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Questions for Giving my MBP to a friend for Christmas?
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1336906" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Anything purchased from the Mac App store can be re-downloaded without cost using the same Apple ID that you used when making the original purchase.</p><p></p><p>As far as all other data, applications, settings, and so forth, I usually recommend using Time Machine as it's easier and less confusing than the Migration Assistant. Do not reinstall as that may cause problems.</p><p></p><p>The first time you turn on your new MBP, it will ask you if you wish to transfer data from another Mac. Just respond yes, select Time Machine, make sure your TM external drive is attached to the new MBP, and within a short time everything will be transferred over.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that a new MBP will come pre-installed with Lion and Apple is no longer supplying disks with new machines. However, the hard drive will come prepared with a Recovery partition in addition to the Lion partition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1336906, member: 46727"] Anything purchased from the Mac App store can be re-downloaded without cost using the same Apple ID that you used when making the original purchase. As far as all other data, applications, settings, and so forth, I usually recommend using Time Machine as it's easier and less confusing than the Migration Assistant. Do not reinstall as that may cause problems. The first time you turn on your new MBP, it will ask you if you wish to transfer data from another Mac. Just respond yes, select Time Machine, make sure your TM external drive is attached to the new MBP, and within a short time everything will be transferred over. Keep in mind that a new MBP will come pre-installed with Lion and Apple is no longer supplying disks with new machines. However, the hard drive will come prepared with a Recovery partition in addition to the Lion partition. [/QUOTE]
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