Migration Assistant Question (From 10.4.11 to 10.5.5)

I have a question regarding Migration Assistant in regards to upgrading from Tiger to Leopard. I do backups of my entire internal HDD onto an external firewire drive using SuperDuper. I do not make a bootable drive, I backup to a disk image that can be mounted. My question is thus: when I upgrade and choose Erase and Install (if I want to), would I be able to use migration assistant on the disk image (once it is mounted) to move all my files over? Or would I have to make the external drive bootable in order to do this?
Any help you could give me would be great!
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Migration Assistant only works with Firewire drives, not disc images stored on Firewire drives. You would be better off re-cloning your drive directly to the Firewire drive to make a bootable image.
However, you need not do that to upgrade on the same computer. You have two upgrade options: Upgrade Install or Archive and Install. The latter puts a fresh install of Leopard on the hard drive without erasing the drive, and it saves your old system in a Previous System Folder. There is an option to transfer your user account(s) and network preferences. I would recommend using this option. The procedure follows:
How to Perform an Archive and Install
An Archive and Install will NOT erase your hard drive, but you must have sufficient free space for a second OS X installation which could be from 3-9 GBs depending upon the version of OS X and selected installation options. The free space requirement is over and above normal free space requirements which should be at least 6-10 GBs. Read all the linked references carefully before proceeding.
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then quit DU and return to the installer.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.

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Trouble with migration assistant going from 10.5.8 to 10.6.1

Hi,
I have a macbook pro running 10.5.8 and just got a new macbook running 10.6.1. I'm trying to run the migration assistant. It gets to the point where it says 'preparing information' on each computer and then it seems to just hang. I've let it go for 45 minutes and nothing happens past that.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Susan

I'm not sure what you are doing so try this:
On the old computer do the following:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
With both computers turned off connect a Firewire cable between them. Boot the old computer into Target Disk Mode. After the TDM screen appears boot the new computer normally. After the new computer has started you should find a drive icon for your old computer on the new computer's Desktop.
Open Migration Assistant in the Utilities folder. Select the migration option (should be already selected) to migrate from another computer or hard drive. Then follow the onscreen instructions. For additional help select Migration Assistant Help from the Help menu.

Can Migration Assistant copy from a Time Machine volume?

My PowerMac G5 died, and I'm replacing it with a MacBook Pro. Is it possible for the Migration Assistant to copy my files from my old system's Time Machine backup, since the machine itself doesn't work?
Also, any complications running Migration Assistant going from a Power Mac system to an Intel-based system? (Aside from the obvious: that any Power Mac native apps won't work...)
Thanks!

yes, it's possible but it's actually not advisable to use Migration assistant when migrating from PPC to intel. definitely do not migrate the applications.
also, you might consider doing a completely manual migration. see kappy's post in this thread
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1571689&tstart=0

Migration Assistant questions

I've been having issues with my MacBook .... intermittent it won't start up (freezes on gray screen), that I suspect indicates the hard drive is about to die. I've duly backed up everything via time machine to an external fire wire drive and ordered up a new hard drive.
I propose to do a fresh install of OSX from disc on the new drive and then migrate across my settings (don't want to restore from time machine in case it isn't the hard drive and is system software faults)... but hope someone could just clarify:
1. Will migration assistant bring over Mail, Address Book, Safari bookmarks, iTunes library and iPhoto library?
2. Should I de-authorize my iTunes on the old hard drive (subject to it staying alive long enough) before I remove it?
Any other tips appreciated
Steve

Options to further know if it's your HD.
You can perform a hardware test on the computer. check here to learn how to do this : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509
Try booting from an install disk. hold the option key down when you power on your computer. choose the install disc, Run disk utility to verify the disk or use other similar software like disk warrior to see if the HD is bad.
TO ANSWER YOUR DIRECT QUESTIONS: with important information about Time Machine and Migration Assistant Utility
1. Will migration assistant bring over Mail, Address Book, Safari bookmarks, iTunes library and iPhoto library?
Yes. Migration Assistant Utility transfers documents, music, photos, applications, network settings, and preferences. It works on a user level by basically moving over your user account with everything in it. Migration Assistant DOES NOT transfer over the Operating system so you will have to install a fresh copy on the the new hard drive anyway.
Pulled from the Apple Site.
" If you’re setting up a new Mac(or HD) with files from an old Mac, *Time Machine* can help simplify the process. Just use Migration Assistant to copy portions of any Time Machine backup to a new Mac, or select *“Restore System from Time Machine”* in the Utilities menu on your *Mac OS X install disc*. Choose any date recorded in Time Machine to set up your new Mac exactly as your previous Mac was on that date."
2. Should I de-authorize my iTunes on the old hard drive (subject to it staying alive long enough) before I remove it?
You can leave this authorized because you are not installing in a new computer. iTunes will never know you changed hard drives
Good Luck
Matt
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Exchanging MBP Laptops... Migration Assistant Question.

Hello Everybody,
I recently purchased a new MBP 13" i5 with the stock hard drive. I tried upgrading the hard drive to a larger size but had issues with clicking sounds and excessive Load Cycle Counts. Since it is a new computer Apple recommended that I return this MBP and special order a new one with a larger hard drive (I'll use the extra drive as a backup). So that's what I did. The replacement computer will get to me this Friday and I will have a chance to migrate before returning the original MBP.
Here is my question:
Could I clone my current drive to the new drive and just put that into the computer (since all of the hardware will be identical)?
Or could I just run the migration assistant (using a CAT6 ethernet cable) the first time I start the new MBP even though the OS version on the new computer will most likely be 10.6.6 and the original MBP OS is now 10.6.7?
Thanks in advance for anyone who can answer this question.

Here is my question:
Could I clone my current drive to the new drive and just put that into the computer (since all of the hardware will be identical)?
No! Use Setup Assistant rather than Migration Assistant. Assuming the old machine has a Firewire or Firewire 800 connection use that connection rather than than a ethernet connection. Firewire tends to be more reliable than ethernet. Follow the instructions found on Pondini's Setup Assistant tips your migration should be very smooth.
Before physically connecting the machine make sure you have the correct Firewire cable. Look on the old machine (or even better refer to the manual) to see if it's FW or FW 800. You will need one of the following cables:
Firewire 400 to 800 Cable
Firewire 800 Cable
If you don't want to order from Amazon you can probably find similar cables at Radio Shack or your local computer store.
Roger

Migration Assistant Restore From TM

Can an older TM backup be used by the Migration Assistant to restore the Home Folder or does it only use the most recent TM backup? How does one choose a particular TM backup for the Migration Assistant to use if, in fact, that is possible?

When using MA you can select from whatever Home folder backups are available depending upon how far back TM has maintained the Home folder.
For more help see Apple - Support - Discussions - Time Machine -- Frequently Asked Questions.

Deleting an older user account and migration assistant question

Hello,
So I'm out of the loop big time. I've had my current 17" iMac since 2006 (10.5.8) it's the white border one. Anywho I just got my new 27" i7 iMac and feel really stupid trying to migrate from the old computer to the new one. I couldn't figure it out so had to call Apple help.
First off I put the ethernet cable in the back of both machines thinking it was the Firewire and chose the Firewire option and kept wondering why it wouldn't work. Then it dawns on me I have the ethernet cable in. So I try to transfer that way and get stuck on the Install Mac OSX install disk and install the CD or DVD setup something or other. Well I stick the DVD in my old iMac and open the install disk and see nothing that says CD or DVD setup. I call the Apple line and realize that because my new iMac isn't hooked up to the internet I can't use the ethernet option (okay why I didn't realize that I don't know but it's been a long week and I haven't migrated a computer in a long time).
On top of all that the lady tells me the new iMac has a 800 Firewire and my old one only has a 400 Firewire (so that is why I couldn't get my Firewire 400 cable to work).
So she tells me it will take ages to set up wirelessly but I need to click no and not transfer data to the new iMac, then setup my internet then go back into migration assistant on both machines and click the network option. It is taking ages to do this.
I told her I was on the forums and that doing it this way would create a new user account and she said just to delete the old one once the new one is created. Is it that simple? My old user account is called Pink Tuley and new one is called Tuley. So once the migration is complete (think it's going to take hours on end, my old machine is 160GB with about 140GB of it full) do I just delete the older Pink Tuley account?
Yes, this is a long winded question I know.
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elmac,
I'm currently migrating my old iMac to my new iMac via the internet wirelessly. I did what the Apple support told me to do since I don't want to go out and buy a new Firewire cable (I have a 400 one now and would have to get one that has a 400 and 800 on each end which I could have bought at the store had I known).
Instead I chose not to migrate and set up my iMac with the internet, and now I'm migrating via migration assistant opened up on both machines using using the network option. It's okay if it takes forever to do as I've waited this long (I had to wait 5 weeks for my Macbook Pro HR-AG to arrive).
My old user account is called Pink Tuley and I thought there would be mass confusion if I named the new user account the same name so I chose Tuley for this one. Once I'm all migrated do I just go into the user accounts on my new iMac and delete Pink Tuley?
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Migration Assistant Question re Tiger to Leopard

I am planning on updating a friend's Mac Mini from tiger (10.4.9) to Leopard, via the Retail Leopard DVD.
Trying to look for time shortcut here, she has no backup beyond a flash drive, I will bring over an ext FW HD for full user folder data backup at the start of the process.
And I plan to do the Archive and Install with Preserve Settings. (I am too leery of Updating Leopard ontop of Tiger.)
My questions,
(a) Will Leopard ask to run the Migration Assistant after "Archive and Install" -- or does it ask this only after a full Format (erase the HD) Install type?
(b) If I were to run Migration Assistant manually after the Leopard installation, can it pull data from a backup of Just the User folder (and of course sub folders) and the Applications folder -- assuming I was pressed for time and only backed up those to external HD, not taking the longer time to clone the whole disk clone of System, Library, Etc etc)?
Or does Migration Assistant require a fully operating Mac or Cloned HD.
(My guess, based on the reading of Apple's info pages, is that it will only work from a full OS X machine or full clone.
And that it would only pull over user data - as per: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1554 "can transfer data (including account settings and home folders)")
Any one have any experience with that sort of safe but faster installation?
(I only ask because she (friend) is very time sensitive and does not want to be twiddling thumbs during a full clone of the Tiger (Mac Mini) HD first.... sigh...)
Thx.
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BruceTech wrote:
(a) Will Leopard ask to run the Migration Assistant after "Archive and Install"
No. But if you select "Preserve Users and Network Settings", the user home folders will be left undisturbed, so Migration Assistant won't be needed for those things.
It's been a long time since I installed Leopard, but apparently "Archive and Install" will also preserve the Applications folder. It's mainly the System and Library folders that will be affected buy such an installation.

Migration Assistant- Recovering from a hard disk failure

Was running on OS X 10.8.5 on MBP 8,3 (2011 17")
Many issues with slowness, and software, and then boom, the hard disk failed.
No software recovery worked. Drive has been shipped for physical recovery.
I did not use migration assistant to set up the new hard disk. Not going to live with migrated issues like the last 2 years….
I have a 3 month old backup that has most of my static data. It's a bootable clone running on a Lacie Thunderbolt external.
Here is what I did:
1. Installed new SSD
2. Formatted new SSD, installed Yosemite 10.10.1
3. Did fresh installs of Adobe Creative Cloud Apps, Bought new Extensis Suitcase 6, reinstalled Office 2011
4. Reset up the email boxes from scratch (some issues- so did not want to migrate)
5. Imported HTML bookmarks from old Safari.
Now, I thought I would get the easy part…. run Migration assistant to selectively bring over about 500gb of desktop files, docs, photos and music.
It won't work. It forces me to create a new user on the machine.
How do I work around this to get the permissions changed and moved to the new machine/account?

I thought I would mention the issues with Third Party SSD and Yosemite:
http://www.macworld.com/article/2849366/mac-wont-boot-about-yosemite-and-your-th ird-party-ssd.html
Also to address some of your slowness and software issues in Yosemite that many people fail to read... Many of the Features require a newer MAC than the Hardware requirements to run the OS...
Upgrade to OS X Yosemite.
Free on the Mac App Store.
http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/
1. Check your Mac hardware.
These Mac models are compatible with OS X Yosemite:
    •    iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
    •    MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
    •    MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
    •    MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
    •    Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
    •    Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
    •    Xserve (Early 2009)
2. Check your version of OS X.
You can upgrade to OS X Yosemite from the following:
    •    OS X Snow Leopard (v10.6.8)
    •    OS X Lion (v10.7)
    •    OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8)
    •    OS X Mavericks (v10.9)
Now if you Notice the Check you Mac hardware shows older models than the Feature Requirements:
3. Check Feature Requirements:
    Handoff and Instant Hotspot
    AirDrop
    AirPlay Mirroring
    Power Nap
    Supported by the following Mac models:
    ⁃    MacBook Air (2012 or newer)
    ⁃    MacBook Pro (2012 or newer) <-- Yours is 2011
    ⁃    iMac (2012 or newer)
    ⁃    Mac mini (2012 or newer)
    ⁃    Mac Pro (Late 2013)
Just an FYI,

Cannot get migration assistant working from PowerBook to MacBook Air - what am I doing wrong?

Hello out there,
I am proud possessor of a new MacBook Air with Mac OS X 10.7. Up to now, I used a PowerBook with Mac OX X 10.4.11. Although the two macs - old and new one - are connected via the same WLAN network, I cannot get the migration assistant going. The two cannot find each other, although they are only 5 centimetres apart....what am I doing wrong? Do I need an update for the PowerBook? And if yes, which one? Or should I give up?
Thank you so much for your help, greetings from sunny Munich, Evelyn

Have a read here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4818.
Maybe you need this update for 10.4.11 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3174
You should also read this Basic Guide https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2295 from one of local Gurus.
Stefan

Clean install/Migration Assistant question

Hi,
I'm looking to do a clean ML install (upgrading from 10.7) on a new SSD for a 2009 MacPro. I have a SuperDuper clone of the MacHD on a bootable FW drive. Basically I'm just looking to get Mail accounts and messages, Safari bookmarks, Keychain info and fonts/font families from the existing boot drive and reinstall or manually transfer everything else. Can Migration Assistant handle this? Do I need to create a new user account on the new drive?
Thanks for any help or suggestions!

Setup Assistant, which will open after the installation, will do that and is generally considered more reliable. You will probably need to create a new user to get out of Setup Assistant.

How do I transfer ALL partitioned drives from old mbp to new, with ethernet / migrate assistant, aside from only main mac HD partition?

Hi there
Does anyone know how I can migrate ALL of the partitioned drives from my old macbook 17 inch to new macbook 2013?
Seems like it only transfers the Macintosh HD drive - ie the user account - and I can't figure out how to transfer the rest of the partitioned drives?
I am using an ethernet cable with thunderbolt adapter. (I don't have a thunderbolt firewire adapter to use a firewire cable in disc target mode - hoping I can perform the FULL transfer using just the ethernet cable?
but no additional options for transferring additional drives show up when I use Migrate assistant?
Thanks
T

You can't use Migration Assistant to transfer files to OS X Mountain Lion from Mac OS X Tiger. See > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
What you have to do is to connect both Macs with FireWire, put the old one in Target Disk mode (hold the T key while the Mac mini is starting) and use Finder to restore the data you need manually. Another option is to transfer your files over the network > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1549

Migration assistant questions for Server 10.6.8

Currently on 10.6.8 server on an iMac that was used for lots of things (users logged into it and installed apps). Moving to the Oct 2009 Mac Mini Server that had no optical drive. It has 10.6.8 server, and I want to migrate just for the server related stuff.
I've already installed the 10.6.8 over the "remote install osx" in Utilities (over LAN), and it's sitting at the Migration assistant screen, showing no volumes, yet.
1) do I now just plug the older server and new server directly together with lan cable for the migration assistant to see each other? I know the server will be down for a bit during this...
2) I don't want to migrate the all the apps and junk... just the server related stuff, like OD, user shares, etc.
What settings should I be checking in the Migration assistant to have my server working with sharepoints, OD users, and all except APPS?

I've done a migration recently from a Mac Mini Server to a Mac Pro. I thought that migration the server by portion (like you) would be the most normal way, but turns out that I actually mirrored the entire disk image and it worked great. I simply booted my Mac Mini in Disk mode (FireWire) and copied it over.
In your case, it might be easier to start that way and remove the unwanted apps. At least, you'll be sure to have all your settings right away.
If you don't do that and start with a clean install, you'll need at least to migrate over your OD user using the Server Admin OD. Then, you'll need to "ditto" your mail, iCal and Address Book data over. The 10.6 Admin Guides, available on the Apple support website, are very detailed on the backup procedures.

Another migration assistant question

Greetings everyone,
last night I got my brand new iMac, i used migration assistant to transfer all my files from my old Powerbook G4 to the new Imac. Everything went smooth with the exception that when I open the finder at the left under "devices" my iMac has the same name my powerbook had (powerbook G4 12") is there anyway I can change the name of the device to something else?
Thank you for the help, Apple forums rock!
Rob

System Preferences/Sharing pane. Rename it right at the top.

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I will be using Migration Assistant tonight to move files, e-mail, contacts, etc... from an almost 10-year old Dell running XP to a new MacBook Pro. I have read the help articles on the Migration Assistant and it appears that it moves the items to a new user account. Do anybody know if I can have the info from the PC moved into an existing user account on the Mac? I don't want to end up with a new account because the user has been using the current account (for browsing, web maile, some saved pictures, etc....) already since Christmas. Thanks!

Doesn't look like it will, but give it a try, and if it sets up a new user account, then just delete it (or cancel migration) and then try Manually migrating or consider just transferring the emails, photos, etc that have been created on the Mac in the past 3 weeks to the migrated account (i.e. for emails, use Mail->Mailbox->Export Mailbox, copy to /Users/Shared, then switch to the migrated account and then Mail->File->Import Mailboxes from Users/Shared. When done, delete the user account not needed.

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