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rekhyt

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Jun 20, 2008
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I'm quite curious on how Migration Assistant works. Probably in a few more years when OS X 10.7 comes out, I will be purchasing another Mac and giving away my current MacBook Pro.

I really want to keep all my current system config that I have tailored for quite a while and don't want to restart again on a clean installation.

How does Migration Assistant work when restoring through Time Machine?
 

pdjudd

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Jun 19, 2007
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Plymouth, MN
I'm quite curious on how Migration Assistant works. Probably in a few more years when OS X 10.7 comes out, I will be purchasing another Mac and giving away my current MacBook Pro.

I really want to keep all my current system config that I have tailored for quite a while and don't want to restart again on a clean installation.

How does Migration Assistant work when restoring through Time Machine?

If you recover from time machine it will restore everything as of the last backup - that’s what time machine was designed for.
 

rekhyt

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Jun 20, 2008
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Part of the old MR guard.
If you recover from time machine it will restore everything as of the last backup - that’s what time machine was designed for.

I don't think you get what I mean-I want to know how well Migration Assistant copes with restoring from Time Machine from a backup from an old computer to a new computer.
 

John T

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Mar 18, 2006
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I've recently purchased a new iMac. Using Migration Assistant, I copied everything from my old to the new computer.

Now, my new machine is exactly the same as the old one - settings for Airport, Internet, mail, iTunes, Accounts etc are all intact.
 

Batt

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Dec 17, 2007
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I don't think you get what I mean-I want to know how well Migration Assistant copes with restoring from Time Machine from a backup from an old computer to a new computer.

Use Setup Asst. It's the thing that comes up automatically when you fire up a new Mac for the first time. It works like MA but better. For one thing, it doesn't require you to make a new account, it just transfers everything in one clean operation.
 

chappy87

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Jan 24, 2008
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Southampton, UK
Hi guys,

Just about to get rid of my Alu MacBook, and replacing it with a 2007 iMac- I am running Snow Leopard, whereas the iMac is arriving with Tiger on it. I have the Snow Leopard discs, so I will be upgrading straight away, but I also want to transfer all of my MacBook's data onto the iMac with the Time Machine Migration Assistant. Obviously Snow Leopard will have to be installed before I have the option to use Time Machine Migration Assistant, so in what order should I do everything?! Should I originally boot from the Snow Leopard disc so I get a clean install, and then do the Migration?

Cheers in advance guys.
 
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