[X4U] migrating from one computer to another

[Muckerheide]

on 3/17/05 10:35 PM, Nick Scalise at nickscalise at mac.com wrote:

> On Mar 17, 2005, at 8:47 PM, Kansas Territory wrote:
>> >
>> > 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
> 
> It's called Setup Assistant (sorry, not Migration Assistant) and it
> should be in the Utilities directory. But unless you bought 10.3 after
> 10.3.4 or so, you may not have it. It also started coming installed
> with new machines at around the same version.
> 
> However, it is only 160k, I might be persuaded to send you mine...
> --
> 
> I don¹t have it with 10.3.8. Perhaps it only comes with the new-machine
> version?
> 
> Regards, Jim Muckerheide 

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