac with the Motu and the External Drive. The iMac is as quiet as the Mac Mini - so for me I got a faster computer with no downside.
Having said that the old Mac Mini was quite adequate for my needs. My recordings are very simple - usually one stereo track and one mono audio track for each recording pass - if I multitrack (rarely now) multiply that by 3 plus a few synth/piano/bass tracks and I'm done. After mixing in Logic bounce as a Sound Designer file and then master using Peak 5. Quick simple process that produces fantastic results given recordings are made at home.
I use the above process for recording classical guitar. One thing though - do be careful in the type of External Drive you use - I had one that would click as it was being written to and my mircophone would pick up the clicks !! Changed to a quieter external drive and all is good.
If i'm messing around on an electric guitar - I use Garageband and plug the electric guitar straight into the back of the iMac using a cheap $2 1/4 to 1/8 jack - get a clean strong guitar signal which is then tweaked in Garageband.
I notice that you play classical piano - how you record may have a bearing on what machine you buy. If you simply use a midi keyboard then most probably either machine would be fine. However if you are using multiple mics around an acoustic piano you might want to look at Motu and the other interfaces out there, which in turn could influence your decision.
Hope the above helps.
Kind Reagrds

Spinning beach ball on mac mini - help!

Every time I try to do anything on this mini, I have to wait for the spinning ball to disappear.
Info provided by using EtreCheck:
Hardware Information:
          Mac mini (Mid 2007)
          Mac mini - model: Macmini2,1
          1 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          2 GB RAM
Video Information:
          GMA 950 - VRAM: spdisplays_integrated_vram
Startup Items:
          DynDNSUpdater - Path: /Library/StartupItems/DynDNSUpdater
          PhoneValet - Path: /Library/StartupItems/PhoneValet
System Software:
          Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Uptime: 5 days 22:44
Disk Information:
          Hitachi HTS542516K9SA00 disk0 : (160.04 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD 20081214 (disk0s2) /: 159.18 GB (56.59 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
          Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
                    Fujitsu Component Apple Optical USB Mouse
                    Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
          DYMO DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo
          Parliant Parliant Telephony Adapter II
          Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
          DMI 00FUA0 400mbit - 400mbit max
                    disk1s1 (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
                    MyBackupDisk (disk1s3) /Volumes/MyBackupDisk: 249.93 GB (54.64 GB free)
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.DataRobotics.driver.iSCSIInitiator          Version: 1.4.33
          com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver          Version: 2.2.14
Problem System Launch Daemons:
          [not loaded] ftp-proxy.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.atomicbird.macaroni.launchd.plist
          [loaded] com.cocoatech.pathfinder.SMFHelper.plist
          [loaded] com.cocoatech.pathfinder.SMFHelper6.plist
          [loaded] com.cocoatech.pathfinder.SMFHelper7.plist
          [loaded] com.datarobotics.ddservice64d.plist
          [loaded] com.datarobotics.ddserviced.plist
          [not loaded] com.dymo.pnpd.plist
          [loaded] com.orbicule.uc.plist
          [loaded] com.orbicule.uclocator.plist
          [loaded] com.parliant.telephony.plist
          [loaded] com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderXAgent.plist
          [loaded] openbase.plist
Launch Agents:
          [failed] com.bjango.istatlocal.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.macupdate.desktop5.scanner.plist
          [loaded] openlaunch.plist
          [loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
User Login Items:
          PhoneValet
          LaunchBar
          EEventManager
          Mail
          Keyboard Maestro Engine
          iTeleport Connect
          DDAssist
          SpeechSynthesisServer
          ValetDialer.service
          Dropbox
          Evernote
          HazelHelper
          InstUtilLaunch
          EEventManager
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Application Enhancer
          Default Folder X
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          Hazel
          Macaroni
          OpenBasePreferences
          Perian
Internet Plug-ins:
          CouponPrinter-FireFox.plugin
          DYMO NPAPI Addin.plugin
          DYMO Safari Addin.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Top Processes by CPU:
              15%          Safari
               2%          EtreCheck
               1%          WindowServer
               1%          Activity
               1%          activitymonitord
               1%          ps
               0%          Dropbox
               0%          fontd
               0%          Keyboard
               0%          EEventManager
Top Processes by Memory:
          360 MB             Safari
          123 MB             Mail
          98 MB              Path
          84 MB              WebProcess
          76 MB              DYMO
          59 MB              Finder
          53 MB              LaunchBar
          49 MB              mdworker
          49 MB              Dropbox
          47 MB              mds
Virtual Memory Statistics
          211 MB             Free RAM
          1.10 GB            Active RAM
          421 MB             Inactive RAM
          288 MB             Wired RAM
          9.43 GB            Page-ins
          2.39 GB            Page-outs

Hi Jan,
Great work so far, how long has it taken those 2.39 GB of PageOuts to accumulate?
That is from last startup.
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.
See if the Disk is issuing any S.M.A.R.T errors in Disk Utility...
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7029
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
Reboot, test again.
If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts (Users & Groups in later OSX versions)>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed.
Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.
Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...
/private/var/run/StartupItems
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/LaunchDaemons

New mac mini help?????

hey all i just got a new $599 mac mini and i have problems so i need all the help i can get...
my first issue is with the dvd player when ever i insert a dvd it doesn't auto play,then it gets stuck on stupid wit that lil circle rainbow wheel which just spins.... then i put the dvd player in my tool bar thingy at the bottom and when i start a dvd from there it gets stuck on stupid, dvds only work from ilife wit the remote? what am i doing wrong?

well, clearly all of your problems have to do with the drive, so your drive may be faulty...if you live near an apple store, bring it there
 Mac Mini Intel Core Solo- 1 GB RAM- Superdrive- Production week 18 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

VGA monitor and a 2010 Mac Mini - HELP PLEASE!

I just upgraded from the early 2009 model where all you needed was a VGA to mini DVI adapter. With this 2010 model, Im not sure if thats possible (for cheap anyway). I have a VGA monitor and all I want to do is hook it up to the new mac mini ...but how? I've heard that because VGA is analog and HDMI is digital that it cannot be done for under $100 ..is this so? why oh why couldnt apple have stuck with mini dvi. Please someone advise how to do this ..or am I forced to buy a new monitor with DVI/Mini DVI/HDMI connections

Forget the HDMI port. There's the Mini DisplayPort available, and all it takes is the right adapter:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB572Z/A
That should solve your problem.

Canceling Migration Error - Mac Mini - HELP!!!

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for