Move pair of 1 TB HDs from G5 PPC to new INTEL Machine?

I have had a workhorse PPC G5 for many years, but software upgrades demand I graduate to an Intel-based machine. Can I simply move the two 1TB Hard Drives from the old machine to a new one or are they incompatible? They are both about a year old.

They are compatible, but the partitioning map or tables (Apple PM) are not and need to be reformatted to GUID is all.
Better in FW case until you copy files you need and reformat before using internally. With 4 internal bays, you'll still have one free.
And skip Applications during Setup (or Migration) Assistant step and you should be fine, and then do fresh installs and avoid having to redo later.

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Graham Giles wrote:
Have you seen this type of problem before? I think it could be a serious issue for anyone in a similar position.
No; but then, I've not had occasion to use TDM. I've been using firerwire drives for over 10 years, both FW400 and FW800, with no issues except a bit of instability using a B&W G3 machine.
TDM should be safe. Using cautious, manual copying of files from the Target machine to the Host machine should not result in unexpected loss of files or damage to the Target drive's directories. It should behave exactly the same as if it were an external (to the Host) firewire drive.
• I don't suppose there is anything I can do to 'put back' lost items from a separate Time Machine drive which has an up to date backup on it.
There is probably a way to do that - seems to me that's one of the reasons for a Time Machine volume.
On the other hand, if the Time Machine volume is rigidly linked to the now-absent OS on the original drive, there may be no way to effectively access the files in the TM archive.
I know that using a cloned drive would work well in this instance.
I have no experience with Time Machine, so perhaps someone who has will chime in with suggestions.
With the machine in TDM with the other machine, have you tried running Disk Utility to see if you can effect repairs to the drive?

Move all my apps, purchased stuff from old email to new email account

Good day all!
So I've moved away from my "gmail" and moved to the wonderful word of MobileMe. Now I want to change my iTunes email account to my new .me account. I know how to do thins is the iTunes store setting, but! when I do I loose all my apps for my iPhone. So what do I have to do to move all my apps from gmail to .me?
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Hi Chris,
Thanks for the note.
I wouldn't have asked if I didn't already look at that.. I would do it in a second - unfortunately, there is no sense of real control here - for example, if I'm migrating mail, does it migrate all my messages? Just my password/account settings? I don't want my mail content. I can easily set up the password/account settings by hand. Should I? I don't know.
I don't want to migrate all apps... I want to migrate iTunes.
I don't want to migrate all users... just me.
But... I am not willing to start poking "ok" and keeping my fingers crossed in hopes that I won't have to go through an hour of work to undo what I should have had the choice to avoid in the first place.
This may all be speculation, but it wouldn't be if the process was clear, or stated "all or nothing" - but it doesn't, at least, as far as I can tell.
The Apple site has little that really helps either:
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/migration.html
I sure don't mind doing things by hand - I've been doing that for 20 years. However, I do mind -undoing- things by hand.

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I have searched the archives, but not found any answers.

Thank you for the link - I will try Dan's tar syntax tomorrow (and hope there are no differences with 10.3.9).
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Steve,
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HI
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I've just had a new imac delivered today, and I need answers to two questions:
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Thanks in advance.
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Hi Niel & Matt,
Thanks that answers question one.
However I was not clear enough about my iTunes library. Once the migration assistant has worked (which sounds perfect), I want to move all my music library off the external back onto my mac. The external will then be used only as a pure backup device, instead of a day-to-day drive.
Simply, my iTunes library was too big for my old 80GB mac hard drive, so I moved it to an external for space, but the new iMac has a 750GB drive which is plenty for now.
The move to the external was a bit of a debacle - I lost my playcounts and ratings. I'd like to move it back from the external to the mac internal hard drive, but this time retain the playcount, rating, etc... information.
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Is there any documentation for migration of server hardware. I have Leopard 10.5.2 server running on a PowerMac G5 and I'd like to move it to newer MacPro hardware. It's currently the OD Master, and it's running AFP, Netboot, Update Server, and it's currently bound to an AD domain. I use Workgroup Manager to set policies for about 50 Clients, as well as ARD.
I see a lot of posts, and documentation for Migrating from one version to another (i.e. Tiger to Leopard), but I'm having difficulty finding documentation regarding moving Data, Settings, and Services over to newer hardware.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

HI,
How much free space on your startup disk?
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. *Make sure you always have a minimum of 10% to 15% free disk space at all times.*
Check 3rd party vendor sites for 10.6 compatibility.
*I have never used Force Quit so often, and it amazes me that I have had to use it with Safari, Mail and System Preferences.*
Go here for help with Safari Maintenance
For Mac Mail. From the Menu Bar, click Mailbox/Rebuild. This can take several minutes.
If Mac Mail continues to freeze, open the Mac Mail application. From the Menu Bar, click Mail/Preferences. Make note of the preferences. Quit Mac Mail. Locate this file.
~/Library/Preferences. Move that file to the Trash and restart your Mac. Try Mac Mail...
Go to ~/Library/Internet Plugins. If you have 3rd party plugins in your user account, they are likely incompatible with 10.6. Move them to the Trash.
You didn't mention maintenance ... try Mac OS X - Maintenance
*Why, for example, is Bridge, which came with Photoshop Elements a year ago, only loading intermittently?*
Check the Adobe site for 10.6 compatible updates.
Make sure your system software is up to date.
Click the Apple Menu  / Software Updates.
*Some days I cannot get a connection. Or I get a connection and things are suspiciously slow - and yes, then I find that once again the connection has dropped.*
Try Open DNS
Click the computer icon and follow the instructions...
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My son has his Itunes5 on a Gateway running WindowsXP Home.
The CD drive is a read only and will not write CD's or DVD's. I purchased a Belkin Transfer cable for XP to Vista transfers. Can I utilize this transfer cable to move his Itunes to the new Machine? If so how? Instead of write to a CD can I write to a file and transfer that file to the new machine. I also have a available a 2GB USB memory stick. Could I use that in place of CD Media.
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The way I would do it, but not necessarily the most easy way, would be to copy the iTunes folder (probably C:\Documents and Settings\username\username's music) from the old computer, to the new computer's user's music dircetory over a network using windows file sharing. In Vista, the default directory would be C:\Users\username\Music\Music.
Then install iTunes on the Vista machine (I highly recommend using the absolute latest version of iTunes in Vista).
When launching iTunes, hold the shift key, then iTunes will prompt you for a location for iTunes library file. In the dialog that appears click 'Choose Library...' then browse to the '.itl' file in the folder you moved from the older computer.
It has worked from XP to XP, because the directory layout is the same, but with vista you may encounter some problems. You could try (in theory this should work), by creating a directory on the new machine identical to the old one.
Good luck.

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Will OS 10.8 Mountain Lion support PPC apps (those I've been running on OS 10.3 up to 10.5.8 Leopard)? I think they will run also on OS 10.6 Snow Leopard, but can't confirm until I have an Intel Mac (needed to run OS 10.6). If OS 10.8 will not support them, will OS 10.7 Lion? I Know that 10.9 Maverick will not.

jimmh wrote:
Thanks, Lyssa for your reply
A good portion of the software you're running probably has an Intel-compatible version at this point.
That's true, except for one really important CAD app I need. My CAD app (Canvas X) was no longer upgraded for Mac starting about 2007. It has been upgraded only for Windows. I think this is about the same time that Mac completed its switch from PPC to Intel, which most likely explains the unwillingness of my CAD company to upgrade. I'm reluctant to attempt running a Windows CAD app on a Mac, using Bootcamp or Parallels.
Much better I think is to get the latest MacBook that will run OS 10.6
Try running Canvas X in Snow Leopard Server installed into Parallels for use in Mavericks.
Here is Adobe CS2 Photoshop (PowerPC) running in SLS in Parallels:
[click on image to enlarge]

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I have OS X Server running on a G5 DP 2.5 GHz which looks like it will soon need a new logic board and/or power supply (a costly exercise).
I therefore am looking to get a new G5 (Intel) but was wondering how easy the migration is going to be, can anyone help with the following questions:
1) Will OS X server instal on the Intel (I don't think the Intel version was around when I bought it)??
2) Will migration assistant transfer all the server settings, users etc seamlessly
3) I will be installing the same OS X Server serial number on the new machine (and will delete of the old machine once migration complete), will this be an issue ie will they detect each other? Alternatively, should I migrate onto the installed OS X and then instal OS X server once all teh filews have been transfered?
4) Any other likely issues?
Tony
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1: no. new box, new architecture, new distro, and I'd tend to expect a new payment made to Apple.
2: seemlessly? Donno. There have been issues with migration assistant reported in the past. There have been occasional cases reported here where migrated users need blow away a plist or three, or have encountered various (other) oddities. I'd certainly not experiment with the only copy of my data.
3: I'd expect different serial numbers here, given you'll certainly need an Intel distro and a distro newer than you have here, and also given the Mac OS X Server release that you'll probably be looking at upgrading to; this given the likely timing of this particular upgrade.
As for licensing, check with a Genius at your local Apple store around your plans and expectations here.
If you're upgrading an existing 10.4.10 Mac OS X client (on Intel) to 10.4.x Mac OS X Server (and not to another release), there's a [variant upgrade procedure|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305537] required; the currently-available Mac OS X Server is a couple of releases back, though there's a documented mechanism to upgrade a newer client to server without loosing the newer pieces and platform support from the client version.
Do ensure your disk backups are good, and current. It's been my experience that a power supply or motherboard failure can stuff up in-flight disk I/O writes; that you can potentially encounter a corruption of a write that is in flight when your server, um, commences its upcoming retirement.
Partition your disk and set up mirroring and such before you migrate and turn the users loose. The usual set-up tasks....
Do look at the price of an Xserve, as it includes an unlimited-client license for Mac OS X Server.

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I've used my ancient G5 iMac since 2005. I expect my new iMac to be delivered tomorrow. It's been a long time since I had to transfer files and I'm feeling intimidated. (I do this only every 5 or 6 years!) Background -- The old Power PC iMac (OS X05) is networked to my wife's PC via Apple Extreme. The old iMac is cabled to an external back-up drive and to an Epson flatbed scanner. Everything (including the wife's PC) works OK -- I am making the change becuase the Power PC processor is out of date )can't use Snow Leopard) and the old iMac is very slow. So how should I go about doing this? Should I connect the new iMac to the Apple Extreme network before transferring files? I do have Firewire and Ethernet cables. Advice, please -- the easiest way.

Firewire first choice, but be aware the new one will be FW800 so you'll need an adapter cable.
Ethernet (wired network) second choice, but a lot slower.
Don't even think of doing it by wireless; far too slow.
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