Migration assistant or File Sharing from an older Macbook to a new Macbook Pro

[rimbaud65]

Hi,

Need some advice on my situation. Just recently bought a brand new Macbook Pro and have an older Macbook with apps on, like Photoshop, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro, etc and want to move them over to the new machine. The thing is my old Macbook still uses Mac OS 10.4.11 (Tiger) and the new one has Sonoma I believe. What can I do, can I use Migration Assistant or can I install the new Macbook Pro without migration and then afterwards move apps over, one by one using File Sharing or an external disc like Seagate Expansion (1TB) or something of that nature?

In short, what is the best I can do to get those programs over and running?

 

[Bigwaff]

The thing is my old Macbook still uses Mac OS 10.4.11 (Tiger) and the new one has Sonoma I believe.

Those nearly 10 yr old applications will not run on Sonoma. You can certainly transfer your data but you'll need Sonoma compatible versions of those applications.

 

[rimbaud65]

Those nearly 10 yr old applications will not run on Sonoma. You can certainly transfer your data but you'll need Sonoma compatible versions of those applications.

Can't you run, let's say Adobe Creative Suite CS2 on a Macbook Pro with Sonoma, is that what you're saying?

 

[Bob_DM]

Can't you run, let's say Adobe Creative Suite CS2 on a Macbook Pro with Sonoma, is that what you're saying?

That’s what he said…

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Can't you run, let's say Adobe Creative Suite CS2 on a Macbook Pro with Sonoma, is that what you're saying?

Not a chance.

 

[Fishrrman]

OP:

It's likely that none of the apps on the old MacBook will run on the new one.

By "none", I mean... ZERO.

You are essentially starting over... from "scratch".

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Also, Migration Assistant won't run from macOS 10.4. I think it will run from 10.6.8 but maybe not even that old.