How do you transfer information from an old iMac to a new one?

transfering info from old to new iMac?

New iMacs have Firewire 800, check to see if your old Mac has Firewire 800 or Firewire 400. If it has FW 400 you need a cable like:
http://www.amazon.com/Oyen-Digital-Firewire-1394B-Cable/dp/B0027DPM1U/ref=sr_1_1 ?ie=UTF8&qid=1343363461&sr=8-1&keywords=firewire+400+to+800+cable
You can find these at your local computer store, Best Buy, Radio Shack or of course Amazon. Simply run SA and follow the on-screen directions and you will migrate very quickly. If your old machine has a Time Machine backup you can migrate from that and use a USB connection which is considerably slower than FW but it works. You can also do wireless however DO NOT, repeat DO NOT go that route as a migration could take a week (I'm not kidding) or more and they frequently fail. Of course if both machines are FW800 then the solution is simple a simple FW800 cable connection.

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