Do's and Don'ts of a Mac migration?
Well, my 24" iMac arrived today. (Yippeee!).
So, I'm curious about the Do's and Don'ts of migrating files, etc. from my G4 laptop to my new iMac.
My G4 is on an older operating system - I mean embarrassingly old... er... 10.2.something... I think. So that means the old Mail program, old Safari... oldskool!!!!
My iTunes is up-to-date, though... so that's a bonus, I suppose.
My new iMac obviously came with Leopard.
I'm planning to run all the Software updates for Leopard before I move forward with the migration.
Last night in anticipation of my new Mac arrival, I backed up all my iTunes music to DVDs, so I'm safe there.
I'm wondering how some of my older applications will run on it, though.
This will reveal me for the dork I am, but, for instance, I have Diablo, which originally was set to run on OS 9 and older. On my G4, I was able to install it because it had the old OS 9 programming still on it. I then went to the Blizzard web site and downloaded a patch so I could run Diablo on my OSX operating system.
Now, I wonder if I'll even be able to attempt to install any of those particularly old programs or not. Any experience with this?
I'm definitely going to spend some time scouring the support discussions on the Apple web site, too... but thought I'd come here and see what anyone had to say about it, too.
Anyone with any lessons they learned from migrating Macs - or from upgrading to Leopard, for that matter?
Thanks, as always, for your knowledge!
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Congrats on the new Imac, I
Congrats on the new Imac, I just got a 24" in the other day! feels wonderful being on something updated!
I had alot of probems with the "migration assistant" on the new Imac, it would run for a hour then tell me there was a error. after trying that a few times I gave up and did it all manualy. putting my old g4 into target mode and dragging the applications I wanted over.. this takes much more time, because you also need to drag the support folders over as well.. adobe has them scattered all over the place.
hope that helps in some way...
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Apple Tech Discussions saved me
I'm glad I took the time to read the tech discussions on the Apple web site, as I came across information that lead me to believe I'd be better off transferring everything manually instead of using the Migration Assistant.
It appears there can be issues with a lot of things when you're migrating from an older mac to an intel mac (I'm assuming you must be on an intel, I think they only come with the intel processors now).
Here's a link to that discussion if you want more.
A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs
So, the method I'm using kind of takes forever, yes, but I feel it's a cleaner way than trying to use the assistant and possibly ending up with a ton of errors and needing to continually verify and repair my disk permissions.
I"m just installing programs from scratch (got the new CS3 suite, so that's totally from scratch anyways). And as far as other mac applications go, I'm just slowly exporting things like my Mail mailboxes and Safari bookmarks and then importing them to my new machine.
All that aside - how are you enjoying your new iMac so far?
I really love it. I'm a bit overwhelmed by the size of the monitor. Biggest monitor I've worked on up to this point is my 20" flatscreen at work... but this monster. Whew!
I set my computer up on my desk at home during my lunch break then came back to work exclaiming "I pity you all with your puny leetle monitors!" Followed by what I hoped was a diabolical cackle.
I'm probably going to start to feel confined on my monitor at work now. LOL.
Let me know if you run into any issues. I'll keep you posted on how the transfer's going for me.
Enjoy your new beautiful machine!
I know apple no longer
I know apple no longer supports OS 9; do new macs even come with Classic anymore?
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As far as I know, 10.2 or 3
As far as I know, 10.2 or 3 was the last time we saw classic support. My memory is shot though.
No OS 9
I answered my own question: http://www.macintouch.com/leopard/faq.html
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I would reinstall all your
I would reinstall all your 3rd-party apps from scratch and download new upgrades for them. The systems are so different that if you try to drag and drop stuff from your G4, you'll miss a lot of hidden Unix treasure that will make them buggy or even unusable. You'll also wind up with a lot of unnecessary stuff that'll clog up your workflow, or that may become troublesome artifacts of the old OS down the road.
Mara
Definitely. My mom just
Definitely. My mom just switched computers and copied all her files and software and all the old software was tied to her old user account. MAJOR pain in the butt. Reinstall, per Mara, seems to be best.
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Classic
I don't blame them getting rid of Classic, that's for sure. Even when I got my laptop, with the older OSX system on it with Classic, I very RARELY ever switched to Classic for much of anything. I actually really disliked having to open Classic up at all.
I'm just disappointed some of my original Classic applications might not be usable at all on my new Mac, even with a patch. Don't know if I'll have to buy new compatible versions or just give up and never use them again.
I've definitely decided against using the Migration Assistant, though.
It's taking forever, but I feel much better installing everything cleanly instead of depending on some strange pullover. Migration Assistant just sounds like problems waiting to happen.
I've never had an issue with migration assistant.
And I've done a LOT of migrating over the years! It makes life SO much easier. I just never copy the apps.
What's important is making sure the USER with all his/her permissions come across. If you don't do that you're in for some pain when folders lock you out and files can't be saved. Pre-MA that used to happen, but now. . . easy as cake! lol pie!
Step 1. Update Mac to latest security and .number.
Step 2. Install new apps from scratch (easy its just MS office and Adobe CS)
Step 3. Migrate user
Step 4. there's no step four! lol
Most apps that I have don't need to install. So I just copy them over (like iEatbrainz and my games like starcraft.
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