Migrating from a Tiger-based mini to a Leopard-based iMac

I've just purchased a 24" iMac to replace my 1st generation Intel (Core Solo) Mac mini. The mini is paired with a miniStack used as a data drive. I know I can hook that up and just do a drag and drop on the data folders. But can I migrate everything on the application drive using Migration Assistant or will I need to do a clean install of some/most applications? TIA.

In that case just migrate the Home folder and network settings. Reinstall your third-party applications. This is the safest approach. You can migrate the Applications folder but I'm not sure that MA only migrates the third-party applications.
If you really only want to transfer your data then you can do that without MA.
Folders You Can Move to Your new Mac
From the Home folder copy the contents of Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites.
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/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Calendars (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
For FireFox:
/Home/Library/Applications Support/FireFox
/Home/Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox.plist
Credit goes Macjack for this information.
Obviously all the above assumes you have both computers connected via Firewire cable and have booted the mini into Target Disk Mode and the iMac normally.

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How do I fax from my Intel-based iMac through a shared network fax?

The Intel-based iMac no longer has a built-in modem, so sending a fax from it is impossible. However, I set up fax sharing on my older (wiser and more mature) iMac, through a shared computer. The problem is that when I go to fax from my Intel-based iMac, it tells me that it cannot find a modem. I don't understand why it won't simply go through the shared fax on the network. I realize that it doesn't have an internal modem. That is why I am telling it to go through the network fax/printer that I set up. It won't listen. Kids!
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I have been faxing from my Leopard machine through the shared internal fax modem on a Tiger machine across the room ever since I bought it and it worked fine. Until now. Apparently the 10.5.7 upgrade broke something, because it no longer works. I get this error message:
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Disk Migration from Tiger-based iMac to Leopard MacBook

A friend just bought a new MacBook (with Leopard). She wants to do a disk migration from her G5 iMac (running Tiger). Any issues I should know about when doing this? Or should I upgrade the iMac to Leopard before doing the disk migration?
Thanks for any input!

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 or G4 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

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1)should i reinstall everything on new macbook and start again
2)have i installed everything twice without knowing it (i have tried the process a few times by turing new macbook on and off
3)seek professional help

If I do that will my library be accessable on the macbook without the external hard drive?

Migration from Mac OS 10.3 to Snow Leopard

Hi All,
I'm trying to transfer the mail account and a few other things (keychain, favorites, bookmarks, etc.) from my dad's old emac running 10.3 to a newer macbook pro running snow leopard. Unfortunately there is not migration assistant on the emac and no way to get one, so I'm doing it by hand. I've already brought over all of his documents, pictures, and songs, BUT, I need to know how to bring over his mail. I thought I could just copy the mail folder from the old emac into user\library\mail on the new, but when I try to open mail, I get prompted to set up an account.
Any help would be appreciated. This is a christmas present for my dad.

I would look in Mail forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1338
http://www.apple.com/support/mail
And Mail files will have to be imported, the file structure has changed a lot, generally with each new version. Sometimes you have to go through an intermediary program to convert, sometimes Thunderbird.
And may need to export into a compatible format. I know over the years using email, I've had to go through that more than a couple times.

Migrating from old G4 15-inch Flat Panel to new iMac 24-inch 2.16GHz

Just purchased a refurbed 24" iMac with 2.16GHz core duo from Apple. Currently work on 15-inch flat panel 800MHz PowerPC G4 iMac using 10.2.8. Main applications are Photoshop v.7.0.1, Final Draft 6, and Office v.10.1.8. All important data is archived on three external OWC Mercury firewire drives. What is the most efficient, least problematic way to migrate? Or am I better off avoiding migration, installing latest Intel-friendly Photoshop, Office, and Final Draft software, and dragging select image files, and documents from external drives to new desktop? Also, how can I easily transfer my old iTunes/iPhoto/iMovie libraries over to new iMac from external drives without doing a migration? Thanks!
iMac G4 Flat Panel 15" Mac OS X (10.2.x)

May I recommend familiarizing yourself with Kappy's migrating advice;
A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs
PS - the 24" iMac Intel is a Core 2 Duo.

Should I migrate from OS X 10.8.5 to Maverick on iMac?

I've got a new iMac (intel) in mid december running under OS X 10.8.5. Should I migrate towards OS X Maverick 10.9.1. I've read on different forums that it's not recommended to upgrade toward Maverick with a iMac. What is the clear line with this.
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Soem reasons why you might not want to move to Mavericks:
some software might not work - this is not likely a problem if you have only the basic Apple software
If you have used many features of Pages or Numbers the new versions may not support those features. It is possible to use the older versions of Pages and Numbers under Mavericks, but there are complications and it is a hassle.
If you have been using iTunes to sync and do not wish to use iCloud for this. Under Mavericks iTunes is not able to do much of the non-music syncing that it could do previously.
If you have customized the look of your desktop or made many changes to Preferences, and these are important to you. Mavericks has many fewer options.
(I, for example, found the scroll bars in Mavericks to be very difficult to use with my mouse and aging eyesight.)
I do not know that there is a "clear line" on this. If having your desktop work very similarly to your iPad or iPhone is important to you, then Mavericks is for you. If you prefer you desktop to have more advanced capabilities, and you Pages and Numbers file use those capabilities, then Mavericks isn't for you.

Migrating from MacPro to iMac : how to transfer settings & apps

I will be migrating from an Intel based Mac Pro to a new iMac 27".
I will need to sell my Mac Pro first but I still wish to transfer my stuff.
Can I clone my boot disk to a USB drive and use that to import my settings/mail etc. later ?
Or do I really need to hook up the Mac Pro in target disk mode ?
Any help would be much appreciated.

One way to do it is to use Time Machine to back up your old machine, assuming it's running Leopard or Snow Leopard. Then when you get your new computer, use Migration Assistant with your Time Machine backup. As stated above, you may have to do minor adjustments to some applications (or possibly reinstall them) but I found the MIgration Assistant process to be 99% seamless. Your mileage may vary, of course.

TM and Migrating from G5 to Intel RAID Mac.

The good news: I have a new Mac Intel Pro and all my previous G5's data is backed up by Time Machine to a fast Newr Tech FW RAID.
The funky news:
1. I'd read a User Tip Contribution by Kappy that suggested how to migrate from a Motorola -based system to the new Intel. It seemed that Migration Assistant is not useful here, much less via Time Machine. True? (while I can no longer find this tip, I have a Web Archive of it)
2. Also, I've read here that I cannot continue using my old Time Machine backup account on the new Intel Mac. I'll have to wait while TM backs up up my new Mac entirely to a new TM account. I only have 300 GB left on my TM backup drive. Will I lose my G5's data when I add my Time Machine/FW disk to the new Intel. How, then, can I access my old data? If I can access my old data, must I retain my Username from my previous G5's accounts to be able to access TM backup data from my old Mac?
3. Another variable: I got three ATA disks and an Apple RAID card for the new Intel Mac. I assume that setting up the array will be the first task when booting my Intel Mac for the first time, yes? I'm also guessing that I would want my OS/Apps on one disk, and a RAID array from the remaining two for files, as in OS9 days when one couldn't install an OS on a RAID disk, yes? Does this suggest that all my Home directory's files, such as Documents, Movies, Music, etc. should be aliased to the RAID array disks, to keep the Apps on non-RAID, files on RAID discrete?
4. I gather I'll have to re-install all my 3rd Party software: Adobe CS3, Intel -compatible games, Final Cut Pro, Toast, etc. instead of using TM. Wow, no wonder I've been putting off setting up my new Mac.
All advice is welcome.
Message was edited by: John Dwight

John Dwight wrote:
The good news: I have a new Mac Intel Pro and all my previous G5's data is backed up by Time Machine to a fast Newr Tech FW RAID.
The funky news:
1. I'd read a User Tip Contribution by Kappy that suggested how to migrate from a Motorola -based system to the new Intel. It seemed that Migration Assistant is not useful here, much less via Time Machine. True? (while I can no longer find this tip, I have a Web Archive of it)
the fact that you'd be migrating from TM backup is irrelevant here. the fact that you'd be migrating from PPC to intel is relevant. You can try doing that but there may be problems. definitely do not migrate applications.
Here is one of kappy's posts on the issue
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1571689&tstart=0
2. Also, I've read here that I cannot continue using my old Time Machine backup account on the new Intel Mac. I'll have to wait while TM backs up up my new Mac entirely to a new TM account.
yes
I only have 300 GB left on my TM backup drive. Will I lose my G5's data when I add my Time Machine/FW disk to the new Intel.
I would suggest you use a different disk or reformat the existing one. You should format TM disk with GUID partition map for intel TM backups and yours is most likely formatted with Apple partition Map.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1550?viewlocale=en_US
You can try using the old TM disk but you might run into problems later. if you do use the old drive TM should give you an option of keeping the stuff already on the drive so that you can ahve your old TM backups there too.
How, then, can I access my old data? If I can access my old data, must I retain my Username from my previous G5's accounts to be able to access TM backup data from my old Mac?
not username but userid. It's most likely 501 in both cases so that should not be a problem.

Can the new Mac Mini boot Snow Leopard from an external hard drive?

I currently boot my 2009 Mac Mini from a FW800 external drive with 10.6.8. If I just plug my external drive into a new 2011 Mac Mini, will it boot into Snow Leopard if I set it as the startup disk or will I get a kernel panic?

I bought a 2011 Mac Mini, which came with Lion installed. I thought maybe I could repartition it and have a Snow Leopard partition. So I repartitioned it (500gb split into two 250gb partitions). I named the new partition "SnowLeopard" just to make it easy for me to tell the difference.
I attached the external DVD and put in a Snow Leopard installer disc, holding down the C key so it would boot and install from that, but it just spun for awhile. Doesn't appear to work.
Then I read somewhere else that someone had managed to clone a copy of Snow Leopard onto an external drive and boot from that. In their situation they were talking about a MacBook, but the principle seemed sane.
So I rebooted, holding down the T key to put the Mac Mini into Target hard disk mode, and attached it via Firewire to another MacMini (circa 2008 or so, not sure of year, but it was upgraded last year to Snow Leopard and has been upgraded along and along). Then I used Carbon Copy Cloner to copy Snow Leopard (that is, the entire hard disk-- System and all applications and data) to my newer Mac Mini's "snow leopard" partition.
For yucks, when it was done cloning, I restarted the older Mac Mini, and had it boot from the newer Mac Mini's snow leopard partition--- it worked! To make it easy to tell the difference, I changed the desktop background to something completely different. I think I tried booting from Lion but I can't remember if that worked.
Then I rebooted the newer Mac Mini, which booted up in Lion, of course. Going into System Settings, I changed the startup disk to the "snow leopard" partition, and rebooted, and it booted up in Snow Leopard.
I have yet to test the applications on the Snow Leopard partition. Another problem has arisen.
Because with both of the Mac MInis being active on the network, they both had the same computer and user name. So I renamed the newer Mac Mini to something completely different, and changed the password.
Unfortunately, now I cannot change any other setting in the System Settings that requires a password. While the newer Snow Leopard lets me log in with the new user and new password, whenever I try to click the "lock" icon to change something, I'm prompted for a username and password. Apparently this is some different username and password than either the new or old username/password.
I've tried various combinations of both: new user/old password, old user/new password, old user/old password, etc.
So if you do what I've done, be careful about changing the username and password on your cloned computer. I think it may be wiser to create a new user and then delete the old cloned users. I may just have to re-clone the old Mac Mini to the new one again.
If anyone has any ideas about this password conundrum, please pass along!

Migration from Win/bootcamp to OSX Lion

I'm trying to migrate from a Windows installation running in BootCamp on an iMac (old) to a new iMac running Lion. NO - I'm not trying to migrate BootCamp -> BootCamp, but from Windows to OSX.
The old iMac is running WinXP SP3. The Migration Assistant runs just fine, trying to listen to incoming requests.
The Migration Assistant on the new iMac quickly finds the other machine and displays the key for linking them. The MA on the Windows/BootCamp end never seem to get the request and just keeps on listening.
I've tried them on FireWire networking, on Ethernet to Ethernet and on the same WiFi network. Nothing works.
Is this a problem because the other "PC" is an iMac? The icon that comes up in the MA has the "wintel box" icon, not an iMac icon, as if it is detecting that it is a PC/Windows system.

Olivier: I think the question here is more of how do I take all my enhancements/configuration from IC WIN to IC webclient, and the answer is you have to do it manually.
Manie: I suggest you do a broad search on this forum as there are several threads on the "migration" topic. You can even use the word migration as the search criteria in this forum.
In addition you might want to post a new more specific question on a particular conversion area, after searching of course. This is due to the fact that all landscapes are unique and we dont' know what you did with your system and what it might require in order for your functionality in the IC winclient to be present in the IC webclient.
At this point I'm going to put my moderator hat and lock this thread as it is way too vague and the answers can be found in a search of the forum.
Take care,
Stephen

HT4889 Can I choose what to migrate from one mac to another mac?

Can I choose what to migrate from one mac (Powrebook G4) to another mac (New iMac)? I do not want everything to be migrated, as some programs are not compatible with Mountain Lion or an intelIntel mac!
As it is a brand New iMac I would also like to keep it clean of unnecessary files that have become imbedded in the Powerbook over its time.Therfore it would be nice if I can pick and choose what is to be transferd. If you can give me a heads up on if and how it would be appreciated!!!
Thanks
PicMac

Thanks for your input!… I have now come across an Article from Apple
Migration Assistant tips and tricks
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3231?viewlocale=en_US
Controlling what is migrated
With Migration Assistant you control the data that is migrated from another Macintosh computer. By clicking the triangle next to a user's name, you can select which User Accounts to migrate and choose which folders to migrate. You can also choose whether to migrate Applications, Network and Computer settings, or Volumes. Migrating only what you need can reduce the time it takes to complete your migration.

Would I be able to upgrade to osx lion from osx tiger?

would I be able to upgrade to osx Lion from osx Tiger without upgrading to Snow Leopard first?

According to this info you will need to have the latest version of Snow Leopard installed....
http://www.apple.com/macosx/how-to-buy/
....and it will be a download only....

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