[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 10/4/07 3:06 PM: > From: Bill McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:01:11 -0700 > To: Emailer_talk Martin Pickering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: sadly, moving to another email client
> My wife has an old iMac G3 running OS 9.0 and using Emailer, but > today I ordered her a new Intel iMac running OS X, and of course it > won't have a Classic mode. We will be wanting to get her old files > over to the new computer, and we are told that the easiest way is to > boot the old computer in target mode, attach a firewire cable to both > computers, see that the old computer appears as a hard drive on the > new one, and then simply drag the files over. Is that correct? Does > anyone have any advice or cautions? No, I don't think that using target mode is either a good idea or an easier idea. Target mode from a Mac with OS 9.0 to a new Intel iMac with OS 10.4.10 could present read/write problems. For example, if you open the old Mac's drive on the new Mac, you'll be introducing .ds_store files to old drive. Don't mess with your hard drives if you don't need to. If you're moving just a few files from old Mac to new Mac, I'd suggest that you just use Mac-to-Mac file sharing by Ethernet, or a USB memory stick, or burn a CD on the old Mac containing the files you want. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roger S. Cohen, President, Cohen International [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rogercohen.com Voice: +1 (845) 358-8936 Fax: +1 (845) 358-8937 ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
