Move Firefox config to a new harddrive (old files intact)

The boot sector of my old HD is fried. I installed it as a slave to a newer HD. FF is installed on the master HD, but is not configured as I want; no bookmarks, etc. All the files on the old HD are totally readable, so I just need to move the FF configuration over.
How do I do that? Where and what exactly are the files I need to move?
I have the same problem with Thunderbird so if you can, please advise for TB as well; Mail, config, etc.

Personally I would prefer to keep it in the iTunes Music folder, it makes it much easier if you ever need to move it (other people like to use their own filing system but since I only use iTunes it's not an issue for me, I let it do the work). When you are planning to move iTunes it's an idea to consolidate your library first. When you consolidate, any songs in the iTunes Library that are not in the iTunes Music Folder are copied to the Music Folder and the Library is updated to point to those new files. Files already in the iTunes Music Folder have no changes made to them. That ensures you have nothing in the library that's not in the iTunes Music folder and you are not worrying about where everything went on the old computer: Copying all your iTunes files to one location - Windows

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New MacBook -- old files lost?

My new MacBook (mid-range model) arrived Thursday evening, and I immediately set about exploring it, of course. The MB immediately began having kernel panics -- lots of them. Yesterday, after doing as much maintenance as possible on the MB through Disk Utility and also resetting the SMC in an effort to alleviate the problem, I attached my iBook via Firewire to the MB to migrate my data.
Everything looked good; the iBook had a blue screen with a gold FW symbol popping around on it, and I was getting set to migrate my data when the MB had another kernel panic. Once I'd recovered from that, the iBook's drive was completely inaccessible -- dead as a doornail. I called Apple, of course, and they will replace my drive so I can sell the iBook, but the data is gone. No problem -- I had a backup, of course (via SuperDuper), on my external drive.
I hooked that external drive up to the MB to manually drag data onto the MB, and it happened again. Another kernel panic. Now I can see the external drive in Disk Utility, but I can't mount it, and it gives an error ("The underlying task reported failure on exit") when I try to repair it.
Is my data completely lost? Is there anything anyone can suggest to prevent my slitting my wrists and/or tearing out my hair? Thanks for any suggestions.

Thanks for the link, Robert. You're right -- it's quite interesting. Yesterday I did delete all of my startup items (per Apple tech's suggestion), and that seemed to help for a time. I also repaired permissions several times and also reset the SMC.
Here is the log, though several of the panics are missing, since they occurred as the MB was still starting up.
Thu Dec 21 21:00:37 2006
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A31CE): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 0, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x3551a083, CR3: 0x0173c000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x3551a053, EBX: 0x00000053, ECX: 0x3ce1d980, EDX: 0x078f9300
CR2: 0x3551a083, EBP: 0x25bfbd28, ESI: 0x3ce13300, EDI: 0x24083308
EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x3cd81c84, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x25bfbae8 : 0x128d08 (0x3c9a14 0x25bfbb0c 0x131de5 0x0)
0x25bfbb28 : 0x1a31ce (0x3cf6c8 0x0 0xe 0x3ceef8)
0x25bfbc38 : 0x19a874 (0x25bfbc50 0x37844d00 0x1 0x1)
0x25bfbd28 : 0x3cd5b7f4 (0x24095004 0x3ce13300 0x78f9300 0x3551a053)
0x25bfbf08 : 0x398e91 (0x24083308 0x4509e00 0x1 0x41a42dc)
0x25bfbf58 : 0x398063 (0x4509e00 0x135eb4 0x0 0x41a42dc)
0x25bfbf88 : 0x397d99 (0x4b16580 0x4b16580 0x4521ec 0x4c80000)
0x25bfbfc8 : 0x19a6ec (0x4b16580 0x0 0x19d0b5 0x4b8ca80) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AirPortAtheros(211.2)@0x3cd2d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.5.1)@0x3bf0a000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x35c21000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(140.4)@0x3cd11000
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.3: Wed Oct 18 21:57:10 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.15.4.obj~4/RELEASE_I386
Thu Dec 21 23:34:10 2006
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A31CE): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 0, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x132e13b5, CR3: 0x00d7d000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x132e1385, EBX: 0xd0a82385, ECX: 0x523ab960, EDX: 0x0fb446c0
CR2: 0x132e13b5, EBP: 0x24fdbd28, ESI: 0x523a36c0, EDI: 0x236c0308
EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x009b6c84, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x24fdbae8 : 0x128d08 (0x3c9a14 0x24fdbb0c 0x131de5 0x0)
0x24fdbb28 : 0x1a31ce (0x3cf6c8 0x0 0xe 0x3ceef8)
0x24fdbc38 : 0x19a874 (0x24fdbc50 0x0 0x24fdbc78 0x127ee3)
0x24fdbd28 : 0x9907f4 (0x23855004 0x523a36c0 0xfb446c0 0x132e1385)
0x24fdbf08 : 0x398e91 (0x236c0308 0x3c4e280 0x1 0x394e3b4)
0x24fdbf58 : 0x398063 (0x3c4e280 0x135eb4 0x0 0x394e3b4)
0x24fdbf88 : 0x397d99 (0x3c6f300 0x37f6780 0x450 0x1203)
0x24fdbfc8 : 0x19a6ec (0x3c6f300 0x0 0x19d0b5 0x4162238) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AirPortAtheros(211.2)@0x962000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.5.1)@0x6d9000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x580000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(140.4)@0x946000
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.3: Wed Oct 18 21:57:10 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.15.4.obj~4/RELEASE_I386
Thu Dec 21 23:43:52 2006
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x0035AAA6): mget MCHECK: m_type=646e m=36e08500
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x25153be8 : 0x128d08 (0x3c9a14 0x25153c0c 0x131de5 0x0)
0x25153c28 : 0x35aaa6 (0x3ea094 0x646e 0x36e08500 0x199cd9)
0x25153c48 : 0x3612ce (0x1 0xe 0x25153c68 0x19d23a)
0x25153c88 : 0x22cf6d (0x36e65e44 0x4 0x7 0x0)
0x25153cf8 : 0x23ea38 (0x38e26c0 0x25153d2c 0x36e65e34 0x36e65e00)
0x25153d48 : 0x23ef6b (0x1c 0x1 0x0 0x1)
0x25153e08 : 0x22d264 (0x36e65e00 0x14 0x3c 0x0)
0x25153e48 : 0x22ecc5 (0x36e65e00 0x14 0x11 0x0)
0x25153f58 : 0x21c441 (0x36e65e00 0x36f6b500 0x44407c 0x1a1f6f)
0x25153f98 : 0x202cfe (0x4ce000 0x36f6b500 0x36f6b5fc 0x37ea0d8)
0x25153fc8 : 0x19a6ec (0x0 0x0 0x10 0x0) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x0
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.3: Wed Oct 18 21:57:10 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.15.4.obj~4/RELEASE_I386
Fri Dec 22 07:57:32 2006
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001A31CE): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 1, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x0f007f15, CR3: 0x00d8d000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x004d7800, EBX: 0x2ec038d1, ECX: 0x0411edfc, EDX: 0x0f007f05
CR2: 0x0f007f15, EBP: 0x25263408, ESI: 0x043f15ac, EDI: 0x00000000
EFL: 0x00010206, EIP: 0x001d1ea0, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x04400010
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x252631b8 : 0x128d08 (0x3c9a14 0x252631dc 0x131de5 0x0)
0x252631f8 : 0x1a31ce (0x3cf6c8 0x1 0xe 0x3ceef8)
0x25263308 : 0x19a874 (0x25263320 0x0 0x25263338 0x1a1f6f)
0x25263408 : 0x2f200c (0x0 0x34 0x252634b8 0x44082f4)
0x25263518 : 0x30043c (0x4518804 0x0 0x25263600 0x25263628)
0x25263658 : 0x1e1a21 (0x4518804 0x4c711 0x25263888 0x1)
0x252636b8 : 0x1f3e26 (0x4142b00 0x4c711 0x0 0x25263888)
0x25263808 : 0x1f42d1 (0x25263f34 0x25263884 0xa 0x13bdec)
0x252638a8 : 0x1e2ef6 (0x252638c8 0x252638dc 0x25263f34 0x0)
0x252638f8 : 0x1cab47 (0x3a9239c 0x25263ac4 0x25263bd8 0x25263f34)
0x25263968 : 0x1cb36d (0x25263aac 0x100 0x25263acc 0x0)
0x25263a18 : 0x1bbd2d (0x25263aac 0x1 0x25263a48 0x199bd6)
0x25263f58 : 0x37888a (0x401a000 0x43762e0 0x4376324 0x0)
0x25263fc8 : 0x19ac4e (0x422b5e0 0x0 0x10 0x0) No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb0100258
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.3: Wed Oct 18 21:57:10 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.15.4.obj~4/RELEASE_I386
Fri Dec 22 10:28:46 2006
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A31CE): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 0, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x6c707041, CR3: 0x00da9000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x6c707041, EBX: 0x00000000, ECX: 0x00000000, EDX: 0x6c707041
CR2: 0x6c707041, EBP: 0x250e2e58, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x00001c76
EFL: 0x00010246, EIP: 0x003c45ac, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00020010
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x250e2c28 : 0x128d08 (0x3c9a14 0x250e2c4c 0x131de5 0x0)
0x250e2c68 : 0x1a31ce (0x3cf6c8 0x0 0xe 0x3ceef8)
0x250e2d78 : 0x19a874 (0x250e2d90 0x0 0x0 0x250e2dbc)
0x250e2e58 : 0x3c453e (0x381dfa0 0x3883620 0x16cbc68 0x5)
0x250e2ea8 : 0x3c4742 (0x381dfa0 0x1 0x250e2ee8 0x12d97d)
0x250e2ee8 : 0x3c4871 (0x381dfa0 0x3bd6fc0 0x250e2f38 0x34d2a5)
0x250e2f18 : 0x3bfc10 (0x250e2f50 0x250e2f54 0xc 0x250e2f50)
0x250e2f38 : 0x3c5fba (0x3844a40 0x250e2f50 0x3bd6fe0 0x17be)
0x250e2f78 : 0x3c6fe3 (0x3b14004 0x4 0x0 0x139)
0x250e3cf8 : 0x3c7500 (0x80 0x202 0x250e3d48 0x122f19)
0x250e3d38 : 0x3b17e7 (0x3faf2020 0x0 0x3a9ffb0 0x19d23a)
0x250e3d78 : 0x18aa32 (0x37cb728 0x1 0x3a9ffb0 0x1aa2e1)
0x250e3db8 : 0x12b4c3 (0x38cbb94 0x38cbca4 0x250e3df8 0x11e042)
0x250e3df8 : 0x124b17 (0x38cbb00 0x37c6d38 0x140f834 0x0)
0x250e3f08 : 0x19550d (0x250e3f44 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x250e3fc8 : 0x19acee (0x380c880 0x0 0x19d0b5 0x3969c64) Backtrace continues...
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.3: Wed Oct 18 21:57:10 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.15.4.obj~4/RELEASE_I386
Fri Dec 22 10:46:10 2006
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001A31CE): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 1, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000024, CR3: 0x0173c000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x04ab3480, ECX: 0x04490000, EDX: 0x045a2200
CR2: 0x00000024, EBP: 0x25b4bbf8, ESI: 0x3bd51984, EDI: 0x045ac500
EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x003bbc91, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x25b4b9e8 : 0x128d08 (0x3c9a14 0x25b4ba0c 0x131de5 0x0)
0x25b4ba28 : 0x1a31ce (0x3cf6c8 0x1 0xe 0x3ceef8)
0x25b4bb38 : 0x19a874 (0x25b4bb50 0x1 0x25b4bb58 0x19d23a)
0x25b4bbf8 : 0x3bd4a518 (0x4ab3480 0x3bd51984 0x0 0x6)
0x25b4bc38 : 0x3bd47762 (0x4490000 0x45a2200 0x25b4bca0 0x1)
0x25b4bcd8 : 0x3bd490d0 (0x4490000 0x45a2200 0x45ac500 0x4e41d00)
0x25b4bd28 : 0x3bcff8de (0x4490000 0x45ac500 0x80 0x25b4bdf0)
0x25b4bdd8 : 0x3997aa (0x4490000 0x45ac500 0x0 0x0)
0x25b4be18 : 0x3bd0faf1 (0x43ea080 0x3bcff6de 0x45ac500 0x0)
0x25b4bea8 : 0x3bd0714a (0x4490000 0x4e41d00 0x5 0x4b01d0c)
0x25b4bee8 : 0x3ca6938b (0x4b01d00 0x4e41d00 0x0 0x0)
0x25b4bf38 : 0x3ca686c6 (0x6110c00 0x4e41d00 0x0 0x0)
0x25b4bf58 : 0x3ca68708 (0x6110c00 0x3ca6832e 0x45ac500 0x19d23a)
0x25b4bf78 : 0x13d7d9 (0x6110c00 0x25bcbcfc 0x0 0x0)
0x25b4bfc8 : 0x19a6ec (0x0 0x0 0x19d0b5 0x41a53d0) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver(2.6.5)@0x3ca66000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.6.5)@0x3bcfd000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily(1.4.9)@0x35d65000
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI(2.6.5)@0x3bd44000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.6.5)@0x3bcfd000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x35c21000
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.6.5)@0x3bcfd000
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.3: Wed Oct 18 21:57:10 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.15.4.obj~4/RELEASE_I386
Fri Dec 22 10:53:14 2006
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001A31CE): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 1, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x6c707041, CR3: 0x00da2000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x6c707041, EBX: 0x038c4f98, ECX: 0x0396a050, EDX: 0x0090c360
CR2: 0x6c707041, EBP: 0x250dbd88, ESI: 0x038c48b4, EDI: 0x00002c30
EFL: 0x00010216, EIP: 0x0018d5b3, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x037f0010
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x250dbb28 : 0x128d08 (0x3c9a14 0x250dbb4c 0x131de5 0x0)
0x250dbb68 : 0x1a31ce (0x3cf6c8 0x1 0xe 0x3ceef8)
0x250dbc78 : 0x19a874 (0x250dbc90 0x0 0xb654000 0x0)
0x250dbd88 : 0x147e81 (0x4b8700 0x38c4fb4 0x38c4fc8 0x3b10330)
0x250dbdb8 : 0x12b4c3 (0x38c48b4 0x38c4f98 0x0 0x0)
0x250dbdf8 : 0x124b17 (0x38c4800 0x0 0x18 0x250dbedc)
0x250dbf08 : 0x19550d (0x250dbf44 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x250dbfc8 : 0x19acee (0x3e08920 0x0 0x10 0x0) No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xbffff478
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.3: Wed Oct 18 21:57:10 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.15.4.obj~4/RELEASE_I386
Fri Dec 22 12:16:39 2006
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001906B0): pmap_remove: null pv_list!
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x251dbc88 : 0x128d08 (0x3c9a14 0x251dbcac 0x131de5 0x0)
0x251dbcc8 : 0x1906b0 (0x3ccb8c 0xc600000 0x0 0x1a1f6f)
0x251dbd28 : 0x193718 (0x35296000 0x35297000 0x0 0x19a346)
0x251dbd78 : 0x1652c1 (0x37f6fc0 0x296a000 0x0 0x1296a000)
0x251dbe68 : 0x165a75 (0xffe00000 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x251dbea8 : 0x13a676 (0x3f6d990 0x0 0x0 0xffe00000)
0x251dbef8 : 0x339100 (0x37f27a0 0x0 0x251dbf18 0x19d23a)
0x251dbf38 : 0x33912e (0x3ed3000 0x0 0x3937984 0x3937940)
0x251dbf58 : 0x37888a (0x3ed3000 0x3937940 0x3937984 0x0)
0x251dbfc8 : 0x19ac4e (0x39696c0 0x0 0x19d0b5 0x3969ce0) No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xbfffec78
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.3: Wed Oct 18 21:57:10 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.15.4.obj~4/RELEASE_I386

I want to start a new movie but iMovie is hung looking for an old file and says:"Without this file, the movie cannot play properly."

Hello!
I recently upgraded to Lion. Every time I start up iMovie, it asks if I want to go ahead and generate thumbnails. I say OK, then it alerts me that it cannot file the file IMG_0073.MOV. Then it says "Without this file, the movie cannot play properly." It gives me the option to either cancel or search for the movie.
I don't have the old file it's looking for. I simply want to start a fresh movie with new material but cannot get past this hump. Based on the little research I have done, some people experienced this problem because the files were in aperture at some point, which was the case for me before when I used iMovie. I have since moved forward only with iPhoto but perhaps it's hung on an old file format?
I tried taking another old movie and renamed it IMG_0073.mov to see if I could simply select it, give it what it wants and move on but it won't let me select the file for some reason. I also tried removing iMovie and downloading a fresh version but that didn't work either. My BF tried removing pfiles (I think that's what it's called? but again no luck)
Please help! I must get this assignment done for a class!

Hello!
I recently upgraded to Lion. Every time I start up iMovie, it asks if I want to go ahead and generate thumbnails. I say OK, then it alerts me that it cannot file the file IMG_0073.MOV. Then it says "Without this file, the movie cannot play properly." It gives me the option to either cancel or search for the movie.
I don't have the old file it's looking for. I simply want to start a fresh movie with new material but cannot get past this hump. Based on the little research I have done, some people experienced this problem because the files were in aperture at some point, which was the case for me before when I used iMovie. I have since moved forward only with iPhoto but perhaps it's hung on an old file format?
I tried taking another old movie and renamed it IMG_0073.mov to see if I could simply select it, give it what it wants and move on but it won't let me select the file for some reason. I also tried removing iMovie and downloading a fresh version but that didn't work either. My BF tried removing pfiles (I think that's what it's called? but again no luck)
Please help! I must get this assignment done for a class!

Firefox not working, instructed to create a new profile, said it would save old files, restarted firefox, all old files seem to be gone? Can anyone explain?

I was having issues with Firefox opening. I opened my Safari browser to troubleshoot and after looking for solutions to Firefox not opening, I opened the firefox profile manager. The directions instructed me to create a new profile and then delete my old one (and save old files). I did that and then upon restarting firefox all my bookmarks, history, passwords etc. were gone. When I looked at the folders in my profile file, they all had creation dates of only a few minutes prior. Did I lose it all? I followed the instructions, I don't understand where all my information went.

Did you use the Profile Manager or did you use reset to create that new profile?
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fix-most-problems
A reset tries to import some data from the old profile and then moves the profile to the desktop, but if you use the Profile Manager then you need to copy that data yourself to the new profile.
If you've deleted the old profile before making sure that your data has been recovered then you've lost that personal data.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

I have an imac 20 in. The old hard drive crapped out on me. i put a new harddrive in and am now trying to install linux. But the imac doesnt recognise any keyboards

I have an imac 20 in. The old hard drive crapped out on me. i put a new harddrive in and am now trying to install linux. But the imac doesnt recognise any keyboards

Without a bootable backup/clone or a Time Machine backup of your previous Snow Leopard installation or a saved copy of Lion's install app, you'll have to upgrade your Leopard volume to Snow Leopard (10.6.6+) so you can waste another hour or more DLing the Lion thing again.

I got a new computer but my itunes is still on my old computer. how do i move my itunes to my new computer and get it off of my old computer

I now have my daughter's old laptop computer. She had her itunes account on it previously and now has her music libraries, etc. on her new laptop. I just uploaded itunes to her old computer so I can put my own music on the computer. But itunes still shows my daughters 2 apple devices on the old laptop - her iphone and her ipod. How can I put my devices on the old laptop and make sure I don't mess up her devices that she syncs, etc. to her new computer? I have an 'older' nano that I put music on years ago using a laptop (that no longer works) that I'm trying to put more music on. I also just got an ipad so am using my new apple account now (I can't even remember my old account information).

Hi BeckyNJ,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I found the following information that may help you transfer your iTunes library from your previous computer to this new one:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
You mentioned wanting to sync an older iPod nano with multiple computers. To do so, you may find the following information helpful:
Using iPhone, iPad, or iPod with multiple computers
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1202
Regarding your previous iTunes / Apple ID account that you lost track of, we have a very helpful tool in attempting to recover that information:
Apple ID: How to find your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5646
I know that is a lot to hit you with at once, but I hope it was helpful!
Thanks,
Matt M.

How do I create a new user, move my old files etc over, and delete old user

This is why I think I need to.
My computer got hit by lightening, and I may have created a new user account through netinfo rather than system preferences /accounts/+user. Mail used to open twice, but no longer. Now, Safari askes me for my keychain password twice, Spotlight can't find a folder on the computer when the search is restricted to folder and computer, though the folder is there and easyfind finds it, and when System Preferences/Spotlight/Privacy has the hard drive icon added, then deleted, Spotlight still does not find anything. (Yes, everything is backed up, on CD, DVD, and online.) Microsoft Tec Support says
"Here is a summary of the key points of the case for your records.
When you contacted us on August 8, you had requested assistance with Microsoft Office 2004, as your installation of the updates was unable to find the correct version of the software to update. After creating a New MAC User, we identified the issue to be with a corrupt MAC User account, and not a Microsoft issue. "
I believe Microsoft. So, creating a new user was easy.
But copying files uses up too much hard drive (movies, music), and may miss keychains, preferences, mail, address book, and documents. Since Spotlight no longer works, who knows what is happening. (Yes, I've repaired persmissions, and disk repair. No change). I'm using up my hard drive trying to move files to the new user. If I share files, or put them into a public folder, then delete the old user, will I still have the old user's files in the new user's account? It is not clear to me what I should be trying to do in order to create a new user, move my old files etc over, and delete old user. Thanks.
My responses will be slow, because I have to drive to town to use the internet. I've ordered a new airport which may take care of that problem. SO be patient.

Hey -
I need to do the EXACT same thing, but have no idea how. Has anyone out there done this?
My situation is a tad different..this is a new Mac (and I'm a brand new Mac user). Tons of querks occur under my original account (videos won't run, Safari won't support certain plug-ins). I spent 6 hours on the phone w/ 4 different Apple Reps and nobody could fix it. A rep finally looked at my MacBook Pro in person today. He created a new account just to see if that would work and under that new account, everything works perfectly fine (no querks, can view video). He tried switching a million settings in my original account to no avail.
He said to create a new account (as he did) and move my files over to the new account and then go back to the original and delete it. How do you do this?! I can't figure it out! I've got a new account created, but of course it just has the default folders in it w/ the little red icons next to them! Thanks in advance!

I just purchased a ipad 2 and have not sync it yet. I have an old pc and would like to move the itunes library account to a newer pc that I have. Can I move the library to the ipad and sync ipods to the ipad and/or move the library to the new pc?

I just purchased a ipad 2 and have not sync it yet. I have an old pc and would like to move the itunes library account to a newer pc that I have. Can I move the library to the ipad and sync ipods to the ipad and/or move the library to the new pc?

Perhaps this web page will help: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1229
But I must point out that leaving the iPhoto Library on the external is worth considering. Your internal drive would be better off without having to carry the photos.
When you booted with the external connected and you were asked for the library, did you try navigating to the Library in on the external drive?

Hi, I have an e-mail account no longer valid, I need to move my contacts to a new e-mail account and delete the old one. How, help?? Phone is a 3GS

Hi, I have an e-mail account no longer valid, I need to move my contacts to a new e-mail account and delete the old one. How, help?? Phone is a 3GS

So the answer to my question is yes - from an old Exchange account that was provided by a previous employer.
If so, you can't.
You can't merge or transfer contacts that were synced over the air with an Exchange account with another account, and the same for syncing the contacts direct with a supported address book app on your computer. This is how most employers want it.

HT3406 If I choose "restore from iTunes backup" to move everything from old phone. Will I still be able to use the old phone for music and apps? Can the old phone be docked up to the computer? Or will the new and old phone overwrite each other in some

If I choose "restore from iTunes backup" to move everything from old iphone to a new one, will I still be able to use the old phone for music and apps? Can the old phone be docked up to that same computer every now and then? Or will the new and old phone overwrite each other in some way? In other words, are the two phones treated as different devices when the "restore" option is used to set up the new phone? Thanks in advance.

Yes, you can use the old iPhone as an iPod touch.
Read this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3406

How do I move all my songs OUT of a old iPod into my com so I can put new songs in?

How do I move all my songs OUT of a old iPod into my com so I can put new songs in?

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer describing the different methods available for copying content from your iPod back to your PC.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

How can I move my Premiere elements 8 from my old pc to my new imac?

How can I move my Premiere elements 8 from my old pc to my new imac?

tenfootprints
Does your imac come with a Windows Mac interface?
If not, you cannot. There is no Premiere Elements 8 Mac version. And, you cannot install Premiere Elements 8 Windows on
a Mac computer. As I recall, Premiere Elements 9.0/9.0.1 was the first Premiere Elements version to be offered in Windows and Mac versions.
Please explain with more details.
Thanks.
ATR

How do i move photos,music and apps from my old G5 to my new macbook pro?

How do I move photos,music and apps from my old G5 to my new Macbook Pro? I've downloaded my files to an external drive and apprear to have uploaded them to my new Macbook but they still do not show up in my music/poto libraries. Anybody know what to do? Thanks

See this excellent Link by Pondini on...
Transfer from Old to New
http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Setup.html

I need to move my photos and contacts from my old iPhone 3 to my new iPhone 4. When I open iTunes, it is not letting me sync my old phone so I can back up to my new phone. Any thoughts?

I need to move my photos and contacts from my old iPhone 3 to my new iPhone 4. When I open iTunes, it is not letting me sync my old phone so I can back up to my new phone. Any thoughts?

Buy a Mac OS X 10.6 DVD from the online Apple Store, install it, and run Software Update twice.
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ITunes won't work on my old laptop so I need to move my music to a new laptop but can only use the music stored on my ipad to transfer it. Please help.

My laptops broken, I can't open itunes at all on it so how can I get my music onto my new laptop with only my ipad which has all my music on it?

Hello kevinfromripon
There are a few options that you can do. If your old computer sill works but iTunes just does not open, you can try and copy the iTunes folder to an external hard drive and then add that information on to your new computer by either putting it into the same place as it was on the old computer or just adding the media into iTunes. If the media was purchased from the iTunes Store, you can import those in by following the step in the last article or you can go to the iTunes Store and look at your purchases and download them directly from there.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
iTunes Store: Transfer purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848
Regards,
-Norm G.

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