Migration question..best way to do this?
Hi, I am responsible for transitioning a set of computers to newer models and in some cases newer OS's.....
I am more familiar with OS 9 than X so i know the drag/drop thing doesn't apply in OSX..Having said that
here's one task...
I need to move the contents of a 17" 2007 IMac running 10.5/latest version...up to a 24" IMac which has
10.6 on it. Okay, what's the most trouble-free way to transfer the contents keep everything as-is - from the
17" IMac over to the 24" IMac. Will "Migration Assistant" be the way to go or is there some better way?
I'm just looking to not have to reinstall the base OS -
AFAIK everything on the older Leopard/10.5.8 Imac machine will run okay in 10.6 on the 24" IMac I want to
move it to.
Thanks in advance for suggestions on easiest most trouble free way to do this.
Thanks!
Mike
Well, you could use Migration Assistant instead. That does have some downsides, but it won't disturb anything already on the new Mac.
You may or may not want to migrate apps; if you do, it will only migrate apps that don't already exist on the new Mac, so it won't wipe out your 3rd-party apps, or newer versions of Apple Apps.
The downsides have to do with user accounts. It will copy any you select, but they'll be in addition to existing accounts, not merged into them. If any have the same name as existing accounts, you'll get a prompt to rename or skip them.
The transferred accounts won't have permission to data in the existing accounts, and vice-versa. You can copy some things from one account to another, but it's tedious.
The transferred accounts also may not have access to any files on other volumes, including backups.
In the How do I set up a new Mac from my old Mac or its backups? article, take a look at the Using Migration Assistant on Snow Leopard or Leopard, and Transferring files to another account links.
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