Re: Transfer to new Powerbook and more

2005-12-23 Thread Howard Katz
FYI, I picked up today a copy of the UK edition of MacWorld at my local bookstore. There's an article in there about how they've discovered that not all firewire drives can be used as boot devices--seems they've discovered a few, the Kanguru 80gig Quicksilver and an 80 gig DiskGo! for example, al

Re: Transfer to new Powerbook and more

2005-12-22 Thread Andre Ruegg
on 12/19/05 2:48 PM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If your iBook has firewire, then just follow the directions when you > start up your new powerbook. The iBook has firewire but I couldn't get migration assistant to work. It sometimes recognized the iBook on firewire mode but usuall

Re: Transfer to new Powerbook and more

2005-12-19 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 19/12/05 17:09, "Andre Ruegg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 12/19/05 2:32 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> Not sure you will be able to install the OS from the system DVD that came >> with the PowerBook. Apple has put a little protection that usually prevents >> you fr

Re: Transfer to new Powerbook and more

2005-12-19 Thread Andre Ruegg
on 12/19/05 2:32 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Not sure you will be able to install the OS from the system DVD that came > with the PowerBook. Apple has put a little protection that usually prevents > you from installing on any other model of Mac except the one you purchased.

Re: Transfer to new Powerbook and more

2005-12-19 Thread Andre Ruegg
on 12/19/05 2:48 PM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Dec 19, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Andre Ruegg wrote: > > If your iBook has firewire, then just follow the directions when you > start up your new powerbook. Thanks for all the replies. It sounds like Migration assistant will be able

Re: Transfer to new Powerbook and more

2005-12-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 19, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Andre Ruegg wrote: Hello list, I have just received a new 15² PowerBook and am wondering how to best transfer the contents of my iBook G3 to the new laptop. The iBook is currently running OS 10.3.9. If your iBook has firewire, then just follow the directions whe

Re: Transfer to new Powerbook and more

2005-12-19 Thread Anne Judge
On Dec 19, 2005, at 2:58 PM, Andre Ruegg wrote: I have just received a new 15² PowerBook and am wondering how to best transfer the contents of my iBook G3 to the new laptop. The iBook is currently running OS 10.3.9. I will then need to transfer my wife¹s system from a firewire drive to the i

Re: Transfer to new Powerbook and more

2005-12-19 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 19/12/05 14:58, "Andre Ruegg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello list, > > I have just received a new 15² PowerBook and am wondering how to best > transfer the contents of my iBook G3 to the new laptop. The iBook is > currently running OS 10.3.9. > > I will then need to transfer my wife¹s sys

Re: Transfer to new Powerbook and more

2005-12-19 Thread darm0k
At 1:58 PM -0600 12/19/2005, Andre Ruegg wrote: I have just received a new 15" PowerBook and am wondering how to best transfer the contents of my iBook G3 to the new laptop. The iBook is currently running OS 10.3.9. Does that iBook have firewire? If it does, you can use Firewire Target Disk

Transfer to new Powerbook and more

2005-12-19 Thread Andre Ruegg
Hello list, I have just received a new 15² PowerBook and am wondering how to best transfer the contents of my iBook G3 to the new laptop. The iBook is currently running OS 10.3.9. I will then need to transfer my wife¹s system from a firewire drive to the iBook. Her system is at OS 10.2.8. If at a