[G4] Re: Marla Syndrome by Marla-cloning vs clean installs

[Al Poulin]

On Jan 17, 2007, at 11:49 AM, g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com 
wrote:

> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:48:33 -0800 (PST)
> From: Marla <mitchnickpictures at yahoo.com>
>
> I have already backed up the contents of the old drive
> onto an external FW drive , that was the first thing I
> did after Disk Warrior saved my a--,  so my files are
> not jeapardized. It's the software that concerns me!

Here, I assume this backup consisted of dragging things, including your 
Home/User folder as one entity to the external drive.
>
> I'm afraid that if I don't clone, I won't be able to
> access the software I use regularly, the main examples
> of which are:
>
> -Final Cut Pro (version 3, sadly!)
> -Photoshop
> -Toast
> -Word
> -Excel
> -Mail (just to get at my saved archive of email now
> and then)
> -Plus lots of other stuff that I don't really need
> (imovie, illustrator, god knows what else)

I hope the real experts out there will either agree or disagree.  I am 
limited to looking at my stuff in Panther, 10.3.9.

With both the new drive and the old one in the machine, I would simply 
drag each application from the old drive's Application Folder to the 
new one.  Test each in succession.  When looking at Apple software such 
as Mail, check the Get Info for Mail on the old drive and compare that 
with the version info for Mail on the new Drive.  If the same, leave it 
alone.  If the old drive carries a later version, move it.

The other things I'd keep in mind are in the old drive's Library.  Look 
into the Applications Support and the Preference Folders.
>
> Now I do not know enough about this to understand
> which permissions do not carry over in a simple copy
> (not a clone) process. if any of you do, I'd
> appreciate the info.

I do not understand the concern with "permissions."  If you copied your 
Home folder intact, the permissions that pertain to your own data will 
govern.  If you mean "preferences," most of those will be in the Home 
folder that you copied on the external drive.  Then check the 
preferences in the old Drive's Library.

Best of Luck,
Al Poulin