[Ti] moving from Titanium to Albook

[Ken Johnson]

This sounds like a safer approach.  My question is about the passwords 
and account access details stored on the old machine.  How do I 
transfer all of those?  Some are keychain, some are cookies, etc.

Ken

On May 1, 2004, at 3:10 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote:

> I don't think I agree with this method.
>
> There are three things you need to be concerend with:
>
>     1. Stuff in your "Users", "home" folder(s)
>     2. Drivers for your scanners, printers etc. in your System Library.
>     3. Differences in System software due to different hardware.
>
> Now, the first two items you want to copy directly from your old Mac 
> to your
> new Mac, BUT the third you want to leave as is on your new Mac.  The 
> trouble
> with the methods recommended by these suppliers of "bootable backup"
> software is that it copies all three.  Using system software from a
> different hardware may cause problems.  They admit this when they 
> advise you
> to reinstall system software, or do other voodoo "if you have 
> problems".
>
> Although it is possible that the hardware differences may not be 
> enough to
> cause "serious" problems, I would not do it this way.  I would not 
> touch the
> system software which comes installed on your new Mac.  Instead, I 
> would
> create a new account on my new computer, and transfer the items in my 
> home
> folder (Documents, Library) etc. to this new account.  This will take 
> care
> of issue #1.  Regarding issue #2, I would reinstall whatever drivers I 
> need
> for my peripherals, checking with the suppliers websites to see if new
> versions are available.
>
> Unless you use 15 different printers, scanners, MIDI, etc., I think my
> method will be less work, and could be MUCH less work if you run into 
> some
> of these "problems" that the bootable backup guys warn you about.
>
> I myself keep a bootable system backup I made with Synchronize! Pro X. 
>  It
> is in case my hard drive fails.  I would also expect it to work if my 
> Mac
> failed and I replaced it with another Mac of the same type.  But I 
> would not
> necessarily expect it to start a different type of Mac.
>
> Other opinions are welcome as I may be getting a new Mac myself soon!
>
> Jerry Krinock
>