Migration Assistant using HD mounted in windows

Hello,
I just ordered a new HD and ram. I'm very excited about all of this but I really don't wish to have to reinstall everything and dig up old keys and the like. This is especially true for my keychain since I am on many different wireless networks and rarely remember the password.
Trouble is, I have only one mac PowerBook and one desktop PC (and a linux server too but i'd rather keep that out of the picture). I do have a handy little tool that scales the IDE from a laptop HD to a full sized IDE. I have used this to copy from other windows HD's as well as an old osx HD that was failing. I'd simply plug it in to my windows machine and it works like any other HD (the osx disk needed a special driver though).
My question is this. Is it possible to share my existing HD on my windows machine, mount it on my new HD, and use setup assistant to get my settings off of it?
If not and I must do it manually what files folders to i need to get everything working properly? I'm assuming everything under documents, movies, photos, music, applications, and application support (both system and user). Any more? I'm most concerned with my keychain, camino bookmarks, mail settings and messages, adium settings, and iPhoto and iTunes libraries.
Thank you very much. HD is 2 days away!

The best way to accomplish this is to clone your HD to a FireWire external drive, and either use migration assistant or clone back to your new drive.
The only way migration assistant will work is through FireWire, other internal drives and I believe USB 2. I don't know of a way to recognize a PC through FireWire.
Another possibility: Clone a disk image of your PowerBook to your PC or Server as a Disk Image over the network using SuperDuper You can (1) mount the image to your PowerBook over the network (slow) or (2) if you have the disk space copy the image over. Then you will be able to use Migration Assistant.
Powerbook G4, MacBook Pro, Mac G5, Mac G4, Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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HT4413 Does Migration Assistant use a lot of internet data?

We're on a set limit and don't want to exceed it..
Anyone with prior experience would be greatly appreciated.

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
Migration Assistant doesn't use Internet. If you want to use Migration Assistant via Wi-Fi or Ethernet, Migration Assistant uses the router to migrate data to the other Mac that has to be connected to the same router

Migration Assistant using 'external' HD

I have a new MacBook Pro (late 2011). The previous MacBook would not boot up. However, I've removed the internal drive and it mounts on the new machine.
When I tried to use Migration Assistant it spent two days "looking for applications and documents to transfer" but nothing else happened.
The new machine's software is current.
The external HD mounts on the desktop.
They are connected by Firewire 800. I've re-started the new machine.
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Tony

I don't think that's gonna work. Migration Assistant is looking for a booted up system, which obviously you can't do. So, you're either gonna have to figure out how to boot that drive or manually copy the files you want.

HT4796 migration assistant does not run on windows 8 pro

Migration Assistant did install without any error on my Vaio laptop running Windows 8 pro (Dutch version).
Howerver when started it says there's an (unspecified) error. What am I doing wrong? (Apple NOOB)

You didn't state how old you Win PC was, only that it was running Win 8. From talks with people I know that use Windows they would never upgrade a 4 year old PC to Win 8. Especially if it was already running Win 7.
So I, wrongly, Assumed you had a newer notebook that came with Win 8.
Right Content and Data (Like your PERSONAL files which is what I stated above) is the only thing that can be used on Mac from a Windows PC. No programs or settings can be carried over from a Windows PC to a Mac running OS X.
Good luck and all the best to you.
Eerste neus wrote:
Well, thanks for your reply LowLuster. Although it wasn't helpful, it sure was interesting to hear that you know what content and data resided on my 'new' Sony Vaio. BTW: In my opinion a 4 year old laptop hardly is to be considered 'new'.

In migration assistant, using a time machine backup, what is the extra data that appears after I deselect all the checkmarks under the user?

When restoring a time machine backup using Migration Assistant, I'm given a choice of what to restore. If I click on a user, and I deselect everything(Desktop, Music, Movies, Documents, etc.) there is still 40 Gygabites of stuff. What is in the 40 Gygabites?!

Is the HDD in the 2009 15" MBP dead? (The original source of your data) If not, you might want ot take it out and put it in an enclosure.
You might try spotlight on know files to see if that gives you any clues where your data is located.
You might down load from the Internet OmniDiskSweeper (free) and open it. It should show you all of the files you have on your MBP and enable to locate them.
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Can I stop Migration Assistant (using Command + Q) if I am only transferring music?

Hi everyone,
I just recieved my new Macbook Pro with Retina. It is my first Mac. I am transferring music using Migration Assistant from my Vista PC. I was wondering if it would cause any issues if I cancel the operation (as it will take over a day on wireless)? There are no settings involved, just music files (mostly mp3's).
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If you were transferring files during the initial setup, you were using Setup Assistant. Migration Assistant can be run later; however, it will automatically create a new user account (because you've already set up an account during the setup), so you'll wind up with two accounts and duplicate folders which will take a while to sort.
If you just want to drag over certain files, best to use target disk mode (you need a firewire cable):
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10725
If you want to use that, you can just erase your drive using the recovery option and then download/reinstall your OS again.

Migration assistant using up hard drive?

I recently got a new imac 24in with 320 GB hard drive . I used Migration Assistant to transfer my data and files from my old imac . My old imac had an 80 GB hard drive and had 20 GB free. My new imac (after the transfer) says I only have 206 GB free. How have I already used up over 114 GB of hard drive space when my old system only needed 60 GB? I really only wanted my iphoto library, itunes music and some saved documents. What should I do to recover some disc space?
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This is down to a combination of several factors:Hard Disk Manufacturers. Who list hard disks in decimal notation rather than binary (and data is stored in binary).
(320 x 10003) / 10243 = 298.02GB
File System. The HFS+ file system takes up a small about of space, this is the way the computer looks up where to find data on the disk.
Software. Around 16 - 20GB is taken up with Leopard itself, iLife 08 (especially GarageBand), iWork trial etc etc.
So your iMac does hold 320GB but some of it has already been used. This is the same on any and every computer that you buy, it perhaps more obvious on new large hard disks. If does seem like you should have a few more GB free though so download Whatsize (link) to easily examine where that space is.
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Migration Assistant Using USB

This is an addendum to a question I had re: using either a Time Machine or Super Duper backup as the source for running Migration Assistant on a new Mini. I was told I could use either one and that is great. Except I realized that both backups are on a partitioned USB2 external drive. The drive is FW400 capable, so I could get an 800 to 400 adapter but do I have to? My backups are made using USB2. Why can't MA work using it? I've read everything on MA and no mention of USB. Just FW, ethernet and wired/wireless network. Don't want to start a migration that will fail. Especially on a new machine.

KevinD wrote:
This is an addendum to a question I had re: using either a Time Machine or Super Duper backup as the source for running Migration Assistant on a new Mini. I was told I could use either one and that is great. Except I realized that both backups are on a partitioned USB2 external drive. The drive is FW400 capable, so I could get an 800 to 400 adapter but do I have to? My backups are made using USB2. Why can't MA work using it? I've read everything on MA and no mention of USB. Just FW, ethernet and wired/wireless network. Don't want to start a migration that will fail. Especially on a new machine.
Migration Assistant will work absoluetly fine with a USB external drive containing TM or clone backups. firewire and ethernet are always mentioned only when talking about migrating directly from one computer to another. you can not connect two computers directly by a USB cable due to limitations of USB technology. but you can by a firewire one. this is not an issue if you are migrating using an external drive. of course firewire is faster so if your drive and computer have firewire ports I would suggest using those instead of USB.

Unable to print after migration assistant use MacBook to iMac

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Wish to halt Migration Assistant using Wireless

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The firewire cable I have fits the iMac but not the new MacBook Pro. I have a hardwired cat-5 network I can use if there is a way to stop the Migration Assistant without messing everything up. Is it possible to stop the process in mid transfer and start again using a different (faster) connection? Or should I just let it go and check to see if it completed in the morning?

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Hi,
I'm on a Macbook Pro Mid-2010, where I swapped out the optical drive for an extra disk. Now I have two SSDs, one 256GB with my OS and applications, and one 1TB with my user folder and media and everything else.
I aim to consolidate everything onto the big 1TB SSD. I backed up with Time Machine, then booted into Recovery, and installed Yosemite onto the 1TB SSD. Then, I think it automatically goes into Migration Assistant, so I just set that to start (Applications and the rest) going from the SSD which previously ran OS X. It went to a screen that says "Transferring Your Information", with the blue time bar underneath. That loaded to completion pretty quickly. But now, it's just sitting on this screen and still says "Starting up..." above the blue bar. It's been like that for about 20 hours. Anyone experienced this? Should I keep waiting or did this process freeze perhaps? The mouse cursor still moves on the screen, so it's not completely frozen anyway.
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The easiest at this point would be to start over - use recovery (Command + R keys at boot up) to connect to Apple's servers (be patient - takes a while). Once you see the Utilities screen, choose Disk Utility to erase the drive. When done, choose to reinstall OS X. Now, when you get to the screen asking if you want anything moved over, then in your case, I'd say no at this point. Once you set up your iMac which will include you establishing your own Apple ID/password, you can then selectively port over files and such. You can use Migration Assistant in the Applications folder at that point (FWIW, you used Setup Assistant at the beginning?) - the annoying problem with that is that it will move stuff over using your old ID so you'll wind up with a lot of duplicates which then need to be sorted. That's one way, the other is that you move only the files you need (not involving Migration Assistant). Or, backup your files on an external drive and then move them back over once you have everything else reinstalled.
Please note: anything at all downloaded from the app store is tied to Apple ID used to obtain it forever and is not transferable, so if there are any applications, OS updates, or anything else involved, you will need to re-download or re-purchase using your own Apple ID.

Migration Assistant using firewire not working between new iMac and G5. Ah!

I unpacked my new iMac 21.5' last nite and spent three painful hours trying to use Migration Assistant to tranfer files from my old iMac G5, which is using OS X 10.4.11.
I follow all of the instructions ver batim: connect the 400/800 firewire between the old and the new iMacs, start migration assistant on the new iMac, reboot the old iMac holding down the 'T' key until the firewire symbol pops up on the screen. At that point, the new iMac sits there with the message 'waiting for the other iMac to restart.' It never seems to recognize the old iMac. I tried rebooting, reconnecting the cable, etc. No luck.
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May not help but give this a try on the G5:
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.
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I would also first turn off both computers then connect the FW cable. If both computers have a FW800 port then you can use a standard FW800 cable. Boot the G5 into TDM. After the TDM screen appears boot the new computer normally.

Does Migration Assistant use the most recent time machine backup?

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Only one version is transferred, the last saved one.

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SierraVista wrote:
After successfully (knock on wood) transferring my files, apps, and system settings from my old IMac G5 (Rev A) to my new IMac (early 08), I'm having major problems when trying to start up the old iMac G5.
After I press the Power button on the iMac G5, the power light goes on but there's no startup chime and the screen remains black. Took it to an Apple Store and they thought it was a bad HD after they took out the internal HD out and were able to boot from an external FireWire HD.
I've now tried three different HDs and it still won't reboot. Also, tried using a DiskWarrior CD to get it to startup from a CD, now I've got a CD stuck in the CD/DVD slot. Will be going back to the Apple Store in a couple of days to try again. I did some online research and saw where the same thing had happened to someone in Australia in April 2008, but no so solution had as yet been posted.
Any thoughts or suggestions??
The "no chime" thing is puzzling. That would indicate a total boot failure, not from a bad HD, but the EFI itself.
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