[X4U] migrating from one computer to another

Kansas Territory kansast at mac.com
Thu Mar 17 18:47:56 PST 2005


On Mar 17, 2005, at 7:47 PM, Nick Scalise wrote:

> On Mar 17, 2005, at 7:29 PM, Kansas Territory wrote:
>
>> I've been using a G4/450 for several years now.  running latest 
>> version of OSX.
>> Got a new/used Dual G4
>>
>> Is there some simple way.. I can take what I got on the old G4.. and 
>> move it ALL over to the new computer..
>> I spent so long getting the old computer JUST HOW I WANT IT.    And 
>> the idea of starting over just really bothers me.
>>
>> I used to do this all the time with OS9,  reformat a drive and start 
>> over. But with OSX, I've been updating this old G4 since OSX came 
>> out.. one update on top of another
>> and it's been working great.    Just want everything I got on the 
>> faster computer.
>
> What OS is on the newer computer?
>
> Mac OS 10.3.4 and newer came with Migration Assistant. You boot your 
> old Mac in Firewire Target disk mode, connect to the new one and the 
> Assistant does the rest. I hear it works pretty well.
>
> Or, you could boot your newer G4 in Target disk mode, connect to your 
> old one and use carbon copy cloner to clone your old drive to your new 
> G4.

thanks for the reply.

Where do I find this "Migration Assistant" ?   I'm running 10.3.8 on 
both machines.
Didn't see it in Applications or Utilities, or System Prefs


Kansas



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