Hi Steven & Ronni, Ronni, if you go this route what happens when you try and migrate "user 1' from the current system to the old system that already has a "user 1" account.
Does it just overwrite the old account files or does it put them in an "old user 1" folder and install the new user account. If the former - no problem, but I sort of expect the latter (I don't know!) - in which case Steven may have a problem with his disc already being full. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 24/10/08 3:44 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 24/10/2008, at 2:29 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: > >> I usually use a MacBook Pro (MBP). However a month or so ago, my >> logic board blew up, so it had to go in for repair. >> >> Not being able to access the content on my MBP would have been a >> disaster. Fortunately I use Time Capsule / Time Machine, and so I >> had to go and buy a new MacBook (MB) and restore my system from Time >> Capsule. >> >> Now I have my MBP back. The data is as it was at the point the logic >> board blew up, ie. outdated. What I want to do is put my system as >> it is now on my MB (current) on to the MBP. >> >> What I don't want to do though is have to reinstall the entire >> system (MacOSX) on my MBP because I don't have the original install >> disks for another week, and ideally I need to do this today. >> >> What's the safest, cleanest, quickest and best way to do this? I >> have a firewire cable handy so that I can connect the MB & MBP if I >> need to. The disk on each is about 160Gb but with only 10Gb room left. >> >> I thought that should be a way of syncing the MBP with the TIme >> Capsule (which is currently back up by with MB data), but I'm afraid >> that what would happen is that the Time Capsule data would be >> overwritten by the month old MBP data. >> >> Grateful for any tips. >> >> Cheers, Steven > > Hi Steven, > > Why not use Migration Assistant (Applications > Utilities) & Firewire > Target Disk Mode. > > 1. Shutdown the MB, Connect a Firewire Cable to MB > 2. Startup MB & immediately press & hold the T key until the Firewire > Icon appears. > 3. Connect the firewire cable from MB to MBP (MacBook Pro can be > running) > 4. Run Migration Assistant > 5. Transfer Users Accounts, Applications (but if the Apps are the same > don't select this), Network & Computer settings, Files, Volumes. > 6. When you are finished transferring, drag the MB computer's hard > disk icon to the Trash or Eject from the File menu. > 7. Press the MB power button to turn it off. > 8. Unplug the FireWire cable. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
