[P1] Old G3 to New iBook G4

[Joost van de Griek]

On 2004-05-01 15:13, Allan Hise wrote:

> On Sat, 1 May 2004, Donald Bahringer wrote:
> 
>> I have ordered a new iBook G4 from Apple and I would like to know
>> what files I need to transfer using the Firewire Disk Mode.
>> I would like the new iBook to work just like the G3.
>> 
>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>> Don
> 
> In theory, you should be able to copy your Users folder over and be OK,
> with the assumption you set up the same short user name when you first set
> up your new ibook.

Almost, but not quite. It's very unlikely that the user on the new 'Book and
the old user will have the same user Ids on both installs, so after copying
your entire home folder onto the new 'Book, change the ownership for the
entire folder to the new user, even if both have the same short names.

You can do this in the Terminal by issuing the following command:

sudo chown -R staff:[short username] ~[short username]

Where, obviously, you'll need to replace [short username] with your actual
short username.

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