[X4U] Snow Lep to Mavericks? iTunes and iPhoto

[Jesse D. Leo]

I was wondering that as well, or if the OS discrepancy is too great 
(Snow Lep to Mavericks). Also - would Migration Assistant require that 
my old Mac still be working? Right now I'm lucky if it even boots. I'm 
going to have to pull the old HD and mount it as an external USB drive. 
Or if I'm not mistaken, Migration Assistant can work via Time Machine 
backups. Never tried it though.

Thanks,
JL


On 03/24/2014 08:25 PM, Neil Pollack 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