New macbook transfer files

We just bought a new macbook and a airport time capsule. Can anyone help me understand how to take the photos/music/word docs off of our old external hd time machine back up and put them on the new machine?
Thanks.

If you examine this extract from the Pondini web site, you should find the appropriate guidance.
http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html
Ciao.

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New Macbook - transfer previous data from Ext HD

Hello -
Before my little iBook died, I transferred its data to a LaCie external hard-drive.
I now have a new Macbook and want all my old stuff e.g. emails, music etc transferred from the external hard-drive.
I copied the old stuff using Carbon Copy Cloner but it won't let me select my new Macbook as a target folder.
How do I transfer my stuff?
Many thanks if you're able to help..
Dem

If your external HD shows up on your desktop, you should just manually drag the files you want on to your new Macbook. I would not want to import something else that could cause a conflict with the new computer. YOu should have an idea what to move over. Mostly your home folder items and extra applications. If yu find out you forgot something, you can go back to your HD to get it. Good luck!

IPhoto/Hard Drive/New Macbook/Transfer?

Hi Folks
I have a problem I'm not sure how to go about tackling.
I have just bought a new Macbook. On my old Macbook, I have had my iPhoto Library on an external hard drive. I want to be able to do the same thing on my new Macbook, using the same hard drive where all the photo's are stored, without disturbing the photo's. The hard drive used is also partitioned into three sections, just in case that is of any relevance. (iPhoto, music, and miscellaneous files)
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Simple. You not clear as to what you want
If you want to use the existing set up on your new computer unmount and disconnect the EHD from to old computer and connect it to the new computer, depress the option key, launch iPhoto and use the select library command to point to the EHD
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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

Will sync-ing iPad to new Macbook lose files other than music files?

I bought my first Macbook (first Mac laptop, and first Mac in over a decade) a few months ago and have been a little reluctant to sync my iPad to it. Will I lose anything other than my iTunes files? e.g. Will my Pages files or iBooks or Kindle files disappear? What will happen to my apps? My hard drive crashed late last year and I have lost some things that I won't be getting back, so I just want to make sure that when I do sync I'm doing it with full knowledge of what's going to happen. (i.e. I can try emailing all of my Pages docs to myself first.)
Thanks for any help you can give!

Sync Your iOS Device with a New Computer Without Losing Data
http://www.howtogeek.com/104298/sync-your-ios-device-with-a-new-computer-without -losing-data/
 Cheers, Tom

My iPad 3 is not charging on my macbook pro mid-2012. It was working yesterday and it is not working now, and I'm trying to transfer files between them. How do I charge my iPad with my macbook without having to be a completely new computer?

I am trying to transfer files between my ipad 3 and my macbook pro mid-2012 and they will just not connect. I connected them yesterday and it worked fine. And i can not air drop these files into my ipad it has to be done through itunes. And i can not afford to buy a new computer. How do i get these two to connect without having to buy a completely new computer?

Computer USB ports, regardless of the computer maker, have a relatively low power output and thus are not good chargers. They will charge but it takes a long time. You should be charging your iPad from wall power, or a more powerful source like an in-car charger.
Buying another computer will not change that.

How do I transfer files from my old MacBook Pro to my New MacBook Pro?

I am trying to transfer some files, not all, from my old MacBook Pro to my new MacBook Pro. I have tried to use Migration Assistant, but it doesn't let me choose what I want to transfer (only generic things like "users" and "files and folders"). I have tried to use Firewire. Now here is the funny thing. When I put my old mac in target mode it doesn't appear on my new mac anywhere. But, when I put my new mac in target mode, it pops right up on the dashboard and in finder. The problem is I have tried using my new mac as the target and just place the files into the icon, but the don't stay after I eject. I get a prompt that says downloading and when all files and apps are transferred I turn off my new mac then turn it back on and nothing. I've done search after search and repeated this process 3 times and nothing. Am I doing something wrong? Please help.

Time Machine will not "overwrite". New back ups are added to what is there, without erasing.
Connect the Time Machine back up, double click on the icon and navigate through its contents - the back ups are chronological, so you just select the date then go through the contents just like on any other drive. You can select any files you want and drag and drop on the new Mac's desktop (or anywhere else).

I am trying to transfer files from my MacBook Pro to my iMac using migration Assstance and they cannot find one another. My MacBook Pro uses Migration Assistance 1.0.6 and my new iMac uses 10.5.3. What can I do to allow sharing?

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10.5.3 is at least part of the problem. You need to apply the latest updates to that mac.
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What Is The Best Way To Transfer Music Files to New MacBook

Just got my new MacBook. So far, love it. Now, I need to transfer all the music files from my iTuns on my old PC to the MacBook. I have all the files backed up on a network drive, that the MacBook can access no problem Should I try to manually copy all the files the Mac hard drive, or can I use the "consolidate" feature in iTunes?? I'm not sure what that does, actually. I want to avoid having to manually File/Add to Library over 1000 songs!
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Unless you've changed the automatic copy option in the Advanced settings of the iTunes preferences, just drag the files into the open iTunes window.
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Macbook Pro, How to transfer files to new SSD

Hi
Ordered 16GB of Ram and a 480GB SSD for my MacBook Pro 13 2.5GHz last night.
I know how to install the ram and SSD but I am kind of stumped as to how to move my files from my HDD currently in my Mac to my new ssd, I know that its possible to do it by removing the optical drive and use a hard drive caddy and move the files with an app called super duper but i could do with keeping my optical drive for the time being.
I have a Mac Pro late 2012, i was wondering is there any way i can put both drives into two different slots and transfer the files any way?
Or does anybody else know how i can do it, maybe if i take my Mac to the apple store they have a cable they would let me use whilst im there?
Hope somebody can help
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Buy an external hard drive enclosure. They are inexpensive. Put the new drive in it temporarily, connect it and run Disk Utility to format the new drive.
Then transfer files between the two drives with Super Duper or Carbon Copy Cloner.
Next physically switch the drives.
Your old drive can now serve as your Time Machine back up.
Example of a hard drive enclosure: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392032

I have chosen to fil migrate from old ibook to new MacBook Pro using Time Machine after establishing admin account. I now have two admin. accounts and wish to delete the later one and transfer files manually. I am worried I will loose both accounts. ??

I have chosen to fil migrate from old ibook to new MacBook Pro using Time Machine after establishing admin account. I now have two admin. accounts and wish to delete the later one and transfer files manually. I am worried I will loose both accounts. ??

Use the Office for Mac and ignore using Parallels for that. If you have PC only apps you have to run that are MS Windows only then consider Parallels. Just transfer your main PC, using Migration Assistant. If you don't know how then simply read over Pondini's article called Lion or Mountain Lion Setup Assistant tips and look for the section on migrating from a PC. Millions have done what you are about to, it's far from leading edge these days, if you go to an Apple Store to purchase they will offer this as a service, something you might be interested in.

How can I transfer files from my 2007 iMac to my new MacBook Pro?

How can I transfer files from my 2007 iMac to my new MacBook Pro? It cannot be does over wi-fi as my old computer is too old. Please advise!

Use a Thunderbolt to Ethernet or FireWire adapter.
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I uses Time Machine to transfer files and program from old to new MacBook Pro. Aperture doesn't work. Every time I open Aperture the computer need me to key in Serial number. How do I fix it.

Hi There,
I purchased a new MacBook Pro Retina 15". Since I am using MacBook Pro and I uses Time Machine for backup files and program. Store saleman tell me I can retore my existing program and files from old MacBook Pro to new MacBook Pro computer. After files transfer it seem to be OK. But only Aperture has a problem when every time I open Aperture to edit photos, MacBook Pro ask me to key in the Aperture Serial Number that made me so inconvinent. Did any one have meet this problem and can someone teach me how to fix it, Thanks.
Nelson

Either the license files were not transferred or it has to be relicensed.
Remove and then re-install aperture. On an rMBP this should take only a couple of minutes.

How do I transfer files from an old macbook to the new air?

I just received a new macbook air...I am stumped on how to transfer files and more specifically on how to get the Microsoft office for mac onto the harddrive since there is no cd drive!

First, the transfer of files from another computer is best done through Setup Assistant.
User Pondini has some great comprehensive pages on the very subject right here;
http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html
On installing Microsoft Office for the Mac on your unit, the best way is to download the trial of MS Office from Microsoft's website, and then use your disk set's activation code to activate the trial to a registered full version. This way, no DVD reader is needed.
Alternatively, you can use Remote Disk to share a DVD reader from another computer. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1777
Or you can purchase an external Superdrive from Apple. Many other external USB DVD units will also work.

HELP PLEASE! Export Aperture 1 Library and Import to Aperture 3? Or another way to transfer files WITH changes into new MacBook Pro?

Hi everyone,
I recently purchased a new MacBook pro with Retina display, to better manage Aperture and Photoshop. I took the advice of the genius (and after spending all night messing with permissions, etc.), opted out of using Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant and decided to transfer my files manually (as the two systems weren't merging properly the first time -- it was a giant mess). Long story short, I tried to transfer everything from my previous MacBook (operating on 10.5.8 with Aperture 1), and Aperture 3 couldn't handle it. It was crashing, and crashing so badly that NO button could be activated in the program (I FINALLY got Aperture working by disabling previews, and by moving from a managed library to a referenced library).
I initially dragged and dropped all photos from my previous MacBook to my external, and imported. I obviously lost folders, edit history and any other information that I needed to know what edits had been done on the file. Additionally, any movie that had been imported into Aperture was corrupt (the file was not transferring over correctly). I searched and searched for different methods, and finally found that I could export each project from my original MacBook as a "Library" and consolidate masters, or not, etc. I took the time and did this for each project. When I went to import these into Aperture 3, it said I was not able to because the libraries were from a previous version of Aperture.
Is there any way to bypass this? Or another way to transfer my projects? I understand I won't be able to do this for my entire library... but I'm wondering if there's any way to transfer my changes made, projects and details from Aperture 1 to Aperture 3? (and for those who might pose upgrading my original MacBook as an option, I cannot. It's too old. I think the best I could uprade to is Aperture 2, IF i can update the OS. Though, I definitely don't think I should be forced to do that since I've aleady re-invested in a new computer, AND had to re-buy Aperture for the new one.
Any/all advice is VERY much appreciated, as I really want to move forward and FINALLY start appreciating this program and computer (i.e. my investment) and move forward business wise. Thank you!

Hi Jack,
Thanks for responding (as it seems as though no one else has been able to provide any insight as of yet)! Not sure if you saw my recent post, but the version of Aperture on the 2008 MacBook has been upgraded to 3.1.2 (not sure how; I bought it in 2009, but only have OS X 10.5.8... which apparently can't house 3.1.2 of Aperture, but hey, like many other anomalies i'm encountering, I'm no longer surprised!). I am unable to upgrade it any further, as it warns me that my OS X does not fit the requirements. I exported the projects as libraries; however, like I posted before, apparently these are from too old of a version for the new Aperture (3.3.1) to handle and import.
It's getting to the point where I'd almost pay to upgrade the OS X on my previous MacBook (10.5.8) to something newer in order to THEN update Aperture to a newer version; however, my previous MacBook simply cannot handle this (the specs are awful -- hence my decision to save up and upgrade to the newest MBP with Retina).
I've spent hours upon hours transferring files, libraries as projects, previews, versions, even masters (though, apparently some of them aren't accessible?) with no luck. I've rebuilt the library and reprocessed everything. And this is all after having to return one MBP already since Aperture 3.3.1 is glitch-y as it is, and froze everything for having a "managed library". So, now that I know that I have to deal with a referenced library in Aperture... I just need to actually transfer my previous library to my new one (hopefully WITH adjustments since these are years worth of photos and work).
Again, any help is appreciated. I've lost enough sleep, time, and vision health over this at this point.
Also, I know Migration Assistant is an option, I was told that it wouldn't work properly anyway because of the different operating systems, and the potential for problems.

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