[X4U] migrating from older G5 to new iMac

Zane H. Healy healyzh at aracnet.com
Tue Feb 2 13:32:14 PST 2010


You could get a SATA-to-USB dongle, and use that to temporarily plug the HD
from your G5 into the iMac.  They're dirt cheap, and very useful.  I assume
you're simply trying to copy over your data files?

Zane



On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, Cindy MOORE wrote:

> I have been trying to migrate my setting from my 5.5 year old mid-price G5
> (tiger) to my new iMac. The G5 sees the iMac and starts the migration
> progress (using ethernet) both computers are saying they are processing but
> connection is always lost before process is completed.
> I went online and was told I needed to update the firmware for the G5. Tried
> this, but the firmware available is not for my G5.
> Any suggestions on getting all this stuff over to the new computer?
> Thank you, Cindy
> 
> 
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