Moving to new from old (dead) MacPro-best way to xfer programs
I see two options-
Either boot from the new disk, and use Migration Assistant to move programs from my old boot HD installed in another bay. Will this work? Will Migration Assistant see the other internal MacPro HD's. And how do I assure that the MacPro will boot from my new boot disk, rather than trying to boot from the old one?
Second possibility-take out the new boot disk, and put my old MacPro boot disk (with up to date ML installed) in bay 1, and put the new MacPro boot disk in another bay. Will the MacPro preferentially boot from a boot image in bay 1 over the other bays? Then I and use Carbon Copy to make a clone of my old (slower/smaller) HD on the new bigger/faster one. Then install that in bay 1.
Will either (or both) of these techniques work? I would think the first is preferable if it will work since it will give me a clean OS install.
I am trying to avoid reinstalling my applications if possible...
Clone so you have a backup.
Use Migration Assistant.
A clean OS is ideal.
A new Mac can sometimes have an OS build that is later than that publiclly available.
As long as you keep a copy of the working system and leave it untouched, you are fine.
Move all the non system data off to another drive too.
Consider a Samsung 840 120 or 240GB SSD for the system.
No reinstall whether you use CCC or MA as long as they are compatible.
You realize you never mention the model of this new Mac Pro?
10..6.8 with its Rosetta works on any Mac Pro also.
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Is/was failing or has failed?
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Either way, you're only one step away from labels.
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Under "Style" click on mailing labels.
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Print away.
Hope that helps.
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Terry Daniels wrote:
My original iPhone was updated to 2.1 and was backed up. New 3g phone is only 2.02 and wouldn't take the backup as a restore. So, not everything got transferred over....like pics and Notes. What is the best way to do that in my position?
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Last edited by Peilonrayz (2014-06-21 12:03:57)Peilonrayz wrote:
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Can you please show me what you are referring to?
I didn't know about the TeX having it's own installer, it's just as I read this when I was installing it last time: `Installing TeX Live manually honors the Arch Way in that it gives you much more control and lets you understand the process.`
After being told about PKGBUILD, this makes much more sense as I read it as compile from source, rather then alternate ways like this.
The 'install manually' is referring to using upstream's installer. It is not talking about compiling the binaries from source.
For details of the options offered by upstream, see http://www.tug.org/texlive/. If you have a reasonable network connection and are not planning to install on more than a couple of machines, the network installer is probably the best option. The 'quick installation' instructions are useful but you will want to refer to parts of the full installation documentation as well if doing this for the first time.
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2. Run an uninstall program that came with the application. The uninstall program may be in the same folder or it may be on the same CD or media on which the application was delivered.
3. The application's installer has an uninstall option used to uninstall the application.
In most cases you need only dump the application by simply dragging its icon to the Trash. However, most apps will leave behind at least a preference file. You can generally find it in the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder. However, without the application the preference file only takes up space. Some applications may store stuff in /Home/Library/Applications Support/ and/or /Home/Library/appname/.
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Some applications may install an uninstaller program that can be used to remove the application. In some cases the uninstaller may be part of the application's installer, and is invoked by clicking on a Customize button that will appear during the install process.
Some applications may install components in the /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder. You can also check there to see if the application has created a folder. You can also delete the folder that's in the Applications Support folder. Again, they don't do anything but take up disk space once the application is trashed.
Some applications may install a startupitem or a Log In item. Startupitems are usually installed in the /Library/StartupItems/ folder and less often in the /Home/Library/StartupItems/ folder. Log In Items are set in the Accounts preferences. Open System Preferences, click on the Accounts icon, then click on the LogIn Items tab. Locate the item in the list for the application you want to remove and click on the "-" button to delete it from the list.
If an application installs any other files the best way to track them down is to do a Finder search using the application name or the developer name as the search term.
There are also several shareware utilities that can uninstall applications:
AppZapper
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Look for them at www.versiontracker.com or www.mackupdate.com.
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