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Upgrade to 27in iMac, best way to migrate data including applications
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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1713846" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi again - actually, you're one version off, i.e. the current update to <em>El Capitan</em> is 10.11.5 (which I installed on my Macs in the last few days) - you are using <em>Mavericks</em>, which is fine because from my previous link provided "Your old Mac needs OS X Snow Leopard v10.6.8 or later......" to use Migration Assistant.</p><p></p><p>What do you mean by 'junk and old stuff'? If these are simply pics, music, documents, etc. that you do not want on the new computer, simply put the files in Trash and then empty - if not sure, then backup these files to an external HD first. As to apps, simply look at what you will need to use on the new machine (review in the Applications folder of Finder), and for those that you want to migrate, then use my other link to see if each is compatible w/ El Capitan - for those that you want to remove from your old computer, <a href="https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/" target="_blank">AppCleaner</a> is useful to remove an app and its associated files. </p><p></p><p>BUT, please check the links that we offer - there is much useful information. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1713846, member: 234411"] Hi again - actually, you're one version off, i.e. the current update to [I]El Capitan[/I] is 10.11.5 (which I installed on my Macs in the last few days) - you are using [I]Mavericks[/I], which is fine because from my previous link provided "Your old Mac needs OS X Snow Leopard v10.6.8 or later......" to use Migration Assistant. What do you mean by 'junk and old stuff'? If these are simply pics, music, documents, etc. that you do not want on the new computer, simply put the files in Trash and then empty - if not sure, then backup these files to an external HD first. As to apps, simply look at what you will need to use on the new machine (review in the Applications folder of Finder), and for those that you want to migrate, then use my other link to see if each is compatible w/ El Capitan - for those that you want to remove from your old computer, [URL="https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/"]AppCleaner[/URL] is useful to remove an app and its associated files. BUT, please check the links that we offer - there is much useful information. Dave :) [/QUOTE]
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