HT204350 How many hours (maximum) does it take to migrate 400 GB from one MacBook Pro to another MBP using Ethernet connection?

How long do I need for migrating data from old MBP to a new MBP?

The fastest way would be to connect the two computers over Firewire, start the new MBP in Target Mode, and either clone the whole hard drive from the old MBP or only copy across the things you need. Doing it that way would take about 1-2 hours depending on how much stuff you're copying.
Ethernet would be a lot slower.

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I'm doing a transfer from one macbook pro to another. I have CS4 Photoshop Extended. When I go to open it on my new computer it says error 150:30.

Don't try transferring Adobe software. It rarely works and usually breaks the activation mechanism (150:30 error).
Uninstall, run the Cleaner tool then re-install from scratch.
Use the CC Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems | CC, CS3-CS6

HT4407 How many GB's Does BootCamp take?

I Have got a MacBook Air from late 2011, and it's "only" got 128GB's discspace, then i wanted to hear about how many GB's does BootCamp Take?

Windows 7 specs out at a *minimum* free drive space of 20GB for the 64 bit version and that would likely be very tight for a working Windows machine. Given the limited drive space on an SSD (especially if you have the 128GB rather than 256GB drive) I opt for virtualization largely so I can retain one single drive partition rather than having to partition between Windows and OSX. That is, you can have a small Windows virtual drive and then share folders from OSX that will allow using the space as needed by each operating system.
Of course that requires buying Parallels or VMWare Fusion in addition to Windows, but I figure it's more than than worth it just for the flexibility it gives.
That said, on this 13" Air with a 256GB drive I have an "inherited" 80GB Windows 7 virtual machine (came over from the old MacBook Pro). On my 11" Air with a 128GB drive I opted to install a new virtual machine on an external SSD, but I don't often need Windows on that machine.
The main downside to virtualization is a slight loss of speed, especially on high end video intensive applications (meaning things like gaming). However the Intel video chipset in the Air is hardly optimal for that sort of thing to begin with, so I wouldn't have gone for an Air for a machine that was going to be dedicated to doing a lot of that sort of thing.

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how long does it take to delete an account from a macbook (OSX 10.9.4)? I used secure delete (at the recommendation of the apple genius) and it has already taken 2 weeks... and still not deleted! Granted there was over 200GB of data... any ideas on this? thanks

I'm wanting to migrate certain applications from my MacBook Pro over to my newer Mini, but Migration Assistant doesn't allow doing this by choosing which applications to migrate-how can I pick only certain ones?

I'm wanting to migrate certain applications from my MacBook Pro over to my newer Mini, but Migration Assistant doesn't allow doing this by choosing which applications to migrate-how can I pick only certain ones?

You only bought it four months ago, so it's still under warrantly.
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How do I stream photos from my macbook pro to my tv using apple tv?

How do I stream photos from my macbook pro to my tv using apple tv?

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how do you migrate mail settings, calendar information, etc from one hard drive to another under 10.6.8 in the same computer? Migration Application does not show this option. It shows from an old computer to another, etc.

You have to install the OS onto the new HD and then use the setup assistant on first boot to migrate from the original HD.
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How can i migrate my software from a macbook pro to a mini server

So i have bought a new Mac Mini Server but now i want to migrate my MacBook Pro User Profile, Data Files and Software to it. yet it would appear that there is no migration agent to use which implies that Apple miss an important part of the Mac experience.
So if any body out there has a solution i would welcome your input. i had thought about using the push option from the MacBook Pro migration Agent but not sure if that would work.
Charles

Well OK you can not use the migration assistant because there isn't one for SL Server and it looks that if you want to migrate from a MBP to server as a user you have 2 choices manually move the item you want to an identical user on the server or create the user and bild the software and move the data required.
how ever i have had a result in using the 2nd drive for just SL, when I spoke to the tech at the apple store yesterday he said use a retail copy of OSX SL which wont boot but apply update 10.6.8 combo and the system will then boot and bingo you will have a dual boot machine. "Ho No you Won't" firstly once you run the install from the CD which has to be triggered from Server the machine will reboot after copying the packages to the new drive but does not run them to build the SL system so you have nothing to install the update onto hence doesn't work.
Here's the suprise I had a copy of my MBP on a spare hdd produced by Carbon Copy, so I attached this the a FireWire case to the mini held the alt key down and powered up. much to my suprise the mini booted into the external drive hold my MBP copy of SL. from then on in it was just a case of copying the drive using carbon copy to the 2nd drive on the mini and hey presto reboot and i now have both server and and non server mini in one box.
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How do I transfer my music from my macbook pro to my iPhone using iCloud

I have set up iCloud on my macbook pro and iPad2. But I cannot transfer all of my purchased apps and music to my iPad. I also cannot transfer my iTunes purchases from my macbook pro to my new iPhone 4S. How do I get iCloud to do this? Have I missed a step activating iCloud?

You don't use iCloud for this. You do it with iTunes.
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HT204350 If you migrate a application from a macbook pro to a mac pro is the application copied or removed from the source mac?

If I Migrate an application to my new mac pro from my mac book pro, will it work on both computers or is it removed from the source computer. Need to know befor I do it.

Since the original copy remains you can try to run it on two computers.
But some apps do not want you to do that (if the license states the app is to be installed on one computer). Then if the two computers are on the same network you could get a message telling you the app is already open and running on another computer.
Also, many apps have associated files installed in folders other than Applications. In this situation copying just the app from one Applications folder to another on a different computer will not be sufficient for the app to run on the second computer.
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How long does it take to migrate mail data from snow leopard to lion. Waiting for hours

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Thanks

12 hours and did not finish. Still left with the message: migrating data. I cannot imagine what the program is doing.
So I force quit mail and cleaned up everything I know to clean up: went to folder "~/library/Mail" and deleted everything I thought was not needed. Emptied the trash. Now, of course, I have a fair amount of mails in different folders that are stored in the mail program. But from a total data amount point of view this should be trivial.
Restarted mail, get the screen: "Mail Message Import", click "Continue"
Then program successfully imports 4563 messages in less than 2 minutes.
Then - once again - rotating candy bar with message "migrating data ..."
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This is very unusual. A normally operating Macbook Pro should have you signed in and running in well under 60 seconds from cold boot.
Most likely is that the software installation on you machine has been corrupted. It's not possible to efficiently work through all the possible problems over the forum. The root causes can range from a bad preference file up to a corrupted file system. Because your are a very new user and the problems are so severe, my approach to your situation would be to completely erase your drive and reinstall OSX and your applications from scratch. That way you eliminate nearly all variables.
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I will download all of the incoming messages fine, but to go from one message to another it always takes
forever, and in the top header it always comes up not responding.

Size of folder can cause slow performance.
As I do not know how you organise emails nor actual size of folders, can you do the following in the order stated..
'''1'''. Organise emails into various folders.
'''2'''. Archive messages that are older than eg: 3 months.
To set up Archiving options:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/archived-messages
I would suggest you Archive by month and year and select to maintain folder structure. This means these emails will still be visible via the Folder Pane, just in a different folder under 'Archives'. You can see my 'Archives folder in the image below. Archiving reduces the size of folders, so using less memory to open them.
'''3.''' Move all good emails from Inbox to other folders
'''4.''' Delete all unwanted emails in Inbox.
'''5.''' When inbox is empty - right click on Inbox folder and select 'Compact'.
Whilst it is not necessary to normally empty the Inbox prior to compacting, it is a good idea to do this if you are starting to get issues with that folder.
Background info:
When you delete a email, it is 'marked as deleted' and from your point of view it is removed from eg: inbox and placed in 'Trash'/ 'deleted' folder. In reality, it is still in the Inbox taking up space and 'marked as deleted'.
Compacting removes 'marked as deleted' emails.
So, you should compact folders on a regular basis to remove those 'marked as deleted' emails. This includes Junk folder. The Inbox may need more compacting than other folders as it gets more activity.
General useage:
Advisable to keep the Inbox low in email numbers and use as an inbox for incoming messages and not as a general storage for older mail.
I use an addon to help me know the size of my folders, which I have found to be very useful. See image below.
Extra folder Columns addon - I only enable the 'Size' column, so it doesn't use much space.
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/extra-folder-columns/
how to install an addon extension:
* https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-ons-and-extensions-faq#w_how-do-i-install-an-add-on

How do I upload a video to play on my website from my MacBook Pro?

How can I take video clips on my MacBook Pro and upload them to my website and then embed the video with a video player so that visitors to my website can see and play them from specific webpages on my site and on my blog?
Is there a specific software program I need?
I've been told I need a Flash Video player uploaded to a file on my website but I can't figure out what that means in terms of finding a Flash Video Player I can first download to my MacBook and then upload to my website FIle Manager, then figure out how to upload the file so that it connects to that Flash Video Player that is on my website.
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Skip

SkipWeisman wrote:
... I want to host the video solely on my website with its own video player (stop, play, pause buttons, etc.).
So, my question is how do I do that, what type of software, video player or html code, etc. do I need to have to make that happen.
that is +a little+ beyond my skills, allthough I did that in the very beginnings of some of my websites a few hundred years ago And it is a little beyond the topic of this board..
to offer at last a few remarks:
• video files are huge.. check your contract, how much webspace your provider offers you.. (1 GB as a start)
• due to size, your guests will generate lots of traffic/bandwidth.. check your contract, how much traffic your provider allows you.. (a few GBs per months)
• the usual dilemma - what codec? YouTube made flv popular (=compatible with 99% of computers, 0% compatible with smart-phones and iPads..); actually, we're (and YT..) in transition to html5, which allows the more lean and 'better' h264 codec.. but do your guests use 'modern' browsers as Safari/FF/GC...? Do you have to offer a 'switch', flv/new? ...
• you have to upload your encoded files to your web-host, add some lines of code which generates a 'player'-experience (= tons of advice and free downloads around the net...); 'link' the code to your site-folders containing the videos - done.
• webspace and traffic
• decision to encode in what ..
• encoding video, probably wth some 3rd party encoder
• some 'website generator software' which allows manual coding for embedding your 'player'-code
=> now you see, HOW convenient iWeb is...
.. which, by the way, supports upload/FTP to 'foreign'/non-MobileMe websites..
perhaps you should try this very Mac-like way as a start..

HT204350 How many hours (maximum) does it take to migrate 400 GB from one MacBook Pro to another MBP using Ethernet connection?

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