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That's the way I thought but as you sa, about running properly may be the problem. That's why I wondered if anyone knew another way
Each program has their own design to run properly. There are not many one-solution-fit-all solutions available.
If I were you, I would restore the backup, and delete apps I don't want on MacBook Air later. At least this is quicker than installing all apps you want over again on MacBook Air.
There is no automated way to do it. Both a TM restore and Migration Assistant are all or nothing with app transfers.
I would just use Migration Assistant during system setup then delete the apps you do not want.
No matter what you do, there will be some apps that will recognize they are on new hardware and make you reregister. MS and Adobe apps and both bad about this.
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hi No idea due to not u-sing Mac . Well; that is I didnt use Mac for my entire life because they had nonmacs in schools way back and they can allways put Mac where it isnt .
Assuming your MacBookAir is pristine, for programs which don't have history or data you are better off installing from scratch. As time goes on things build up and folders like Application Data, Preferences, Extensions, etc. get cluttered up. A fresh install from scratch removes all of this debris so you don't get issues with conflicts later on. A full restore keeps all of this debris.
If the application was installed via a simple drag/drop into Applications then you should be safe by just copying it over, as long as you don't care about any data or preferences which might have been saved on the old system.
If it was installed via an installer if you can identify the folders which had added application specific content you can try to copy that over. Places to look:
/Library/Application Support
/Library/Extensions
/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/PreferencePanes
/Library/Preferences
~/Libary/Application Scripts
~/Library/Application Support
~/Library/LaunchAgents
~/Library/Preference Panes
~/Library/Preferences
~/Library/Services
and any folders in either /Library or ~/Library created by the program, such as /Library/Crashplan
And these are just the places I could come up quickly. I may have left out some.
So you can see that for any program that has an installer you are better off either doing a fresh install, or get it by a complete restore.
If the application was installed via a simple drag/drop into Applications then you should be safe by just copying it over, as long as you don't care about any data or preferences which might have been saved on the old system.
If it was installed via an installer if you can identify the folders which had added application specific content you can try to copy that over. Places to look:
/Library/Application Support
/Library/Extensions
/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/PreferencePanes
/Library/Preferences
~/Libary/Application Scripts
~/Library/Application Support
~/Library/LaunchAgents
~/Library/Preference Panes
~/Library/Preferences
~/Library/Services
and any folders in either /Library or ~/Library created by the program, such as /Library/Crashplan
And these are just the places I could come up quickly. I may have left out some.
So you can see that for any program that has an installer you are better off either doing a fresh install, or get it by a complete restore.
lol it's ok all I just redownloaded the ones I wanted to put on my Macbook Air and deleted them from my MacBook Pro.
Thanks, all even Left4DeadBoy who I was going to be sarcastic and say'When I was in school Computers Mac, Windows, Linux or any other kind weren't even invented ;-) ' So you were fortunate, If we wanted to add up we had to use our fingers and thumbs etc. and whatever we could find , except calculators because they weren't allowed during school lessons ;-)
Just a suggestion going forward but you might consider a folder called Uninstallers/Installers in your Applications folder. I have done that and whenever there is an installer or uninstaller file in a dmg, I copy it there. This is especially true for uninstallers as they hopefully will remove all the junk six layers deep that HDFan talks about. If space is a critical issue, you could copy to a portable HD.
I used to keep all my DMG files for downloaded applications on an external drive but recently decided that was a bit excessive and deleted them. Reading this thread has made me regret doing so. I recently migrated from my old iMac to an Air using Carbon Copy and I suspect that I brought a lot of junk along especially for infrequently used apps.
I used to keep all my DMG files for downloaded applications on an external drive but recently decided that was a bit excessive and deleted them. Reading this thread has made me regret doing so. I recently migrated from my old iMac to an Air using Carbon Copy and I suspect that I brought a lot of junk along especially for infrequently used apps.
Are you drunk? Please stop posting stuff like this. It is pointless & it doesn't help.
No offense intended to him, but I really think he is some kind of bot. Look at his other posts, they never make any sense.
[doublepost=1485617289][/doublepost]Using this route works best for me. I just moved this week from a Mac mini to a new MBa13. I started fresh and installed al the programs I use as new.
Any files or folders that I need reside on a WD my cloud and I can just access them when needed.