Dear Bruce, Your help here was absolutely perfect. The transition was clear as a bell!
Thanks so much for your help! Dean On 11/24/03 5:02 PM, "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > deancuebas wrote: > >> Dear macusers, >> >> Is there any automated way to have all my ³stuff² moved from my iBook G3 >> to my newer iBook G4??? I could always do it manually, but I'd hate to >> have to reinstall about 40 apps... >> >> I could swear I saw some article in a mac magazine that mentioned something >> about that... > > > Safe way: > > Connect the old iBook in firewire target mode and just drag apps from > the old Applications folder to the new one. Most apps should work fine > this way. > > For your user folder (including prefs files that apps may need to > function), create a new admin user on the old iBook. Log in as that user > and delete your original user. (you'll be wanting to do this, anyway, if > you're transferring the 'book to someone else) > > OSX will offer to archive the old user's home directory, and put a disk > image with it all in 'Deleted Users' that any user can mount and access. > > Once that's done, connect the old book to the new one in FWDM again, and > drag the old user's disk image over. You can mount that image and just > move everything you need to where it belongs. > > Quick way: > > If you want to just duplicate the old system onto the new iBook, just > use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the old drive onto the new one in FWDM. > > However, it's likely that the new system has a newer OS on it than the > older one, so that could be problematic. It's safer to do it the first way. Dr. Dean Cuebas, "Tai Chi For Me" Springfield, Missouri email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://taichiforme.com Tel: 417-888-0479 ..A tree as great as a man's embrace springs up from a small shoot; A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth; A journey of a thousand miles starts under one's feet... -Tao Te Ching, Chapt 64 -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
