Older mac migration

I got an iMac. I had a G3. The iMac has 10.6.5. The G3 has 10.3.9 and that is the highest it can run with the hardware it has. I have my life on the G3. I finally decided I could splurge and get the iMac, based greatly on the belief that my life could be transferred to the new machine via Migration Assistant. However the first problem I encountered was "step 1: Before performing migration, use Software Update on your older Mac to ensure you get the latest updates for Mac OS X.". Ummmm, if my older Mac had the latest OS, I might not have needed the newer one? But I continued, plugged an ethernet cable into both machines; neither of them see the other one. I have a Firewire on the old one but the port on the new one is different--it has a groove along one side and so the old cable will not fit into it even though it has the Firewire symbol. I guess it isn't the newest Firewire. SO: if I can't connect them with Firewire and I can't connect them with Ethernet, what do I do?

You need a FW800 to FW400 adapter cable. Then, follow the steps in Best Practices and Setup new Mac.

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