[X-Newbies] Changing Macs

[John McGibney]

On May 28, 2005, at 1:52 PM, Bob Geiger wrote:

> Here is a problem that probably has a simple elegant solution that  
> I can't seem to come up with. My brother just bought a G4(running  
> Tiger) and needs to put his applications on his old iMac(running  
> Panther) on the G4. He started to do this and is finding that the  
> applications is asking for registration data which he already  
> entered on his old iMac. He's scrambling now to find his original  
> application discs and packaging. I told him there is probably a  
> better way to transfer the application, preferences, etc. to the  
> new machine. Of course, I'm not 100% sure how to do it. Any advice?
> _______________________________________________
Migration Assistant, in the utilities folder of the tiger equipped mac.

Connect both machines via firewire cable.( assuming the iMac has it.)
Restart the iMac, hold the T key
Restart the G4
The iMac will mount as an external hard drive.
Run Migration assistant.
Follow the prompts in the window

Eject the iMac and shut it down when done.

John

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