Right now I have an iMac G5 running leopard backed up by time machine and I ordered a new iMac with tiger preinstalled. Should I install leopard before doing anything? (That would require me to wait a couple days because of leopard-up-to-date) Should I try to restore system from backup/ and would that require installing leopard first as opposed to just clicking the option on the install DVD? Or should I just upgrade and use migration assistant?
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What's the best way to move your stuff over from one mac to a new mac?
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Those are all just files in your library. You can pick out the ones you need- safari bookmarks, mailboxes, application support, etc... Once you peek in your you user library and system library, it's pretty easy to find what you need.
If you are getting a new computer just do a clean install of Leopard and then use migration assistant to bring over your stuff via the network connection to your new iMac.
This should be the safest and cleanest course of action.
Enjoy your new Mac.
This should be the safest and cleanest course of action.
Enjoy your new Mac.
This is exactly what I would do as well. Clean install (you can select a Clean Install from the options button, in the installer), and then use migration assistant when prompted during the initial setup.
OK thanks, so before I transfer my files over to the new mac, I'll do a clean install of leopard. Is that archive and install or erase and install? After, do I delete my previous system folder?- I am doing all of this before I have any important data on my folder. But what about iLife/ Software? how will it be affected by a clean install?
iTunes migration
Hi all,
This seems a good thread to continue from, rather than start another one.
Before I do anything that will be irreversible, how can I restore my iTunes Library and preferences, with play counts, last played date and ratings all intact as they are on the 'donor' Mac? iTunes was one of the applications, along with Safari that didn't reappera in my Apps folder when transferred to my new machine. I've located the Music Library.xml, and the iTunesLibrary so what do I need to do with those?
If it's any help, I've bought a white iMac, with a number of apps already installed, one of which is Senuti. When I opened Senuti, it is reading all the above, as mentioned, so it's reading it from somewhere. As a further pointer, I have all my iTunes actually stored on an external HD.
Another problem, which is causing frustration. The admin account, which I logged into before I used migration, is telling me my password is incorrect. When I went to pick it up, I was told the admin account password, and used this to change to my own, which was fine, until I went back to it, and now I'm told it's incorrect. Is there a way around this, or am I better off deleting that account and starting another one?
Thank you
Damo
Hi all,
This seems a good thread to continue from, rather than start another one.
Before I do anything that will be irreversible, how can I restore my iTunes Library and preferences, with play counts, last played date and ratings all intact as they are on the 'donor' Mac? iTunes was one of the applications, along with Safari that didn't reappera in my Apps folder when transferred to my new machine. I've located the Music Library.xml, and the iTunesLibrary so what do I need to do with those?
If it's any help, I've bought a white iMac, with a number of apps already installed, one of which is Senuti. When I opened Senuti, it is reading all the above, as mentioned, so it's reading it from somewhere. As a further pointer, I have all my iTunes actually stored on an external HD.
Another problem, which is causing frustration. The admin account, which I logged into before I used migration, is telling me my password is incorrect. When I went to pick it up, I was told the admin account password, and used this to change to my own, which was fine, until I went back to it, and now I'm told it's incorrect. Is there a way around this, or am I better off deleting that account and starting another one?
Thank you
Damo