Transferring info from dying ibook to new macbook

as we speak i am waiting for my new macbook to be delivered. it is to replace an ibook that has served me well but is on its last legs. i have been constantly been backing up in time machine on an external hard drive........now how do i get all of my music, movies docs etc. onto the new macbook?
i also have an ipad and ipods(touch) to be synched with the new laptop. what do i do? thanks

When you get your new macbook, it will ask you if you want to suck your account, data, etc. across from your iBook using something called Migration Assistant. Connect your two computers together by firewire, ethernet or airport, and let it do all the work!

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Use the Office for Mac and ignore using Parallels for that. If you have PC only apps you have to run that are MS Windows only then consider Parallels. Just transfer your main PC, using Migration Assistant. If you don't know how then simply read over Pondini's article called Lion or Mountain Lion Setup Assistant tips and look for the section on migrating from a PC. Millions have done what you are about to, it's far from leading edge these days, if you go to an Apple Store to purchase they will offer this as a service, something you might be interested in.

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Thanks for the quick reply! I don't plan to use Migration Assistant at all. I am hoping to set up the admin user, .Mac connection, and then pull mail settings and Safari bookmarks using this:
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Richard,
I would be careful using the Migration Assistant. It works wonderfully, but even Apple has acknowledged migrating from a PPC Mac to an Intel Mac may cause some software not to transfer completely/successfully.
If you do data only, you're golden, just beware of the above if you copy everything.
Scott

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ShanzPot wrote:
A week ago I busted the screen on my former Toshiba PC laptop.
A busted screen does not do anything to the hard drive.
Pull it out and put it into an external hard drive case.
Then copy the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder on the old conmputer HD to /Music/ on your new computer.
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When using the Migration Assistant to move data over, there has to be a computer that has be working as Windows version of Migration Assistant needs to be installed and running to make the connection. You would need to have that working or from your back up disks, drag and drop over the information that you want on your MacBook Pro.
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http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht4796
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What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
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iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847
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iTunes: How to move [or copy] your music [library] to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
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