Hello Bill,
Most of these can be handled, one at a time, by dragging them from the
Previous Systems folder to the current folder. (This is generalized
advice). I am saying one at a time, because some of these (in the cases
you have listed) will replace the new files and some will be "new"
things that your system re-install did not copy over for you.
Mostly you can get by with the drag and drop approach, but you might be
told that you do not have permissions to replace certain files. At that
point simply enter your admin password and it will complete the
operation. For completeness sake, run the Disk Utility's Repair
Permissions after you are completely finished.
Note that you will need to copy the folders that the data actually
reside in to their new locations, not just what appears to be the main
folder, iTunes for example does not keeps its music files inside ofthe
iTunes app folder.
Jerry
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:loss: /n./ Something (not a person) that loses; a situation in
which something is losing. Emphatic forms include `moby loss',
and `total loss', `complete loss'. Common interjections are
"What a loss!" and "What a moby loss!" Note that `moby
loss' is OK even though **`moby loser' is not used; applied to an
abstract noun, moby is simply a magnifier, whereas when applied to
a person it implies substance and has positive connotations.
Compare {lossage}.
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On May 12, 2004, at 12:00 AM, Bill Micou wrote:
> Hello Group-
>
> I have a G4 Powerbook with 550 MHz/ 256 MB, running 10.3.3. It was
> getting stuck during the
> start-up. It would go from the grey pinwheel to the blue screen with
> the colored pinwheel, but
> would not proceed pass the 'starting windows login' process.
> AppleCare helped me try to solve
> the problem but finally told me to re-install the OS, but to make the
> choice where I would save
> all my old files. He advised me that I would lose all my personal
> settings, but not the programs,
> etc. (He concluded that I must have had a corrupted file somewhere in
> the start-up)
>
> Everything that I had on the old system is now in a folder called
> "previous system". My
> questions to all ye who know this stuff so much better than me is ...
> In ITune, do I import the song library from the 'old system' to the
> new; if I do, then do I delete
> all the songs in the old.
> In IPhoto, if I import all the pics from the old to the new, won't I
> have double the pics? Do I
> delete the old system Iphoto after I put them in the new?
> Address book- I haven't touched it yet. Isn't there a way to just use
> the old file and treat it as
> new?
>
> There's probably a very simple answer to this. If I keep on rambling,
> I'll stumble on it, but I
> won't recognize it.
>
> As always, I greatly appreciate the help this group always provides.
> Thanks,
> Bill Micou
>
>
>
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