Migration Assistant

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  1. Rhalliwell1, May 11, 2009

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    I am on the edge of my seat with excitement as my new iMac should arrive tomorrow and i am just preparing things i.e. clearing desk of junk and doing a little research into migration assistant as i haven't used it before and want to get it right!

    Ok, so i will be migrating from my old MacBook Pro to the iMac using the MacBook Pro's time machine backup. However i have come across a potential snag; The old MacBook Pro has iLife '08 and the new one will have '09. Will i lose '09 when i migrate? any way around this?

    Thanks in advance :)
     
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  2. Consultant, May 11, 2009

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    migration assistant is not time machine

    You won't lose the newer software with migration assistant.
     
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  3. Rhalliwell1, May 11, 2009

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    so if i tell Migration Assistant to use the time machine backup it wont copy it all off that (iLife '08 too)?
     
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  4. aristobrat, May 11, 2009

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    It's been my experience that the Migration Assistant will not overwrite newer versions of apps on the new machine, no matter what the source {a Mac in target disk mode, a Time Machine backup on an external drive, etc}.

    Hopefully someone else with the same experience will chime in.

    If worst comes to worst, you can use the restore DVDs on your new Mac to reinstall iLife '09.
     
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  5. upaymeifixit, May 11, 2009

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    It will be fine.

    No it won't install any of the pre-installed apps or overwrite new versions of apps. Just go through it normally and it will work fine, you have nothing to worry about.
     
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  6. Rhalliwell1, May 11, 2009

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    Thanks :)
     
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