[X4U] migrating from one computer to another

[Nick Scalise]

On Mar 17, 2005, at 8:47 PM, Kansas Territory wrote:
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> On Mar 17, 2005, at 7:47 PM, Nick Scalise wrote:
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>> On Mar 17, 2005, at 7:29 PM, Kansas Territory wrote:
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>>> 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...
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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at mac.com