Major permissions problems after migrating to new iMac

Hi, I am very new to this and need some help. Have been using a MacBook pro for the past year to synch iPods/iPads that are used within our school. Purchased an iMac and proceeded to migrate users/files etc. After migrating I have had major problems with iTunes. My iTunes library is visible but I cannot synch any devices, have tried verifying permissions and fix permissions but to no avail. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Did you instal the program again, or try to migrate it from the old system (not a good idea)? I would run the installer again and it should correct the problem -- the Proximity dictionary for English (and probably others) is apparently not installed correctly.

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Hi,
I just recently got my new iMac and used restore/migration from a time-machinde backup of my previous Mac.
Now Logic asks me for my serial number and won't accept the one that is in my registration/serial/licensing information (and that worked before on my old Mac)
And I can't find any way to contact apple about this..
any ideas?
regards
hginfo
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interesting
I have only seen migration assistant fail with Pro Apps
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it might work ok in the short term but doesn't always in the long term
but hey if you wanna risk it go for it

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Reference your first post - I download and use dmg files, so either I'm lucky or they are supported.
I would try the disk reinstall since at this point there doesn't seem to be many options.
Do you have a backup? You could restore the Microsoft Office 2008 folder.

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I figured out niw, how to solve the problem:
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I recently bought a new imac. Migrating from my old Power PC G5 to new imac went smoothly apart from itunes.
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Johnny Dee wrote:
Thanks Jolly
glad i could give some pointers
itunes won't let me download CDs
when you say download, i assume you mean import CDs ?
went through to Get Info on itunes app and applied "read and write" but still won't allow
try this tip by *Chris CA*
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+Go to \Music\ folder.+
+Right click the \iTunes\ folder and Get info.+
+Go to the Sharing & Permissions tab.+
+Make sure your username has Read & Write privileges.+
+Directly below are + and - signs next to a little gear with a down arrow.+
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+Open iTunes then try again.+

TM doesn't see its backup after migrating to new iMac and restoring system.

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I'll try to recall to the best of my memory what I did... It's been stressful, frustrating, trying to deal with it.
Computers:
1) iMac6,1 (Late 2006) Intel 2.16 GHz Nvidia OS X 10.5.6
2) iMac8,1 (Early 2008) Intel 2.8 GHz ATI OS X 10.5.4
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Everything was selected for transfer; Users, Apps, Network,..etc. (I assumed it would update OS X too).
Transfer complete.
Restart.
Log in.*
* I have both Admin and User account. I noticed things weren't performance was off; log in was slow (Menu Bar items took longer to display, clock too), and generally overall apps,..etc seemed slow. Apps were asking for license and reg info too.
Second attempt (restore system from TM backup):
Startup from OS X 10.5.6 disc.
Erase HD with DU.
Select 'Restore System from Backup'.
Select TM backup.
After that completed, restart computer.
And that brings us to now. Well, sort of.
So what is the proper way to migrate as it were from between two different Intel iMac's? I have to assume I transfered over system files that caused a conflict with the new iMac's HW, correct? What can I do now? I've already performed new backups of both SD! and TM. I didn't think it mattered since either way the backups come from my old system. I'm guessing I should have updated OS X first on the new iMac and only selected User files, Apps, Network settings,.. etc., for transfer, or maybe installed apps fresh. I thought I was doing it correctly.
The new iMac still seems off with performance to me. I've tried performing multiple 'Repair Disk Permissions' too. There are about 32 differing permissions but DU doesn't seem able to repair them as they come up again and again. Here are some examples;
2009-05-15 09:23:47 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-15 09:23:47 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/DVD.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-15 09:23:47 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/FRSettings.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-15 09:23:47 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/FRSources.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-15 09:23:47 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns/Movies.frappliance/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-15 09:23:52 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework/Versions/A/CodeResourc es", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
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2009-05-15 09:23:52 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework/Versions/A/Resources/P lugins/CubeTransition.IAPlugin/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-15 09:23:52 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework/Versions/A/Resources/P lugins/DissolveTransition.IAPlugin/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-15 09:23:52 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework/Versions/A/Resources/P lugins/DropletTransition.IAPlugin/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
2009-05-15 09:23:52 -0700: Permissions differ on "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.framework/Versions/A/Resources/P lugins/FadeThroughBlackTransition.IAPlugin/Contents/CodeResources", should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
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Help! App reg/licenses missing after migrating to new iMac.

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I just noticed in the System Profiler that OS X is 10.5.4, not 10.5.6. Why didn't it transfer/update the OS as well? Isn't it suppose to transfer everything? Why would I want to downgrade my OS X with a new iMac?
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I ended up using OS X disc to 'Restore System From Backup' from Time Machine backup. That returned the system back to almost an exact state as before, but a few apps were still asking for SN, and Mail wouldn't open because it had to reload messages. Strangely though, Aperture won't accept the SN now, whereas it did after the first migration transfer.
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Photoshop 7 is not compatible with Mac OS 10.5 and Adobe offers no fix. You'll need to upgrade.

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Because you moved many of the CS4 files onto your computer, you need to remove them before doing a new install.
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http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html
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Need help.
Since this is a new, clean installation, I don't mind reinstalling the OS X, which I have done, if it helps.

There is no Music folder.
Perhaps I should try to start from a clean slate again. Do you think it will make sense to wipe out all the data and re-install OSX, re-migrate? There will not be any lost data (compared to what I have now..)
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Permissions problem after migrating

I recently had problems on a 17" G4 tibook and cloned the laptops disk/system to a firewire disk.
I then reinstalled 10.4 to the disk after a zero all data initialisation of the disk and migrated my user files from the disk to the laptop again.
All seems perfectly OK and appears to work fine, except I cannot log on to my server and an error message is produced:
"error -35
the operation cannot be completed because one or more required items cannot be found"
I tried to launch classic and as the classic folder could not be updated, I checked its permissions and then began to check more and found for all the imported files in my user folder and applications and the OS 9 system folder the permissions were wrong.
i ran a general permissions repair but this had no effect.
should I delete my user area and try again? what could i do to ensure the permissions are correct, can i do anything to make sure all the permissions are correct and allow me to get on the server?

Hi macmend,
Check Permissions Inside Home Folder
• Navigate to YourHome/Library.
• Get Info (Command - i) on folders for apps you are having problems with.
• Open the "Ownership & permissions" disclosure triangle.
• Make sure you are the owner, with "read and write" access.
• Click on "apply to all"
• If this is correct, open the "Applications Support" folder and do the same procedure (Command+I) for the folders with the names of the applications you are having trouble with.
Note:
The reason to check this is because repairing permissions with Disk Utility doesn't touch permissions inside your home folder.
EDIT: Also be sure your computer name is the same in System Preferences >> Sharing.
-mj
[email protected]
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Problem after migrating to new Mac

Hi, I changed my Mac from an iBook to a new Mac Mini running 10.8.2
I had Dreamweaver installed from the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium. Version 9.0 Build 3481
Dreamweaver was working fine before I migrated all my files on old Mac to the new one.
Now when I launch DW I get a window with a question mark & another saying what version & build I have.
When I "Get Info' on DW3 in my applications folder size is 298,696,470 bytes (302.4 MB on disk) for 249 items in case that helps.
I thought to re-install DW from my instal disc.
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plmk?
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Thanks Preran, I chatted using that chat box & was forwarded to the instilation team.
They sugested downloading the CS3 Design Premium software for a fresh start but the link they gave me wouldn't accept my login, maybe because I bought though a University who has an account there.
They told me: CS3 hasn't been tested with Mountain Lion...
I tried launching Bridge & that worked OK.
I thought about trashing all the apps ...
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I just installed the 2 apps I had already installed & shared componets.
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Just had to delete & add browers again in DW.
So seems to working OK.
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Mabe it helped in long run but at 1st it just made it so I couldn't use the apps. at all.
Thanks for being here, that did help.

Characterset Problem after migrating to new database

Hi, I'm developing a application on local system with these settings
NLS_CHARACTERSET:     WE8MSWIN1252
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(a result from a query which been done with sql commands from apex)
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9123/charsetprob.jpg
But the characters are displayed correctly on csv export.
On the application itself, sometimes its always displayed correctly for the first time the page was rendered, after a partial refresh or paging the same problem occurs.
1st time rendered
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after paging
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/3784/charsetprob3.jpg
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Sorry but I still has not resolve this problem yet. Can someone help me?
edit: case solved
Edited by: raitodn on 30.06.2010 07:16

Major permissions problems after migrating to new iMac

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