Imac to imac cable needed

My monitor went on old iMac G3 - so I bought a newer faster iMac G3 and would like to access old iMac applications, documents and photos.
I understand a USB cable with adapter will achieve this - part no. would be helpful for purchasing.
I am also questioning after the cabling is achieved will I want to 'mirror' displays?, partition hard drives?, and will I have problems with the old system OS 9.2 vs. the new system OS 10.3.7?
Thanks for your time and consideration into my problem!
Alieta

Hi alieta,
Welcome to the forum.
You cannot do what you're after with a usb cable. The only way to achieve what you want (without taking the old iMac apart and removing the hard drive) is via FireWire Target Disk Mode - FWTDM.
Both Macs will need to have a firewire port and you'll need a firewire cable. If both Macs have firewire then do the following:
1. Leave old iMac switched off and turn on new iMac.
2. Connect both Macs together using firewire cable.
3. Switch on old iMac and press and hold the 'T' key.
That's it. The old iMac will go into FWTDM and it's hard disk will appear on the new iMac. You can then navigate to the files you want and simply drag and drop them on to the new iMac's hd.
RD

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