Setting up a 2011 intel imac 10.6.8 from an 2006 intel imac 10.4.11

setting up a 2011 intel imac 10.6.8 from an 2006 intel imac 10.4.11

I am not sure if my  last post was actually posted.
In short, use Migration Assistant (MA) this is located in Applications - Utilities - MA on the 2011 machine. Then connect either the bootable clone backup EHD you created on the 2006 to the 2011 iMac and follow MA's on screen instrucitons. If you did not have a bootable clone backup then connect either a FireWire to Firewire cable between the two computers or a Firewire to Firewire 800 cable and run MA from the 2011 and follow the on-screen instructions. Read Apple's Move your data to a new Mac - Apple Support and also Pondini's guide located at http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html

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