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aoyegoke
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not strictly a mac newbie although I switched about a year ago and haven't looked back since. In fact, I'm so enamored with my iMac that I decided to upgrade and get one of those spanky looking powerbooks. I take delivery of a 12.1 pb as soon as they can get it off the production line. Soon as it arrives though, I'm not quite sure how to go about migrating everything I have accumulated over the year..
(i) Applications - particularly MS Office
I know I can copy files over via firewire (connecting my new pb to my iMac booting up the iMac in target mode) but what exactly do I copy?
I have MS office which I'd like to move across, but are there any preference/system files I need to move across that may be in different directories.
(ii) Mail - entourage
How do I make sure all my existing mail/folders are copied across exactly as they are now, including my existing email accounts (I have about 5 email addresses with mail pulled from different mail serves into my entourage inbox)
(iii) Music - iTunes
How do I get all my playlists and music files over and will my i-pod freakout if connected to a new apple machine - will it in fact synchronize with the new pb or do I need to register the machine somewhere
(iv) Misc - Calendar / address book, etc
Where do these apps store their data and how do I move these across
(iv) What about screen savers and drivers?
How do I copy these across?
My ideal situation would be that when I power up my new pb, i have exactly the same set-up and apps that were running on my iMac. As if nothing had changed except the machine.
A tall order maybe, but if anything I know this forum is great for getting sensible answers and great direction/pointers.
cheers
(i) Applications - particularly MS Office
I know I can copy files over via firewire (connecting my new pb to my iMac booting up the iMac in target mode) but what exactly do I copy?
I have MS office which I'd like to move across, but are there any preference/system files I need to move across that may be in different directories.
(ii) Mail - entourage
How do I make sure all my existing mail/folders are copied across exactly as they are now, including my existing email accounts (I have about 5 email addresses with mail pulled from different mail serves into my entourage inbox)
(iii) Music - iTunes
How do I get all my playlists and music files over and will my i-pod freakout if connected to a new apple machine - will it in fact synchronize with the new pb or do I need to register the machine somewhere
(iv) Misc - Calendar / address book, etc
Where do these apps store their data and how do I move these across
(iv) What about screen savers and drivers?
How do I copy these across?
My ideal situation would be that when I power up my new pb, i have exactly the same set-up and apps that were running on my iMac. As if nothing had changed except the machine.
A tall order maybe, but if anything I know this forum is great for getting sensible answers and great direction/pointers.
cheers