Actually, on a new Mac, the Migration Assistant will run automatically when you first power it on. It will guide you through all of the necessary steps.
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://secretsociety.typepad.com On 28 Jan 2010, at 1:20 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: > Generally, things are easily transferred between a new mac and an old one. > You just boot the old mac into target disk mode (reboot it and hold down the > T key). Then use the Migration assistant, and you are set. > > Having transferred many Macs over the years, you do get the occasional > problem now and then. When I went from a G4 Quicksilver tower to a MacPro, > that was sorta messy. But going from a Mac Mini G4 to an iMac was flawless. > Then again, upgrading a Mac Mini G4 from 10.4 to 10.5 was a nightmare..... > > So, one never knows. I'd say it SHOULD go fine for you, but, as always, make > sure you have a backup of stuff.......and make sure you get updates to > plugins and system extensions that are Universal Binary. So, when you boot up > the new computer, go to System Preferences->Accounts->Login Items and see > what runs, and make sure all those are updated to be Universal Binary and > updated to run under 10.6. You also might want to run Activity Monitor on the > new computer to see what things are running, and make sure they are Intel > (under the Kind column). Things like old Epson printer monitors and stuff > might show up in there and not be needed anymore. > > > On 1/28/10 5:49 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: >> >> any issues i should be aware of in moving from mac mini OSX.4.11 to macbook >> pro with... um whatever member of the cat family they are currently running? >> >> getting my first laptop tomorrow and am hoping to minimize time spent >> adjusting... since i'm in the middle of a big job. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
