Transferring date from G5 PPc iMac to New Intel iMac?

Can anyone advise or point me in the right direction? I have tried searching Forums, but cannot find what I want.
I have set up my new iMac 10.6.2, loaded and updated all my programs, and now want to transfer my data from my old iMac.
There is a lot of legacy stuff on there, that came with the original Jaguar OS that I can't erase. i.e. Marble Blast, Nanosaur, McKiev World Book, and don't want to transfer.
The stuff that I want to transfer, is mainly my photos, music and videos (retain sync with Apple TV, and keep Playlists,) emails, and docs. I did try Migration Assistant yesterday, but after ten hours of transfer, at the last minute, it said it could not complete.
I was thinking of copying files to an external HD, then moving them across to the new iMac, but am not sure which files to copy.

A regular contributor, alias Kappy, has written just such a guide!
A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs
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Hello there, LynnS.
The following Knowledge Base article and it's referenced link should get you started with the Erase and Install of Mavericks:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14243
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Hello, I am having problems migrating data from my old PC running XP (SP3) to my new Mac Pro 2012 using the Migration Assistant.
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Transferring data from external hard drive to new replacement Macbook Pro...

Hello,
Apple have arranged to give me a replacement Macbook Pro due to faults with hardware on the one I am currently using. I will be going to pick up the replacement Macbook Pro tomorrow morning.
As a complete novice I just wanted to check that I have backed up the data from my current laptop onto my Iomega external hard drive properly, as I am slightly nervous about losing all my work and not being able to transfer all my files onto my new Macbook Pro tomorrow.
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Deena

Well it's like this.
If your problem on the Mac didn't affect the software or the TimeMachine backup, then restoring from that using SetupAssistant (when you first set up a new Mac it will ask you to restore) should go fine.
HOWEVER, if there are software issues on the Mac that also transferred to the TimeMachine drive, that will only transfer them back onto your new computer.
You can't very easily just pick out the things you want to restore from TimeMachine with, it doesn't give that fine detail of control, and if it's really messed up, it might not restore anything at all.
The golden rule of backups is to maintain two separate and easily accessible hardware copies of your data off the machine at all times.
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Hi,
I'm trying to transfer 15GB of data from my win98 pc to my new imac. As a first attempt, I bought an external enclosure, removed my pc's hard drive, put the hd in the external enclosure, and hooked the external enclosure up to my imac, but my imac can't read the drive.
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Hi,
I should also have added that Windows can't read the
HFS+ file system that Macs use and also, putting the
iPod into disk mode should not erase any data from
it.
Format the iPod on the PC by restoring it, and you
can use the iPod on both platforms.
Sorry, I put this whole issue aside because it was too confusing, but now I'm trying to get the data moved from pc to my imac again. My situation is this: I have an imac with itunes and a win98pc that does not have itunes.
Enable your nano for data in iTunes
I did that by selecting "Manually manage songs and playlists", which will also allow you to use your ipod as a drive. If you do that, the ipod won't try to download your itunes songs, which apparently happens if you select Disc Mode, as explained here:
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EJECT it
I did that.
and see if it shows up as either a removable drive or
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"Officially, Apple provides no support for Windows 98. You cannot use the iPod with Windows 98, as the operating system lacks support for FireWire and USB 2.0.
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I looked around on the internet, and I found my way to this website:
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which has a driver for ipod on win98. I downloaded the driver per the instructions, but when I directed win98 to look in the folder with the driver, win98 says it couldn't find an appropriate driver.
Even if that had worked, there were more potential problems in store:
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also, putting the iPod into disk mode should not erase any data from it.
that seems correct, but
Format the iPod on the PC by restoring it, and you
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apparently will erase the data:
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Patricia Henwood wrote:
3.      One of the Lacie Rugged's has a 'triple interface' - i.e. USB 2, Firewire 400 and Firewire 800. The other has a USB 2 and 2 x Firewire 800 (IIRC).    The MacBook Pro Retina has two USB 3 ports and two Thunderbolt 2 ports. I want to continue to use the Lacies as my backup drives. Am I better off to use the USB ports or should I invest in a Thunderbolt to USB cable? Does it make any real difference in terms of backing up (which, in my case, doesn't have to be all that speedy).
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