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Hi everyone
My new iMac arrives today.
In the past I've used Migration Assistant to set up a new machine. However given that my current iMac is ancient I'm looking at doing a fresh set-up as I don't really want to copy across any old garbage from my old iMac.
All my data (photos, video, documents. iTunes, etc) is stored on external SSDs, so the only stuff on my iMac is the OS, Apps, etc.... I intend re-installing Photoshop, Lightroom, MS Office as I use their subscription services. Other Apps I've copied onto a further external drive to then copy across to my new iMac.
Are there any pitfalls in doing this? Will I miss anything?
I have made a SuperDuper clone of my existing system so could use this but then I'd be copying old stuff across which I want to avoid.
Any help, opinions, warnings, etc are extremely welcome
thanks, Nick
My new iMac arrives today.
In the past I've used Migration Assistant to set up a new machine. However given that my current iMac is ancient I'm looking at doing a fresh set-up as I don't really want to copy across any old garbage from my old iMac.
All my data (photos, video, documents. iTunes, etc) is stored on external SSDs, so the only stuff on my iMac is the OS, Apps, etc.... I intend re-installing Photoshop, Lightroom, MS Office as I use their subscription services. Other Apps I've copied onto a further external drive to then copy across to my new iMac.
Are there any pitfalls in doing this? Will I miss anything?
I have made a SuperDuper clone of my existing system so could use this but then I'd be copying old stuff across which I want to avoid.
Any help, opinions, warnings, etc are extremely welcome
thanks, Nick