Transferring files without firewire
when moving files from an old ibook or macbookpro to the new (firewire-less) macbook, what does the startup process suggest as a means of transfer? i've only done this with firewire and target disk mode, but without firewire, how is this handled?
The most reliable and trouble free method of copying files is FireWire. I have found that FireWire will often work where USB methods fail.
The hard drive is fairly easy to remove on the aluminum Macbook. I would remove it and install it in an external Firewire enclosure temporarily to transfer your files quickly and reliably, then put the drive back in the Macbook.
Firewire is "isochronous", basically meaning that you can pump "clocked" data though it in real time. USB works more like TCPIP, with the data chopped up into packets and later reassembled. (Thus, at a minimum, you have latency, that is, the wait for the data to be "put back together".) Second, the Firewire protocol allows more direct address to memory (including mass storage) with minimal intervention of the CPU.
Putting the drive in a external Firewire enclosure is a bit more work, but nothing will interfere with it. No collisions, no glitches. Firewire is rock-solid.
Ethernet may also work, IF you have two FUNCTIONAL machines. The great thing about Firewire Target Disk mode was that if the HD/OS was corrupted, or the computer was for some reason unbootable you could still get data off of it quickly, without tools or special equipment. Firewire Target disk mode has saved my rear several times on every machine I have owned.
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Did you follow the procedure properly from here :
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
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