How to import for other mac when the initial set up as already been done?

I've just got a new macbook from my organization but the IT people have already set up the system in order to install some applications. I know that when you open a new system, you can choose to import data from your old computer but how can you do this when the set up as already been performed without importing the data from the old computer? I don't want to reinstall the system since I would loose all the new applications and the IT people don't want to reinstall them.
My old laptop is an Ibook G4 1.07 with 10.3.9 and the new one is a macbook 2.16 GHz with 10.4.10.
Thanks for any help
Thierry

Hi Thierry,
You can connect the two Macs in *target disk mode*, see this document:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
and copy any file you need from the iBook to the MB.
Start with the safest though:
Use the "import" functions in all applications that offer this possibility.
Only with the files that you can't import through GUI, you can go on further and copy the Applications Support files, the Preferences, etc
(usually in Home/Library, some rare cases in Macintosh HD/Library).
Axel

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