Switching files from an old imac to a new one.
My parents have the older white imac G4 and just got the brand new Imac G5- I want to switch over all their files and preferences- especially all the iphoto files- what is the ebst say to do this?
(I'm not worried about mail as they weren't using the mail program)
I just migrated from my iMac G4 to my new Aluminium Intel iMac using Apple's migration assistant. All the files, settings and preferences have been transfered across and work just swimmingly:http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/migration.html
You'll need a 6pin-to-6pin Firewire cable and then load Migration Assistant from the Utilities folder and follow the instructions.
Apple hasn't sold iMac G5s since January 2006. I'm sure you have an Intel iMac instead.
cheers
mrtotes
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