Loading programs from imac?

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Kurri

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Can you load programs from your imac to your macbook air? I have final draft i want to put on my macbook air when i get it on thursday. Do i have to buy the superdrive? or can i just load it from my imac to my air?

thanks!

 

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Kurri said:

Can you load programs from your imac to your macbook air? I have final draft i want to put on my macbook air when i get it on thursday. Do i have to buy the superdrive? or can i just load it from my imac to my air?

thanks!

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I think Migration is the way to go

 

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Kurri

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I have never used migration so i wasnt sure if migration worked with loading programs. dont really want to have to buy a superdrive.

 

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Kurri said:

I have never used migration so i wasnt sure if migration worked with loading programs. dont really want to have to buy a superdrive.

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I have tried migration twice, and I have failed miserably.

if you have another computer with a cdrom drive, you can use it via wifi/ethernet as a remote cdrom

 

DoctorCrap

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• Oct 8, 2012

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I Airdrop everything.
If possible use Migration.
Or find the data files and simply transfer it over to your MBA.
This is simple stuff.

 

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Kurri

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never thought about airdropping the program itself. that might work too. i'm sure its a simple fix just wanted to make sure or else i would have bought the superdrive.