you repair permission on the ibook g4 10.4x? 10.5 does not support classic, hence will not transfer classic located within 10.4. ie continue to keep trying. if that doesn't work you could transfer by hand in target disk mode. best...jf
On Dec 5, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Alex Whitman wrote: > I am trying to set up my new (refurbished) MacBook (with 10.5), and > I want to copy everything over from my G4 iBook (running 10.4.11) > but there is a glitch. I shut down the iBook, connected the firewire > cable to both machines, and restarted the iBook holding down the T > key. The big firewire symbol appears on the iBook screen, but the > MacBook gives this error message: > > "There are no versions of Mac OS X available on your old Mac. > You can only transfer information from a Mac that has OS X installed. > Click Continue to keep trying, or click Cancel to stop the > transferring." > > Do they really mean it has to be the same version of OS X? > > The cable worked a few months ago to transfer files between a G4 > iMac and an intel Mini and hasn't been abused since then. I know the > iBook is working as I am writing this message on it. Any ideas will > be most gratefully appreciated. > > Alex Whitman > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
