[X4U] Snow Lep to Mavericks? iTunes and iPhoto

[Christopher Collins]

Possibly, but I prefer to control what happens myself.

And he didn’t mention Migration Assistant. So I assumed he wanted to do a clean setup of the new machine, rather than bring over all the cruft from the older machine.

The cleanest way is simply to connect the HDD via USB and then pull the 2 folders (Music & Pictures) over to the new machine.

You could try connecting via Target Disk Mode, I think that would also work, but I’ve never tried it.

cjc

On 25 Mar 2014, at 11:25 am, Neil Pollack <lists at mac.com> wrote:

> Doesn’t Migration Assistant do that for you?
> 
> On Mar 24, 2014, at 4:55 PM, Jesse D. Leo <jesse at jesseleo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi guys
>> 
>> 
>> So our old Macbook Pro (2009?) is finally on its last legs. Multiple hardware issues make me think it's not gonna be worth saving. The good news is that the hard drive is still in working condition, and I have recent Time Machine backups.
>> 
>> If we get a new Mac I assume it will be running Mavericks. So this is kind of a noob question, but what would be the best way to get the iPhoto and iTunes libraries moved over? Our entire lives are in there.
>> 
>> iCloud is the first thing that comes to mind, and for relatively recent music purchases that will do the job. But we have a TON of older stuff that has not been iclouded. And then there are the photos and movies...
>> 
>> Time Machine restore? Would that even work, given how old Snow Leopard is (I assume Mavericks has newer versions of both programs)?
>> 
>> Any suggestions you guys have would be great.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Jesse