[Lenovo Edge 11] Trouble migrating from a HDD to a SSD

Good evening everyone,
I'm currently owning a Lenovo Edge 11" Intel, which I wanted to upgrade by swapping the stock-slow-HDD by a brand new SSD and I'm stuck when I try to restore the factory image from a USB stick.
This stick contains the recovery image made with the ThinkVantage Recovery Media in the ThinkVantage toolbox.
First point : I didn't ditched the stock drive data, it is still able to boot the system.
Second point : I installed the SSD drive, plugged my USB stick with the recovery image, hit F12 and selected it... and nothing, just a message "error loading system".
I thought that my recovery image may contain something wrong (although I followed the assistant and left checked both checkboxes to create a bootable drive and copy the Q: partition), I fitted back the hard drive and tried to redo a system image. But the utility kicks me out as it tells me that I already made my recovery image.
What I am supposed to do now ? Thank you for your advices.
Regards
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Hi,
I'm not sure if your restore is working or not at this point...
In addition to setting the partition active, there seem to be some other requirements when preparing a USB flash drive to be recovery media. New or used USB memory keys or USB flash drives require an active partition created from within Wind...
I've seen cases where just setting the partition active after the fact was sufficient. Other cases where preparing a 2nd flash drive per the above link and copying the contents of the non-booting drive did the job. Other times when going through the whole process again was necessary.
If you still aren't able to run recovery from that flash drive, but can do the done.ini trick, go through that flash drive prep above, then make your recovery media.
Z.
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(OCZ - 22 Dec 2009 - 18.29 GMT):-
Cloning from a HDD to an SSD is very problematic. I strongly recommend against doing this. Instead you will want to just install normally onto the SSD. You can clone from SSD to SSD, or from HDD to HDD, but going from one to the other can cause issues.
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(Biltan-Wales - 23 Dec 2009 - 16.19 GMT):-
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Then I will reconnect it, and I will let you know whether or not the drive is recognised by my system.
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2. Dropbox keeps looking for a /Users/abc/Dropbox directory, and breaks because it can't find that directory. I don't really care about that, because I can just uninstall and reinstall Dropbox. But I don't want to run into other problems in the future because other applications are looking for /Users/abc.
3. In various places, Lion keeps referring to my new computer as "administrator's-MacBookPro," or something like that. That makes me worry that I'll have some problems if I delete name of the account that supposedly owns the computer.
So, is it safe for me to proceed with deleting the original account? I haven't really used the new computer yet, so I'd be happy to wipe the whole hard disk clean and start the migration process over from scratch, if that will help to make everything more stable going forward. And if someone can tell me how to do that!
I apologize for the long post. Thanks in advance for any help.

Whew! I finally got my new machine working with all my old stuff on it, thanks to baltwo's tip to try reinstalling the OS from scratch, which pointed me in the right direction. The key additional points were (1) to make sure to erase the hard drive first, and (2) do the transfer to Lion, rather than Snow Leopard, because at least in my case, SL's Setup Manager was buggy and always hung forever right when it was about to start transferring. Also for some reason the transfer was much faster in Lion.
This was a very ugly experience for me. There were lots of times when my computers crashed, hung, wouldn't wake up, and otherwise made me feel like I was at work, trying to use Windows boxes. For the benefit of any other people who may stumble upon this thread, here are a set of steps that you can follow if you have a mac that is new (or new to you) and you would like to have it running Lion, and having all of the stuff from your old Mac on it, but with no other user's stuff on it. In the simple case where your new Mac comes preinstalled with Lion and you're the first human ever to turn it on, then ignore all of this, and just turn it on and follow the onscreen instructions. However, I think you should follow the following steps if (A) the new Mac already has on it an account or account that you want to wipe out, and/or (B) the new Mac is running Snow Leopard, and you want to upgrade it to Lion before migrating your stuff over (which I think is a good idea -- as I said, my computer kept crashing every time I tried to migrate from SL to SL, and besides, maybe a "clean install" of Lion is somehow better).
[If your new Mac is already running Lion, skip to step 4. If your new mac is running SL, start here.]
1. On the new mac (which is running SL), if you're turning it on for the first time, create a temporary administrator account that you're going to wipe out shortly. If there's already an administrator account on the new computer, log in as that administrator.
2. As the administrator, run Software Update, and keep running it repeatedly and restarting if necessary, until Software Update no longer finds any updates to install.
3. Upgrade the new Mac to Lion. You'll probably do this via the App Store. After Lion has downloaded and installed, your computer will restart.
4. Log in into the new Mac, which is running Lion, as your administrator account. Same password as before.
5 Run Software Update, and keep running it repeatedly and restarting if necessary, until Software Update no longer finds any updates to install. I'm not sure this step is really necessary, but I wanted to be sure that the new Mac was running the very latest version of Lion, since there seemed to be some problems with Lion's Setup/Migration assistant.
6. You may not have realized this, but Lion created a locked partition on your hard drive that contains a complete backup copy of itself, plus various utilities, including the disk utility. Boot your new mac from that recovery partition by starting it up (or restarting it), and holding down "command-R" while it's restarting. You'll be presented with two choices, asking whether you want to boot from the main hard disk partition, or the recovery partition. Choose the recovery partition.
7. Having started up from the recovery partition, you now need to run disk utility. If I recall correctly, you do this by pulling down the "Utilities" menu from the top of the screen, and choosing Disk Utility.
8. In Disk Utility, choose "erase," and erase the main partition of your hard drive, which I think will be called "Untitled" or maybe "Macintosh HD." Be sure to highlight "Untitled" or "Macintosh HD" before you go ahead and erase, and don't erase your recovery partition by accident.
9. Now you have a pristine, factory-fresh Mac, running the latest version of Lion, with no user accounts on it. Just go ahead and turn it on, enjoy the music and graphics, and then follow the onscreen instructions for transferring the data over from your old Mac.

Having trouble migrating from macbook Pro to macbook Air?

Apple has kind of messed up with migration from older laptops to Macbook Air. With 140 GB to transfer onto my new Macbook Air, I took a big gulp when my new Air told me casually that it would take about 36 hours to migrate my stuff from my Pro to the new Air over the wireless network. OK, so I have a slow network, sue me. Apple's technical help was no help, and that's getting pretty common. The solution? A data transfer USB cable (PCMACLINK2 USB to USB Data Transfer Cable for Windows and Mac, Startech). A simple USB-USB connection and data transfer rates of around 480 MBS. I think we are good to go. BTW, why didn't Apple release a Firewire/Thunderbolt dongle? Making a new set of dongles for every new Mac seems to be de rigeur these days, so why not add one more? Oh, and Apple doesn't seem to carry a data transfer cable. FAIL!

Hello,
I've been pondering getting a Macbook Air but I want to find out if I can copy over Endnote X4 and Office from my Macbook Pro (Snow Leopard) to a new Macbook Air (Lion).
Is it just a matter of drag and drop or using Migrate Assistant or is there anything to worry about between different Macbooks, different versions of OS or some restriction on copying Apps?
Also, assuming a migration is possible, can I just use my Timemachine external drive or should I buy a cable instead?
Thanks,
Jason.

Trouble Migrating from iMac G4 to new MacBook

I recently purchased a new 13" 2.4 GHz MacBook, as well as a Firewire cable (a 6pin/6pin, but not from Apple), with the intention of transferring my data and some apps from my 5 year old iMac G4. I turned on the new MacBook and followed its instructions to migrate. I connected the Firewire cable, and restarted the old Mac while holding T, so the Firewire symbol appeared on the screen. However, then the migration assistant said I didn't have Mac OS X on the old computer, which is simply not true. Is the problem related to the fact that the new one is Intel-based and the old one is not, or that the old one has a different version (I think) of OS X?

Do not use Migration Assistant to migrate from a PPC Mac to an Intel Mac. See the following:
A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs
If you are migrating a PowerPC system (G3, G4, or G5) to an Intel-Mac be careful what you migrate. Keep in mind that some items that may get transferred will not work on Intel machines and may end up causing your computer's operating system to malfunction.
Rosetta supports "software that runs on the PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor that are built for Mac OS X". This excludes the items that are not universal binaries or simply will not work in Rosetta:
Classic Environment, and subsequently any Mac OS 9 or earlier applications
Screensavers written for the PowerPC
System Preference add-ons
All Unsanity Haxies
Browser and other plug-ins
Contextual Menu Items
Applications which specifically require the PowerPC G5
Kernel extensions
Java applications with JNI (PowerPC) libraries
See also What Can Be Translated by Rosetta.
In addition to the above you could also have problems with migrated cache files and/or cache files containing code that is incompatible.
If you migrate a user folder that contains any of these items, you may find that your Intel-Mac is malfunctioning. It would be wise to take care when migrating your systems from a PowerPC platform to an Intel-Mac platform to assure that you do not migrate these incompatible items.
If you have problems with applications not working, then completely uninstall said application and reinstall it from scratch. Take great care with Java applications and Java-based Peer-to-Peer applications. Many Java apps will not work on Intel-Macs as they are currently compiled. As of this time Limewire, Cabos, and Acquisition are available as universal binaries. Do not install browser plug-ins such as Flash or Shockwave from downloaded installers unless they are universal binaries. The version of OS X installed on your Intel-Mac comes with special compatible versions of Flash and Shockwave plug-ins for use with your browser.
The same problem will exist for any hardware drivers such as mouse software unless the drivers have been compiled as universal binaries. For third-party mice the current choices are USB Overdrive or SteerMouse. Contact the developer or manufacturer of your third-party mouse software to find out when a universal binary version will be available.
Also be careful with some backup utilities and third-party disk repair utilities. Disk Warrior 4.1, TechTool Pro 4.6.1, SuperDuper 2.5, and Drive Genius 2.0.2 work properly on Intel-Macs with Leopard. The same caution may apply to the many "maintenance" utilities that have not yet been converted to universal binaries. Leopard Cache Cleaner, Onyx, TinkerTool System, and Cocktail are now compatible with Leopard.
Before migrating or installing software on your Intel-Mac check MacFixit's Rosetta Compatibility Index.
Additional links that will be helpful to new Intel-Mac users:
Intel In Macs
Apple Guide to Universal Applications
MacInTouch List of Compatible Universal Binaries
MacInTouch List of Rosetta Compatible Applications
MacUpdate List of Intel-Compatible Software
Transferring data with Setup Assistant - Migration Assistant FAQ
Because Migration Assistant isn't the ideal way to migrate from PowerPC to Intel Macs, using Target Disk Mode or copying the critical contents to CD and DVD or an external hard drive will work better when moving from PowerPC to Intel Macs.
Basically the instructions you should follow are:
1. Backup your data first. This is vitally important in case you make a mistake or there's some other problem.
2. Connect a Firewire cable between your old Mac and your new Intel Mac.
3. Startup your old Mac in Target Disk Mode.
4. Startup your new Mac for the first time, go through the setup and registration screens, but do NOT migrate data over. Get to your desktop on the new Mac without migrating any new data over.
4. Copy the following items from your old Mac to the new Mac:
In your /Home/ folder: Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites folders.
In your /Home/Library/ folder:
/Home/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
Also in /Home/Library/Application Support (copy whatever else you need including folders for any third-party applications)
/Home/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Preferences/ (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Calendars (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
If you want cookies:
/Home/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist
/Home/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
For Entourage users:
Entourage is in /Home/Documents/Microsoft User Data
Also in /Home/Library/Preferences/Microsoft
Credit goes to Macjack for this information.
If you need to transfer data for other applications please ask the vendor or ask in the Discussions where specific applications store their data.
5. Once you have transferred what you need restart the new Mac and test to make sure the contents are there for each of the applications.
Written by Kappy with additional contributions from a brody.
Revised 3/12/2008

How best to migrate from MacPro to iMac w/ SSD and extrenal drives

Currently I have a MacPro with 4 drives - 3 1TB and 1 2Tb, the 2TB drive is my main hard drive, so it has system, apps, documents, itunes etc....and it has been upgraded and migrated from one computer to the next as long as apple has had the ability to do so (and before that by moving over targeted drive manually). I currently am running 10.6.8 on the machine. I have ordered a new iMac w/ an internal 512gb SSD drive, and after speaking with an Apple rep, I got a THunderbolt enclosure to house my current 4 hard drives. Now my question is how best to get my preferences etc into the new computer w/o dragging along all the old stuff...(ie old apps not compatible w/ Mountain Lion, old system folders, etc). Here is what I would like to do:
1. setup SSD with OS, fresh installs of Apps, and my fonts (i am a designer and i have a gazillion fonts and they always take way to long to load into my font app).
2. I would like my 2TB drive to eventually just include my home directory where all my files, and such will be stored. But I would like to keep the drive as is to make sure everything is working just in case, I dont want to have any down time during the upgrade process (ie if a client calls me and needs something while I am still setting up I could boot off the 2tb drive and work). But after all is working properly then I would like to make it just the home directory and main place for all files etc
3. My remaining 3 drives are broken up for manual backups of my work on 2 of the drives, and then photos and mp3s on one, and movies and tv shows from itunes on the other. I dont currently run Time Machine or Retrospect or RAID....
I see most people saying to create 2 admin accounts, one that would stay on the SSD drive and the other which could be mapped to the 2TB drive and have its home directory there...but what do I do about moving preferences etc? is there a way when setting up that will let me import my current account and let me keep it on the external drive as is? should i move the files that i want to keep off the 2tb drive, wipe it to get rid of the old apps and system and then put back the home directory??I don't want to run into trouble with permissions, and I really dont even want to create 2 accounts because I hate having to close everything and log out for simple installs and updates...i have 2 on my macbook pro now and i run into errors all the time of i cant update this or that because of admin account...even though both accounts are set as admin.
I want to keep the whole upgrade simple, but I would like to keep this fresh system clean as am sure there is way to much left over garbage from upgrades past. So just not sure how best to do any of it.....

I purchased the DataTale RS-M4t SMART 4-Bay Thunderbolt RAID storage enclosure. But it can do both RAID if you get their data manager software download, or it can just mount the drives and be used normally. So basically I can plug all 4 of my current drives into it...and it into my iMac and it will be same as if I had it in my tower....so really not moving over a ton of stuff. I will load all apps fresh onto the brand new iMac - so the SSD will be a clean install...my worries are trying to get access to home directories etc on the current main drive and have things get setup correctly, keychains, bookmarks, etc...as well as my iTunes which has iPad and iPhone backups, etc. I am just not sure as how to best setup the SSD to get the most of its speed while being able to get my current account working but on the second external drive.

How to migrate from internal hard drive to SSD (Solid State Drive)?

I just bought 128GB SSD. I want to replace my internal hard drive with SSD on MacBook Pro. My internal drive has only Mac OS installed (no dual boot with Windows/Linux). Going forward I want to boot my Mac OS from SSD and use internal drive for backup purposes only. I read many forums regarding this here, but each one talks about different methods of doing it.
* Carbon Copy Cloner for the Mac side (free)
* Casper 6.0 for the Windows side (not free)
* SuperDuper
Can some one provide me with simple steps to migrate Mac OS along with my personal data from internal hard drive to SSD?

Because Windows is not involved, you don't need Casper or anything else Windows-related.
Use Disk Utility to repair permissions and repair the directory on your internal hard drive. Buy an external SATA hard drive enclosure* and mount your SSD in it. Connect it to the MBP and use Disk Utility to create a single GUID partition on it, formatting the partition Mac OS Extended. Use SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner, it doesn't matter which, to make a bootable clone of the internal hard drive on the SSD in the external enclosure. Restart the computer holding down the Option key, and select the SSD to start up from; the purpose here is to verify that the SSD really is bootable. If that works OK, shut down, disconnect the external enclosure, and exchange the drives.
*I recommend a FireWire 800 enclosure, but they are much more expensive than USB-only enclosures, which will work OK — USB is just slow.

Migration from OLD HDD to LARGER NEW HDD

Hi experts, I am deciding to upgrade my G4 cube HDD from 20G to 120G. The point is that how can I migrate my entire OS 10.3.9 ,application and other personal stuffs to new HDD? What method can I apply to or is there any possible way to reduce my time on re-installing OS and heaps of applications? Many thanks!
PowerMac G4 Cube Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Get a Firewire enclosure for your old hard drive. When you remove the drive install it in the Firewire enclosure. Install the new drive. Boot from your OS X installer disc and use Disk Utility to partition and format the new drive. Connect the Firewire drive and boot the computer from the external drive by restarting and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the icon for the external drive and click on the large right arrow button. After your computer boots from the external drive open Disk Utility and clone the external drive to the new internal drive:
How to Clone Using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the backup or destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (journaled, if available) and click on the Erase button. This step can be skipped if the destination has already been freshly erased.
4. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
5. Select the backup or destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the startup or source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
8. Select the destination drive on the Desktop and press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. At the bottom in the Ownership and Permissions section be sure the box labeled "Ignore Permissions on this Volume" is unchecked. Verify the settings for Ownership and Permissions as follows: Owner=system with read/write; Group=admin with read/write; Other with read-only. If they are not correct then reset them.
For added precaution you can boot into safe mode before doing the clone.
When the clone has completed quit DU and open the Startup Disk preference. Select the internal system volume and click the Restart button.
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Troubles migrating from G4 to Macbook Pro

Hello --- I just got a new MacBook Pro and used the Migration Assistant, not knowing there were problems with going from powerpc to intel. I just pushed start and did whatever standard migration there is.
Well, the new laptop has all sorts of problems now ---- Ical won't open, firefox and adobe reader and handbrake won't open, though I've tried to download them again, the computer tells me it has troubles with the keychains and the new 2011 Microsoft Office I had installed on it can't find any settings or fonts, etc.
Now I discover a page in this forum that advises how to switch over individual library and settings files when going from ppc to intel --- should I use that and manually transfer over that information, or would it just be easier and better to reinstall the whole OS and start over? And if I do that, is there a better way to use the Migration Assistant when I start over? I don't really care about the settings; all I want are my photos and documents.
I also see from my internet searches on this problem that handbrake and mac the ripper aren't really supported on the latest version of OSX --- could anyone point me in the direction of some good replacements for those?

I own a MDD G4, and was nervous. And, I had every reason to be when I attempted to use Migration Assistant to take my Powerbook G4 to my Macbook just over a year ago. It did not work.
So, when my new Mac Pro arrived a couple weeks ago I had already made the decision to NOT use Migration Assistant to move the G4 over to the Mac Pro. .Mac has been a godsend, so much of that information was retained for me.
I had some pretty major issues with Firewire drives. For some reason, once the drives (I had four of them) were plugged into the Mac Pro, they no longer worked on the G4. In fact, one of the FW drives (a 1TB drive) stopped working on BOTH machines. Two of these drives were brand new. So, there's something going on in either the electronics and the Mac Pro, or the electronics and the Mac Pro and Tiger - never figured it out. I eventually took the FW drive out of it's case and now have an extra internal drive in my Mac Pro, which seems to work just fine - inside the Mac - go figure.
I eventually set-up a wireless network between the two systems to transfer over my work, photos, music, etc... And I completely reinstalled all of my applications.
Good luck and back-up first if you can!

Trouble migrating from time capsule back-up

I am hoping to migrate data from a time machine back-up to a new mac. I connected the back-up disk (which backs up multiple computers) and initiated the migration assistant. Unfortunately, when I get to the point of selecting which details I wish to transfer, I am directed to a back-up from a different machine. How can I redirect the migration to use a different back-up file? I tried to copy my target back-up into the backups.backupdb folder but I do not have permissions to do this.

Read through Q14-17 here. So you can understand how to use TM.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
Or look at the details here.
http://pondini.org/OSX/MigrateLion.html

Trouble migrating from Power Mac G4 to iMac

Hi,
I have a Power Mac G4 MDD (Mirrored Drive Door) with Leopard (10.5.8) installed. I'm trying to migrating my info on the G4 to a new iMac (mid 2011) with Lion.
I first attempted to transfer my info via Migration assistant and a firewire cable. The computers saw each other and started the process, but hung at "5 hours remaining" for over 24 hours. I tried a second time with same results. I then tried reinstalling Lion on the new iMac and attempted migration via Setup Assistant instead. This time the iMac would not see the G4. I then did some research and downloaded the Migration assistant update for Leopard. Definitely thought this would be the solution and was stunned that the iMac will still not see the G4. Went back to Migration assistant again and no luck there either. Lastly, tried booting the G4 into Firewire target disk mode (no problem), but the iMac still does not see the G4.
I'm so frustrated at this point. Am REALLY trying to avoid having to manually transfer everything over and would just quit and do that at this point, but am confused by the fact that both machines were initially able to communicate (which did not result in sucessful migration, but at least the two machines saw each other at one time).
To recap, what happens now is:
Setup Assistant & Migration Assistant: iMac does not see the G4, but G4 DOES see iMac
Firewire Target disk mode: G4 goes into tdm no problem, but iMac continually looks for G4 and will not connect.
(Have downloaded to the G4 migration assistant update for Leopard: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1434)
I have so many hours into this process, it's unbelievable. I really need some help. Thanks ahead!
~Michelle

Hi Michelle,
I first attempted to transfer my info via Migration assistant and a firewire cable. The computers saw each other and started the process, but hung at "5 hours remaining" for over 24 hours.
Hmmm, was this FW Network it sounds like?
The best way is to put the G4 in Target mode...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
Then only the new iMac needs to run Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant, but you don't choose from another computer, you choose from a Time Machine or other Disk, because now the G4 is only a Big FW Hard Drive.

Trouble migrating from SDK 4.1.0 to 4.5.1 with auto updater

I have just upgraded to Flash Builder 4.5 from 4 but am now having problems with the auto updater.
I am getting this error: There was an error downloading the update. Error# 16824
I have followed these instructions: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/air_update_framework.html#articlecontentAdobe_num beredheader_4
But have yet to succeed.
Currently my app contains the new update swcs as instructed in the above and points to the following xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<update xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/framework/update/description/1.0">
          <version>Beta 1.0.2</version>
          <force>true</force>
    <url>http://domain.com/Beta_1_0_2.air</url>
    <description><![CDATA[
          Change over to new update procedure
    ]]></description>
</update>
but i am still getting that error.
I have tried swapping the framework description and checking through all my code but still nothing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I need to know I can push the new version out as an update.

If you have the right software and follow strictly the instructions you shouldn't face any issue to upgrade, here are a few advises:
1. Create and save in an external location a backup file of the appliance, for this you can go to System Configuration/ACS Backup.
2. To upgrade from 4.2.0.124 to 4.2.1.15 you will need to download two files from the Cisco page:
Make sure to install FIRST the one called "ACSse-Upgrade-Pkg-appl-mng-v4.2.1.15-K9.zip", after that you can install the other one. This installation order is very very important, otherwise the upgrade will fail.
3. In case that something goes wrong with the upgrade don't worry, you have a backup file so you still can install again 4.2.0.124, restore the backup and start the upgrade again.
Rate if it helps!

When migrateing from a hdd does the data stay intact in case it has to be repeated

Before i Do my migration i wanted to check to see if the process can be repeated if nessasary?
Thanks

Yes the data on the original drive stays the same. The migration process only copies over the data to the new drive.

Trouble migrating from LR 4 to LR 5?

I have a new mac laptop with LR 5. My old mac laptop had LR4. My files and catalogs are on an external drive. I have a 'master catalog" folder, which contains a subfolder' Master catalog2". I never experienced problems opening this on LR4. I cannot open this in LR 5 and get the following error message: The LIghtroom catalog cannot be used because the parent folder (names location of master catalog) does not allow files to be created within it. Please either fix the folder permissions before continuing or choose a different catalog" How can I fix the permissions? Do I need to be on the old computer and/or using LR4 first?

Permissions are on the new computer, you need to change the permissions to write permission
Go to your favorite search engine, type in
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