Content transfer from one mac to another

[gvk5904]

Hi,

I had a Mac book, which is of 4.5 years old.
To my knowledge there is a tool by apple available to migrate all the contents, settings …etc from one mac to another.
Is there any way possible to a take a back up of migration in a hard disk and then transfer it later to a mac
As I can only afford to buy a new mac only after selling my old mac (ebay)…I want to take a back up of all the contents,settings of my current mac In a hard disk and then transfer them to a new mac one month later.

Thanks in advance

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Use CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper to make a 1:1 copy of your Mac's internal HDD to an external HDD (properly formatted*).
Then when your new Mac arrives, use Setup or Migration Assistant to transfer your data and use the HDD for backup purposes, if you need to do so.

Migration Assistant / Setup Assistant information:

Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its Backups, or a PC
which includes:

• Using Setup Assistant on Snow Leopard or Leopard
• Using Setup Assistant on Lion
• Using Migration Assistant on Snow Leopard or Leopard
• Using Migration Assistant on Lion
• Transferring files from one User Account to another
• Transferring Home Folders not on a Startup volume
• Transferring Applications
• Problems after using Migration Assistant

more information: Apple OSX and Time Machine Tips
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* How to format a new HDD to install Mac OS X onto (or make a bootable copy onto)​

 

[madaski]

Hi,

I had a Mac book, which is of 4.5 years old.
To my knowledge there is a tool by apple available to migrate all the contents, settings …etc from one mac to another.
Is there any way possible to a take a back up of migration in a hard disk and then transfer it later to a mac
As I can only afford to buy a new mac only after selling my old mac (ebay)…I want to take a back up of all the contents,settings of my current mac In a hard disk and then transfer them to a new mac one month later.

Thanks in advance

I did something similar recently. I bought one of the new retina's and then gave my girlfriend my 2008 MacBook Pro because she had an old MacBook. I restored my '08 to factory settings and then transferred the stuff on her MacBook over using a Belkin Firewire 800 to Firewire 400 cable and the Migration Assistant located in the Utilities folder. I had to buy the cable for this specific purpose but the guy at the Genius bar said I could return it, no questions asked after I was finished with it.

 

[gvk5904]

Thanks for all the updates....