Using disk image for restore

To make it earsier:

Once you turn on your new iMac, during the initial setup you'll be asked for restoring from an old Mac. Then you can use your local network, like wifi or Ethernet (quite faster) to bring everything back to place.

If you don't want to do this right during the setup you can access the feature later using the migration assistant, inside your Applications/Utilities folder.

 

You can do that, but I'd recommend using Migration Assistant. It's much easier and works properly 100% of the time. Just connect the two machines via Firewire, and follow the instructions when you first boot the new Mac. That way, you don't end up replacing the operating system, and I've found it almost always faster than restoring from a full backup.

EDIT: Darn, beaten!

jW

 

Hmm, so in this case you could backup all your mac in an external HD using Time Machine, and then recover from it. That's if you have an external HD.

I really don't know, but I bet that the answer is no.

No problems

It depends. Your iMac is new, and as you said it's running well so no worries. You can restore everything.

But,

Personally, changing a mac is a great time to organize things >> for me. Usually, I start my new mac with factory settings, and then copy the old things while revising them, letting the trash where it is. Time to make new folders, install only the useful apps, ...

I can be some hard work to bring back all the preferences, put the dock icons in the same place, but in a more philosophical way it's nice to try the new.

 

Migration assistant works on mounted drives.

So instead of making disk image, you can make partition and backup your current computer there.

 

So the disk image appear to be the best solution!

The article you posted gives all the info needed, on using Disk Utility. Please post the questions if any,

Good luck!

 

Nice! Good to know it's working fine