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Baya87

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Nov 13, 2008
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Gah, internet is messing up, logged me out I have to rewrite my whole long message....

In short:

when transferring between my new MBP and ibook G4 on 1st startup.... it asked me to connect by firewire. I don't have a firewire that has 1 side the new firewire connector and the other side old (I didn't even know that the shape of the firewire had changed). I tried to do it wirelessly and it said it was going to take 106 hours so I stopped it to use my computer.

Now I am trying to transfer again. I don't have a firewire cable that will work. I have an ethernet, but when I try to connect to my computer server (through ethernet or wirelessly) it says that I don't have sufficient privileges. My password (which I am sure is correct) DOES NOT WORK and I don't know why. I tried to disable all security so I can get in with no password, but nothing I do is working.

Any ideas?

How can I transfer my files?

How can I get back to that transfer wirelessly screen that occurred at start up? Migration Assistant only gives me a firewire option. Is there a firewire that will connect between old and new firewire models???

How do I set up a network connection with no password protection? (Or why isn't my password working?)

Thanks! :confused:
 
When you say you disabled all security, did you disable the firewall?

Back to the firewire issue. What you need is a firewire 400 to firewire 800 cable. The ends should look like this.
 
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