In article <sdfisher-605193.07195204032008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Steven Fisher <sdfisher@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <0001HW.C3F2317F00081637F040E6D8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Verne Arase <VerneA@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > I'm finally upgrading my aging Powerbook PPC@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
to a new
MacBook
> > Pro,
> > and am wondering what it is I haven't though of that I'll run into
later.
> >
> > I upgraded the family Win system to an iMac, but that was a
complete
> > rebuild and migration - for the MBP I was just thinking of using the
> > Migration Assistant to copy all my stuff over. The PB is already
upgraded
> > to
> > Leopard, and the 128GB or so (minus system stuff) *should* slide right
over
> > and be ready for my VMWare install.
> >
> > But ... what am I forgetting?
> >
> > I'm pretty sure I'll need to axe my /sw directory and rebuild fink
stuff
> > from scratch, but is that all?
>
> I was migrating from a PowerBook and I certainly didn't have to do much.
> I think I migrated the user accounts as a first step, then ran the
> migration assistant a second time for everything else so I could work
> while it copied. I was somewhat careful about what I copied, though,
> avoiding additions to /System. I don't know if this caution was
> necessary at all, though.
I just migrated from an iBook G4 running Tiger to an iMac running
Leopard. I let the Migration Assistant copy everything except network
settings, since I had a static IP configured (would it have been smart
enough to ask me for a different IP, to prevent conflict?). I only ran
into a few minor issues:
1. The iMac didn't seem to detect the iBook when it was in Target Disk
Mode. I ended up cloning the iBook to an external firewire drive with
CCC, and then migrating from there.
2. The initial account I created on the iMac had the same name as my
account on the iBook, and I was trying to run the migration from this
account as well. It complained that the account already existed, and
the option to replace it was greyed out. I solved this by creating
another administrator account and running the migration from there, then
it allowed me to replace the account during the migration.
3. I was surprised that it wasn't smart enough not to transfer all the
Classic sup****t directories, like System and Applications (OS 9). I
could understand copying Do***ents (OS 9).
4. One shareware license didn't transfer over (that I've noticed so
far). It was Compost (automatically empties the trash), so I purchased
another registration. At first I was going to write to them, but I
decided that it's inexpensive enough not to make a stink about it.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
MA
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