[G4] Migrating to G5

[Eric Volker]

Thanks to both of you for the quick responses. That's an amazing 
feature. My only other question is, can it import applications? For 
copyright reasons, I'd expect not but I'd still like to avoid 
reinstalling 10 or so applications on the new system. If it can't, could 
I do what I was proposing earlier and just clone my G4's drive?

Thanks,

Eric

John Wilson wrote:

> You can actually use just a FireWire drive if you were using it as a backup from your previous Mac. I sold my G4 MDD, bought a new G5 and attached my backup FireWire drive (which was a CCC'ed copy of my previous G4 Mac). When asked if I had another Mac to import data from, the FW drive was available and the program transferred all my data and settings. Took about 15 minutes. Yay! John
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>On Thursday, December 09, 2004, at 04:08PM, Wayne Wilkin <macsys at mac.com> wrote:
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>>One of the greatest features of the new G5's during the initial startup 
>>process of a new computer you can hitch up your old computer via 
>>firewire and your new g5 will ask you if you want to import or create 
>>user accounts from a old system. It's part of the initial startup 
>>process of the new computers during the registration process.
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>>On Dec 9, 2004, at 3:51 PM, Eric Volker wrote:
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>>>I've gone ahead and taken the plunge and ordered a G5. My dilemma is 
>>>how to transfer my data and settings to the new computer. One scenario 
>>>I've contemplated is taking the boot drive out of my G4, putting it in 
>>>a Firewire enclosure, booting off the drive on the G5 and using Carbon 
>>>Copy Cloner to overwrite the G5's boot drive. Is this scenario 
>>>feasible? The OS on the G4 is a retail install of OS 10.3.6, so 
>>>theoretically the G4 drive should boot the G5 (right?) I do have some 
>>>non-Apple hardware installed on the G4 (M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and 
>>>Sonnet Aria Extreme), so that might complicate the issue. Any insights 
>>>or suggestions would be welcome.
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>>>Thanks,
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>>>Eric
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