[X4U] a powerbook and home

[Jerry Krinock]

on 04/12/20 14:57, Marc Stergionis at stermarc at mac.com wrote:

> At about 5:29 PM -0500 on 12/20/04, Kevin Lee Allen wrote:
 
> If you start up the PB in target-disk mode, you can connect it with a
> FireWire cable to your desktop, which will see the PB as a Firewire
> drive. Then you can use Carbon Copy Cloner (free/donationware)
> 
> <http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html>
> 
> to clone your entire Users directory to the PB, if you want.

Since you only have one home directory, you shouldn't need Carbon Copy
Cloner.  I've done this by creating a new account on the new powerbook with
the same name, same short name and same password as you have on your old
computer, then use target disk mode as suggested by Marc and replace that
new home folder with your old home folder.  You could also do the
replacement using an ethernet cable with both computers booted if you know
what you are doing, but firewire is usually much faster.

Also, if you are buying your powerbook from an Apple store (not online) they
will transfer data for free, at least as of 6 months ago; but of course
you'd have to carry your old Mac in to the store, etc.