Moving bought tv shows to new macbook

just bought a new macbook! loving it! ok, now i had bought some tv shows on my old pc. and since i found out that you can't save to tv shows that you bought onto a cd, how am i supposed to put them on my new mb so that i can put them on my video ipod?

On the PC, use these instructions to locate the files which store each of the videos you've purchased and burn those files to CD. After burning the files, insert the CD into the MacBook and import the videos. The MacBook will need to be connected to the Internet initially so that it can be authorized to play the videos. You may need to deauthorize the PC.
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Hello
I bought my wife a new MacBook Pro, in setting it up for her, I took her Time Machine external drive to migrate onto the new machine but her old MBP not only was on 10.6, it was my old machine which I was still Administrator for.
i plugged in the external drive to start the migration process after entering her name and username from the old machine which gave me the options on transferring the old data over.
I also unchecked the Administrative end that had my info hoping that ONLY her data, files, etc., would be the ones sent over to her new machine which I wanted her to be the ONLY Administrator for. All went like clockwork until the restart.
Normally the screen should show the username and only need the password but both entries were blank, as in ‘Other’ sign in option available only. I entered her name and password, nothing….used her username and password, nothing. Used my old Administrator name and password, NOTHING!
I tried defaulting to factory settings from the Restore feature but it directs me to notify Apple. I tried in Terminal to change the password, nothing. I tried to boot from MY external drive and it doesn’t recognize it. I tried to even use my external drive which actually has the Mavericks upgrade, nothing!
Basically I can only get the startup screen which isn’t accepting the username/password or the Restore feature which doesn’t offer any options helpful!
Please, how do I start from scratch and start over here? Or simply change the Administrator name and password so I can proceed with everything thats already on there? I wish I could even boot from another drive but no luck on anything!

First, on the old machine, make your wife's account an admin one. Log into it and delete yours. Then, update the TM backup. Finally, use Internet recovery mode, ⌘⌥R, erase the HD, and restore the OS. One first boot, follow the steps outlined in Pondini's Setup New Mac guide.

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Hi,
I recently lost all of my iTunes tv shows - about 70+ How I Met Your Mother episodes, and Little Einsteins for my boy - when my hard-disk crashed. The data couldn't be recovered, but I was told that you can re-download previously purchased media from Itunes.
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Danielle, even having a back up may not have helped. I backed up my entire libary and computer with time machine. Then I cleaned out my Mac and reformatted everything. When I turned it back on, Time Machine showed that there was used space, but I never got the content back. Apple scratched their heads and didn't know WTH. Worst of all, everything on Apple TV was gone-same story. Used space, but unreachable. Never got any of it back. I was hoping iCloud would fix everything but, NOPE.
A few months later I had a lightning strike. Everything I had saved on external hard drive AND Time Machine was blown away. As soon as I turned on Apple TV, it was all missing-again! No trace. This time I had a SECOND external hard drive back up, but everything I had purchased and saved on my Apple TV was gone. Now I'm fighting to get it back. iCloud should do it. It doesn't.
Long story short. You can back up everything you want, but in the end-iTunes and Apple are a fickle lot. It's a crap shoot.
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Migrating Word from a Powerbook to a new Macbook

I just bought my daughter a new MacBook but it did not come with Word. This MacBook is replacing her Powerbook. Can we transfer all files and applications like Word from the older Powerbook to the new Macbook? If so, how? Do I connect both with a firewire? What kind of firewire? Or do I have to buy a whole new set of programs?

New MacBooks (unibody) do not have a FireWire port, only USB.
What version of Word is she now using? Is this only Word or the entire Office suite? What is the operating system on this PowerBook?
Here's some information you may find helpful regarding migrating from a PPC to an Intel Mac:
A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs
If you are migrating a PowerPC system (G3, G4, or G5) to an Intel-Mac be careful what you migrate. Keep in mind that some items that may get transferred will not work on Intel machines and may end up causing your computer's operating system to malfunction.
Rosetta supports "software that runs on the PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor that are built for Mac OS X". This excludes the items that are not universal binaries or simply will not work in Rosetta:
Classic Environment, and subsequently any Mac OS 9 or earlier applications
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All Unsanity Haxies
Browser and other plug-ins
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3. Connect a Firewire cable between your old Mac and your new Intel Mac.
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MacBook Air- Migration Tips and Tricks;
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/Home/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
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/Home/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
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/Home /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
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For Entourage users:
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Written by Kappy with additional contributions from a brody.
Revised 1/6/2009
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Doing first production of a musical.
I'm thinking of buying Logic Pro 9 to control the output of recorded audio and video for the show (as well as to compose a few extra pieces).
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Hi, Just bought my wife a new MacBook Pro yesterday. We are probably old school but we were both surprised to NOT find Lion OS disks in the box.
We called the Apple Store where we made the purchase and they told us they were not currently shipping Lion OS disks with new systems???
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Thanks in advance for the help.
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When using Migration Assistant to move files from old PC laptop to new MacBook Pro, that has Windows 8 installed containing Outlook, will emails, contacts and calendar entries be moved to Outlook on the new MacBook or into Mail, Contacts and Calendar?

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