How to use apple migration assistant

I just purchased a new imac 27 inch. It is replacing an older imac with Lion on it. In addition I have been using time machine with an external hard drive with the older imac. When I use Migration Assistant, does it matter if use my older imac or my external hard drive? Is there any advantages using the older imac vs the external hard drive with Migration Assistant?

Not really, use either.
But, this assumes that the TM external drive is up to date and that you have not excluded anything.
On second thoughts, use the Mac.

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Migrating from G5 mac to Mac Book Pro: How to use the Migration Assistant?

Unfortunately, my G5 Mac died with a logic board defect. Fortunately, all the data are preserved as the harddisk is fully working (and ready to migrate)
Now to come to my question: I want to migrate the data from my G5 harddisk to my MacBook Pro using the migration assistant. My major interest is to preserve my preference settings as well as the application support folder within the library folder. Will I run into trouble as some of the applications won´t run properly on Intel Macs or will the migration assistant automatically sort those out. If not, it seems like a lot of manual work I´ll have to do.
How have others done the port from G4/G5 to Intel Macs (additionally, it will be from Tiger to leopard to make things even more complicated)?
Thanks a lot for your help
Wolfgang
Thanks very much for your help
Best regards
Wolfgang
Message was edited by: Wolfgang Fogel

Hi Wolfgang,
Using MA from a PPC to an Intel Mac can give you some trouble down the road. Usually, the problems caused by this are difficult to track down, so you are better off moving selected files manually.
Kappy has written a helpful guide for the PPC to Intel transition, which you can read in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6630396&#6630396
Hope this helps...

I used the migration assistant to transfer files from my PC to my Mac but it recreated my user profile from the PC and I wanted to transfer the files to the new different user profile I've setup on the Mac. How can I transfer everything now?

I have an older Windows laptop and I am switching to a new MacBook Air. The main user on the Windows laptop is going to be different than the main user on the MacBook. I used the migration assistant to transfer data to the MacBook but it recreated the whole older profile on the new Mac when I just wanted to pull everything over into the new user profile I had already created on the new MacBook. How can I go about putting the data over into the new user profile and erasing the older other user profile it recreated? Would I erase the old user profile on the new Mac and start over with the migration assistant using some setting I missed that lets me pull the data over to the new main user on the MacBook? Or is there a way to rename the old user profile on the Mac to match what I want the new username/password to be somehow?
Or would it be best to back the data I really need from the old PC onto an external HD and then copy it over to the new Mac from the external HD?
Looking for advice on how to best go about this. On the old PC I had multiple profiles and it was awkward. On the new Mac I just want a single profile for the primary user and both users will just share the same user profile. I wasn't sure if the Migration Assistant only let you recreate entire profiles or if there was a way to just import data from the old PC's primary profile into the new Mac's new primary profile with some setting adjustment.
Data would be docs, pics, bookmarks, music. Fairly basic.
Thanks for any and all advice,
-Crosscourier.

Look in the /Users/ folder.

I recently used the migration assistant and now my music has not transferred and it wont play, any ideas on how to get all my music and films to actually work?

Hello,
I recently used the migration assistant on my old macbook air to transfer my data to my new macbook pro, yet it seems that my music and Films have not fully transferred over. i have used macs for a while now and haven't had any problems before, yet now itunes has the names of my music and films yet it can't locate the original file. any ideas on how to get this fixed? i don't want to buy all my music and films again.
Help?!
Thanks

Did the original files actually transfer? They would be in Music>iTunes>iTunes Music. You may just need to rebuild the library if the files are in that folder.
Clinton

HT4889 How do change the ownership of files after using the migration assistant?

After I copied all of my files across using the migration assistant, the tool is nice enough to assume that I want to use the same ID that I had on my PC. This is not my case as I am using a different name on the mac. How do I get the files from the other user name? I have already set the sharing permissions so that I can see them on both user ids, however the only way I can see to update is to copy them all. As I have about 1TB of files, this is a little inconvenient. Any thoughts?

Thanks. It got me on the right track. At the end, I copied the 1TB over and just deleted the other profile. I tried to set the ownership to my regular ID by removing the lock from "Get Info" but I still had to move them out of the other "user" folder.

My iMessage is not signing in after I used the migration assistant

I used the migration assistant to transfer my stuff from my old mac, after I deleted my trash and tried logging on to iMessage. It won't log on and just keeps spinning the wheel. How do I get my mac to work?

I suspect you are not connected to the internet.
Try this - Reset the iPad by holding down on the Sleep and Home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons. (This is equivalent to rebooting your computer.) No data/files will be erased. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Then reconnect.
 Cheers, Tom

HT4796 I'm transfering info from my old pc to my new macbook pro, using Windows Migration Assistant. All was fine but has now lost connection (wifi) and won't reconnect. Mac is showing transfer window and I cant escape, I'm new to mac.

I'm transfering info from my old pc to my new macbook pro, using Windows Migration Assistant. All was fine but has now lost connection (wifi) and won't reconnect. Mac is showing transfer window and I cant escape, I'm new to mac

You'll need to erase the drive by booting up holding command-option-r keys into your Recovery Volume.
Use Disk Utility to erase the disk and then Internet Recovery. That will take a while.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

HT4796 after transfering data froAm my pc to mac using windows migration assist, where do the data go to on my mac please?

after transfering data froAm my pc to mac using windows migration assist, where do the data go to on my mac please?

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
By default, Migration Assistant creates a new user account where it puts all the transferred data. Just go to  > Log Out, and log in the new user that Migration Assistant has created, so you will be able to access to the transferred data.
If you want to merge the data into the first user account, use the Shared folder (it's in /Users/Shared) to put the transferred files there, and then, on the first user, go to the Shared folder and put all the data in the folders you want

HT4796 Finding files after using the Migration Assistant

I transferred my files from PC to Mac using the Migration Assistant and now I cannot find my files. I am a brand new Mac user. Help please!

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Migration Assistant creates a new user with the migrated data. To access to this user, go to  > Log Out, and log in your new account, so you will find all your data. OS X will ask you which user you want to use every time you start your Mac

HT2518 I USED THE MIGRATION ASSISTANT TO TRANSFER MY PHOTOS FROM A PC TO MY NEW MAC. HOWEVER, THE PHOTOS ARE NOT ORGANIZED AT ALL. DID I DO IT WRONG OR DO THEY JUST TRANSFER OVER IN A BIG BATCH INTO IPHOTO?

I used the migration assistant to transfer my photos from PC to mac. The photos were not organized at all. They were in the all files section in my finder. I just clicked and drug the pics file to iphoto and the are just in there in a big bunch. Was there a way I could have had them transferred over in there folders from PC?

The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico, Spanish is my native tongue. I do not speak English very well, however, I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
Do you know where the actual photo files are located on your laptop? If so, you can transfer them to the Mac over a LAN or by saving them to an external HDD, thumb drive or burning them to a disk. Then you can import the photos to the iPhoto app that came on your new Mac.
It would be the same process for the videos, however, it would depend what type of video files they are, as to which Mac app might allow you to view them.
BTW, since your Mac is new you need to Accept the iLife apps; iPhoto, GarageBand and iMovie into your Mac App Store/iTunes account. Open the MAS, sign into you account, go to the Purchased pane and accept the apps.

I recently bought a new macbook pro and set it up using the migration assistant and my mac mini. I can't get the text message forwarding feature to work with both computers.

I recently bought a new macbook pro and set it up using the migration assistant from my mac mini. I can't get the text message forwarding feature to work with both computers. It keeps saying that I only have 2 devices setup, my iPad and my macbook pro. When I mess with the setting on my mac mini, it goes from saying that that is one of the devices to my macbook pro being the 2nd device. I think that something happened as a result of my using the migration assistant and now it thinks that my macbook pro and my mac mini are one and the same computer. Any ideas?

Thanks, Sig.
The old computer is a 2.6 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
The new one is a 2.3 GHz intel core i7
In going over this, thanks to "tallking it out" with you, I did discover the Text Edit problem. Because I've still been unable to get the new computer text size (fonts or whatever) to match the old computer, I did not notice that the curser is now different--the line midway down the curser has to be placed on the line I am working upon, otherwise the edits go elsewhere on the page. Now, with a bit of difficulty, I am able to get Text Edit to work correctly.
If you have any ideas as to why my menu bar and Text Edit type are still so slow, I'd love to have them.
(I went through the process you suggested earlier, re my Trackpad preferences, and found no improvement.)

Hello, I need help with my macbook pro. It looks like I cannot install anything anymore. Everytime I try to install a new software, use the migration assistant or click the lock to make changes, it simply does not react.

Hello, I need help with my macbook pro.
It looks like I cannot install anything anymore. Everytime I try to install a new software, I simply get stuck during the installation type process. I put in my password, it does accept it, but it does not go any further.
I tried to reset the password, put no password, repair the permissions, the disk but nothing will do. I nearly got stuck with the log in screen but finally succeeded in disabling it.
So I thought I might try to create a new account but I cannot click the lock to make changes. It simply refuses to react.
I am now thinking about using the migration assistant to save all my settings, data and so fourth, but again I get stuck when I have to type in my password. It accepts it but nothing happens...
I guess it has something to do with the authorization process, but can't find anything on the internet about it... Can you help me out?
I am running Lion 10.7.3.
Regards,
Nicolas.
(I apologize if any grammatical/structural mistakes were to be found, english is not my mother-tongue. )

You probably won't like this suggestion, but I suggest you reinstall Lion.
First, backup your system. Next, reboot your system, press/hold the COMMAND-R keys to boot into the Recovery HD. Select 'Reinstall Mac OS X'. If you purchased Lion as an upgrade to Snow Leopard, the reinstall process will install Lion 10.7.3. If your system came preinstalled with Lion, you might still get Lion 10.7.2. Both installs are a total install of the OS. None of your apps or data will be impacted. Just the OS.

I just bought a new iMac and used the Migration Assistant to transfer my files. Initially, all was working, but now a week later, I get the message that the application manager is missing, and I cannot get Photoshop and InDesign to launch. I do not want t

I just bought a new iMac and used the Migration Assistant to transfer my files. Initially, all was working, but now a week later, I get the message that the application manager is missing, and I cannot get Photoshop and InDesign to launch. For my personal use, I did not a need to join Creative Cloud. Have you any suggestions for a work-around?

Try to install Adobe application Manager from below link and check
Adobe - Adobe Application Manager : For Macintosh : Adobe Application Manager : Thank You

HT1222 how to use apple tv

how to use apple tv? i want to have a guide to know how to use it easy

See the main topics here:
http://www.apple.com/support/appletv/
See the Apple TV users guides here.
http://support.apple.com/manuals/#appletv
You didn't mention which generation you have so pick from the above list.

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Your computer is called an iMac.
Did you turn proxies on? If so, you should turn them off.

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