Transfer old mac to mountain lion question

Is there a way to transfer everything (programs/apps, docs, photos, music etc.) from my snow lion to my new iMac running mountain lion. I have done some research but didn't see if possible to move everything into new operating system? If not, what is the suggested way to do this? The old iMac is also "cloned" to an external drive if that helps.

If you are referring to an upgrade of your existing machine from Lion to Mt. Lion when you install ML it only updates OS X. This means all of your data, settings, apps, etc go along with it and there is absolutely no interruption.
More good news! If you are considering a new Mac that has ML pre-installed when you first turn it on it starts Setup Assistant, part of SA is it asks if you are migrating to a new machine. If you are then it will also migrate all apps, settings, data, and other files! Pondini has written an excellent guide on Setup Assistant, if that is what you're referring to please look it over at: http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html
Use your clone from the old machine to migrate all of your data, it can connect via USB, FW etc...If you are getting a new iMac that does not have FW then you can use a Thunderbolt to FW cable and connect that to the FW connection on your clone EHD.

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Old Mac running Mountain Lion 'sees' Canon IP5000, new MacBook pro will not. No driver available from canon. Is there a way of transfering whatever is working from old mac to new?

I have two older macs running Mountain Lion that have been upgraded over the years from Leopard. They have continued to be able to print to a Canon IP5000 and use a driver that is fully functional. On the new MacBook Pro, the printer is found, but no driver is available for Mountain Lion from apple or Canon. Is there a way of getting the driver info from the old mac so that it will work on the new one?

Sorry, it says "New Event," not "New Entry." My bad.

I just upgraded my mac to Mountain Lion and turned on iCloud. Now all of the music stored on my mac shows up on my iphone. My question is, if I listen to this music on my iphone am I using up my data plan?

I just upgraded my mac with Mountain Lion and turned on iCloud. Now all of the music stored on my mac shows up on my iphone. My question is, if I listen to this music on my iphone am I using up my data plan?

No, if you are using the Music app you are playing them on your iPhone.

HT1338 How do I know if my old IMac is capable of running Mac OSX Mountain Lion?

I have an old IMac and I was wondering how I know if my mac can run mac osx mountain lion?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5444
 Cheers, Tom

HT201250 New Mac w/ Mountain Lion, backup is Snow Leopard

I backed up all files from my old snow leopard OS, this notebook was stolen, My new MAC has Mountain Lion, will I be able to just select a restore point
in Time Machine or will I have to do it manually. I don't know enough to know the difference in the two OSx's.

Darwindog wrote:
I read that Apple has loosened their licensing restrictions on older MAC OS versions like Snow Leopard. This would allow you to run Snow Leopard on a new MAC running Mountain Lion by using a program like Fusion or Parallels to create a virtual machine. Does anyone know if this is true?
I would like to upgrade to a new MAC but can't. Some of the software that I use withthe company I work for is PPC based and there will not be updates for at least another year.
It was a common Urban Myth that Apple's Snow Leopard EULA prohibited its virtualization in Lion or Mt. Lion. This myth has been debunked over the last year or so.
Hence, Apple did not necessarily relax any "licensing restrictions" that did not exist in the first place in this regard.
As I noted to you in your other thread:
Full Snow Leopard installation into Parallels instructions here
If you list for me your PowerPC applications that you need continued access to, I may have more information for you. Please do not double-post your answer to this question.
Kurt Lang wrote:
At the same time, there are plenty of posts Apple allows to remain on these boards (by way of a link to another site) explaining how to install a client version of SL in a VM.
Actually I initially posted these installation instructions on this forum, but discovered that this forum's lack of editing capability interfered with my ability to keep the initial post updated. This problem caused readers to have to review the complete thread to stay up-to-date. On MacRumors, readers need only read the first post for complete up-to-date installation instructions.
Here are my original installation instructions (now outdated) posted on this forum

GMail accounts no longer sync with Mac in Mountain Lion

GMail accounts no longer sync with Mac in Mountain Lion. Should I upgrade to the latest operating system - I'm not sure if it will slow down my laptop as its quite a few years old now.
If I long in on Safari it works fine so L know that my password is correct. It also works fine on my phone and iPad.

Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages

Mac OSX Mountain Lion crashes randomly.

I've made a clean install of Mac OSX Mountain Lion in my 15" Macbook Pro late 2009 laptop. I kept reciving these intermittent lock ups and then the Macbook pro reboots (while thankfully saving whatever it needed to save before it reboots) by itself with a message saying that the macbook pro had a problem and had to restart automatically. Did any of you have the same problem? and if so do you have a solution to fix it?

I am having the same issue with my late 2010 model macbook pro 15 inch. When the computer restarts, the Problem Report for OS X screen comes up with the following in the Details section (third time this has happened in the last 3 hours or so, any help would be great:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 41834 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          3
Anonymous UUID:                    383CDF66-BAA3-435A-9D01-B4EDB6118596
Thu Jul 26 22:11:52 2012
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7f85161c85): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8118b4d000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
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0xffffff80f59a3070 : 0xffffff7f8525b5b7
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0xffffff80f59a3550 : 0xffffff7f851682e4
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0xffffff80f59a36e0 : 0xffffff7f86281f8b
0xffffff80f59a3770 : 0xffffff7f86267638
0xffffff80f59a37d0 : 0xffffff7f86267efc
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0xffffff80f59a38c0 : 0xffffff7f86268d06
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0xffffff80f59a3bc0 : 0xffffff8004e65ed0
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0xffffff80f59a3d70 : 0xffffff8004a981a1
0xffffff80f59a3e80 : 0xffffff8004a20abd
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0xffffff80f59a3f70 : 0xffffff8004aa5ad6
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How do I use the AirPlay Mirroing on my mac with Mountain Lion ?

How do I use the AirPlay Mirroing on my mac with Mountain Lion ?
I watched the video about Mountain Lion, but the airplay icon can't appear on my menu bar.
WHY ?

i have a MacBook Air (Early 2011)
and it doesn't support the airplay mirroring ,,, the only things that the failed to do is " MENTION IT "
it wouldn't hurt anyone if they just say it's limited to Late macs ,,,, i really wanted that feature and i updated my mac so i can watch movies on my HD screen ,,,,
i hope they made and update for it ,,, otherwise i have to wait another 4 months to get a new macbook pro

Updated my mac to mountain lion 10.8.3 and now my app store, mail or facetime won't open. Also, I am not longer able to play videos through firefox. I tried downloading the combo for mountain lion and it refuses to install? Can anyone help me?

updated my mac to mountain lion 10.7.8.3 and now my app store, mail or facetime won't open. Also, I am not longer able to play videos through firefox. I tried downloading the combo for mountain lion and it refuses to install saying that I need to see developer. Whenever I try to open my appstore, mail or facetime it says that the programmes need to be installed and might not be compatible with this version of mac operating system. Can anyone help me?

It's not a bad install of Mountain Lion. I've had the same thing happen to me, but it affected not only Mail, but a variety of other programs including iPhoto and MS Office, where I had to delete preferences, caches, and reinstall the OS as well as the program itself. I'm still having issues with Mail, so I've gone to another program.
Everything was fine upon the initial install. I restarted my iMac about two weeks after the install, and that's when the issues began to happen. I've reinstalled Mountain Lion twice, but the same issues arise.
As I mentioned above, you'll need to figure out which preferences are causing the issue, then reinstall the program, as a fresh reinstallation will do you no good unless you wipe the drive completely.
Here's a thread that helped me with iPhoto:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4794375?start=0&tstart=0

Hi...I have a Macbook mid-2009 which has both Mac OS Mountain Lion and Windows 8.1 32-bit?Is there a way to install bootcamp on the windows side?

I have both Mac OS Mountain Lion and Windows 8.1 32-bit installed....The machine is Macbook Mid 2009...Whatever i do i can't install and use bootcamp on the Windows side.........Apple Support says it only supports Windows 64-bit which my machine cannot install.......and when i tried to install Bootcamp 4 it says it only supports Windows 7 .........Is there no way to install and use Bootcamp without buying another computer?

Boot Camp - Apple Support
Boot Camp- System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems

Back To My Mac not waking remote mac in Mountain Lion iCloud

Back To My Mac will not connect to a remote mac in Mountain Lion unless that mac is awake. I have the "Wake for network access" button checked. Once I have somebody touch a keyboard to wake up the remote mac I can share screens, and share files, but this is obviously a problem if nobody is around to wake up the remote machine. I have screen sharing and file sharing checked, and I'm allowing access to the hard drive to myself as a user. This was not a problem in Mobile Me, but seems to be a problem in iCloud.
Additionally, if I manually type in the the WAN IP address for the remote mac, it will connect to it's associated Time Capsule, but will not connect to the mac itself. All macs are 10.8.1.
Any ideas what's going on?

Hi Dan97103!
I have an article here for you that can help you troubleshoot this issue with your Back to My Mac functionality:
OS X: Using and troubleshooting Back to My Mac with your iCloud account
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4907
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
-Braden

Cisco Connect does not run with Mac OSX Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

When I first installed Cisco Connect that came with my E1500 router, I was running Mac OSX Snow Leopard (10.7) and it worked fine. I upgraded my OSX to Mountain Lion and now when I start Cisco Connect, I get:
Unsupported operating system
The router software supports these operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
- Mac OS X 10.6.1 or later
- Mac OS X 10.7 or later
I saw some other thread/info/download on Cisco Connect with Lion (10.7) but nothing for Moutain Lion (10.8) - is there a fix forthcoming?
Thanks
Gary

All i want to do is disable the guest function through cisco. i live in an apartment and everyone logs into my guest account. i was at my neighbours and they were laughing saying they done need to subscribe for the internet cause they just log onto local wi fi. and mine is one of them. i dont know if that'll slow down my internet with so many people using it. but all i want to do is just avoid it all together and get rid of it. but in this case i am having the same problem as all of you. to disable the guest function you need to go through cisco connect and it is not compatible with mac osx mountain lion. grrrrrrr

I have a white unibody macbook 6.1 running 10.6.8 and I would like to upgrade so I can use icloud. what is my best option? as it looks like its too old to run mountain lion? thanks!

I have a white unibody macbook 6.1 running 10.6.8 and I would like to upgrade so I can use icloud. what is my best option? as it looks like its too old to run mountain lion? thanks!

They are Safari bookmarks and Snow Leopard Safari will open in Mountain Lion, but won't give you a window?????
Here are the bookmarks, since I'm now in Snow Leopard:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/icloudmail.html
http://ihelpyourmac.com/wordpress/?p=23
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20111014102515403
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20111014102515403
Advance warning - Mail worked fine.
I had fits with the last link I posted. At first it worked fine, then all of a sudden, it quit working. I now have iCloud - iCal syncing, but iCal is read only. Not a real big deal since you can log onto iCloud using Safari and post a new event.
I finally gave up on Address Book because it kept creating multiple contacts, which if you tried to merge or delete the multiple contacts, the contacts were deleted. It also worked at first and then stopped working as it should.

I bought my Mac Book Pro on 4th July with Mac OS X Lion Version 10.7.4. How can I get new Mac OS Mountain Lion?

I bought my Mac Book Pro on 4th July with Mac OS X Lion Version 10.7.4. How can I get the new Mac OS Mountain Lion?

Click here and start the process.
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If I buy a mac with mountain lion and then upgrade to mavericks wil I get iWork for free, If I buy a mac with mountain lion and then upgrade to mavericks wil I get iWork for free

If I buy a mac with mountain lion and then upgrade to mavericks will I get iWork for free.

If you buy a new Mac with Mountain Lion, any included software is free and can be redownloaded from AppStore for that machine only. Some software only gets reinstalled if OS X (only) gets installed over itself to fix issues. See #8 Step here.
..Step by Step to fix your Mac
If you upgrade to Mavericks usually only OS X itself is changed (sometimes the hidden User Library is also), all the software (and user accounts) also carries over (compatible or not), and Apple's software is upgraded.
So if your new Mountain Lion Mac comes with free iWork, then when you upgrade to Mavericks it will still be there.
If your new Mountain Lion does not come with free iWork, then it won't magically appear for free if you upgrade to Mavericks.
If you need a free Office suit, I suggest you look at the donationware LibreOffice.
You will likely need to control key or right click to "Open" LibreOffice to approve through OS X's "Gatekeeper".
You will need to manually update it also, as it's not on AppStore.
https://www.libreoffice.org/
Benefit of LibreOffice is it's completely cross-platform compatible, so you can share working files with Windows and Linux users, which you can't with iWork.
You also should learn Microsoft Office when you have the funds, because it's standardized in the business world.

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