Hello, I installed these programs on a Mac that I am going to sell. What do I need to do to install them on a new computer?
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How to transfer Keynote, Pages and Numbers to another Mac?
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My suggestion (mine only, others' may be different):
- Get an external drive
- Get either CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper
- Create a bootable cloned backup of your current internal drive
After you have the new Mac, do this
- Go through the initial setup process, and
- At the appropriate time, the setup assistant will ask if you wish to transfer data from another drive
- Connect the cloned backup
- You can now transfer your existing accounts, applications, settings and data
This -should- do the job for you.
CCC is FREE to download and it's FREE to use for 30 days
SD will do a complete clone forever without registering (if you want to do incremental backups, you need to register)
- Get an external drive
- Get either CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper
- Create a bootable cloned backup of your current internal drive
After you have the new Mac, do this
- Go through the initial setup process, and
- At the appropriate time, the setup assistant will ask if you wish to transfer data from another drive
- Connect the cloned backup
- You can now transfer your existing accounts, applications, settings and data
This -should- do the job for you.
CCC is FREE to download and it's FREE to use for 30 days
SD will do a complete clone forever without registering (if you want to do incremental backups, you need to register)
When you buy a new Mac, you'll find that all those apps now come included. You won't have to worry about installing them. You should only have to make sure your documents are stored in iCloud.
If you're buying a new or refurbished Mac, not a used one, you get them all for free now through the Mac App Store. When you set up your new computer, all you have to do is sign in to the Mac App Store and it will probably prompt you to download them the first time. If not, you can go to the product pages and download them for free. The only thing you would have to back up are your files.
There's no trial or cost at all. It's considered included software like iLife is. You just don't get physical discs anymore. All of Apple's consumer apps are free now, albeit with a new computer purchase, you just have to pay for the Pro ones like Final Cut and Logic.
I also forgot to mention that you have free access to them on any computer with a browser through http://www.icloud.com. There, you can also use your free iCloud Drive storage to sync files between all versions of the apps.