How do i transfer files from one mac to another?

how do i transfer my files from one mac to another mac?

I normally use an External Hard Drive or Flash Drive for moving files from both Mac's and PC's, but if you want to move from an old Mac to a new one see > How to use Migration Assistant to transfer files from another Mac

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I have an Intel iMac (2007ish) that has started playing up. I can no longer start the machine but it will start in Target Disk Mode.
I have just bought another iMac (brand new 2014), have set it up and was wondering how I now get the files from one to the other. Usually I know Migration Assistant can be used but as I cannot start the other machine I cannot use this option. So far as I know, the only option now is to use the Target Disk Mode feature but how do I now get the files and what files do I need to get?
Any help and advice would be appreciated for my predicament?
Many thanks.
Stefan

If you backed up the old machine using Time Machine or created a bootable clone then simply connect the old machine backup HD to the new machine and launch Migration Assistant (Applications - Utilities - Migration Assistant) and follow the on-screen prompts. If you never created a back up then follow Rudegar's advice and whatever you do begin backing up the new machine immediately. There is absolutely no reason for not having a backup!

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I have a Macbook Air with 10.9.5.
I have two admin users. I want to transfer all the files from User A to User B's profile so that I can get rid of User A and just use User B from now on. So far I can access the files if I change sharing permissions but the files are not under the root User B's folder still.   Any ideas on how to do this? I also have greyed out folders when I created User B in the root directory.
Root folder /UserA/ includes all the usual folder links like desktop, documents, etc, including some created one for example "myoldphotos".   When i created UserB/ it has all the desktop, documents, etc folders (but with nothing in them since it's new) but also the myoldphotos folder, except it's greyed out and I can't do anything with it at all or open it or anything. it's just there?

Thank you, that worked to transfer files. After I move it into my normal home folder, can I delete it from the Shared folder?
Also if anyone has any ideas on the greyed out folders I would be thankful. For example I moved the 'myoldphotos' folder from users/UserA to users/Shared then from there to users/UserB and it worked. HOWEVER, the greyed out mysterious folder is still there and i can't do anything about it. It also affected my new copied folder, changing the name from myoldphotos to "myoldphotos 2" like as if there IS a folder there with the same name already.   I can't click on the greyed out folder to open it or anything.

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Dear community,
A few years ago i added my former user account, and i just found out that the name can be changed, but it wont change in the finder directories.
So i decided to make a new, fresh user account for my mac pro.
My question is:
How can i easy transfer all the files to the new user account??? (Desktop, pictures, movies, music etc)
I cant seem to easy access the files from the other user account...... And if possible, i would like to do it all at once.
Please help me...
Thnx in advance!!!
Best regards,
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See: http://pondini.org/OSX/Transfer.html

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To get Everything Across and to have it as you Now Have it...
Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
Backup iTunes to an External Drive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
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I recently got a new imac. I choose during the set-up process for the new imac to pass on pulling "all" the old information from my old G4 mac as there was stuff I just did not want to move and then have to find and delete on the new mac. However I would like to bring over specific items such as keychains.
What is the best method to move my keychains from my old mac to my new one? I have tried several method that did not work.

KT & V.T good suggestion which I had done previously what I missed was not only making sure the passwords were the same (changed my login password on the new imac). Also I was apparently only doing 1/2 of the process as I would use Keychain to create the new keychains but as soon as I disconnected from the G4 the new login in file went blank.
Here was my complete process.
On my g4 imac the one that had the keychain info for my new imac. I made a duplicate of the file and renamed them so I would know where they came from and they would not conflict with current login file. I then moved them to my public folder users/yourname/library/keychain on the G4.
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Any other process than this left me with empty login folder once I disconnected from my old G4.
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I did a PC to Mac migration and that was transferred successfully. Now, though, I want to transfer the files brought over from my PC (that are now on another account on my Mac) to my main account. I searched for a solution and found that I should be able to do it through my shared folder, but my other account is not showing up in my shared folder so I'm not sure how to go about this. Thanks

Any account should have access to the Shared folder:
It's outside of any user's home directory and should be accessible from any account. If you're having problems, call back...
Clinton

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On the computer that is saying it wants to erase your phone, choose Store > Authorize this Computer... and enter the Apple ID and password of your iPhone.

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i have tried using migration assistant but dont want to tranfer all my files is there another way ?

Have a look here...
Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its backups, or a PC
Also See the Second Chance to Use Setup Assistant here...
http://Pondini.org/OSX/SetupLion.html

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I keep getting error messages saying the file is already there and there is nothing on the drive then after I dismiss the error message a file shows up that has 0kb and doesn't work. I am getting real frustrated with this situation.

I have run disk utility and fixed permissions on both computers. I connect via air port and a Linksys router. I have no problem connecting both computers and their files show up on both with no problem I can even go over to one computer and grab a file while on the other computer but if I try to save it back to the original location (on the other computer) I am told it can't do that. I used to be a permissions issues but now If I try to just drag a drop a file on the other computer (or save it there) I am told that it already exists (there isn't one there), do I want to replace it with the new file. I click replace and then am told that it can't complete this operation because the file is already in that location, it's not but after I clear the error message it shows up as a 0KB file that can not be opened because it is corrupted. I have reinstalled the snow leopard system software on both computers with no improvement.

How can I transfer files from one person to another using iClouds?

Good day to everyone. Prior to migrating to iCloud I enjoyed the use of iDisk that allowed me to perform the file share service with ease. I cannot find my way to doing the same with iCloud, can anyone help me?
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Mphathi

Roger Wilmut1 wrote:
DropBox is good: my personal preference would be for Sugarsync as you can sync any number of nominated folders instead of being limited to a specific DropBox folder. There are more details of both in the page I linked to.
I'll second Roger's recommendation for SugarSync, more flexibility, wider range of supported devices and more free storage than DropBox.

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I have a macbookpro, and I am planing to transfer my iweb data to a new imac, is this possiable and will everything transfer over properly? Will I have problems doing this and how can i do this?

thank you very much!
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I think this is the file -
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