Okay, first off, confession: I am not actually a new Mac user. I've been a Mac user for a looooong time. But I am so clueless with Lion that most of my questions are of the noob variety, so I figured this was the best location for my post.
I am TRYING to replace my old Macbook (from 2007) with this snazzy new Macbook Pro. I say "trying" because I'm a week and a half in and still using the old computer for everything.
I used Migration Assistant, just as I have always done in the past. However, this time it created a new user account on the computer and dumped everything in there. Now I cannot access any of my files unless I log into the OldComputer user account. A fat lot of good that does me.
Applications are available from both accounts, not that that helps me, as none of my antiquated software will run on the new machine anyway. I cannot afford to buy a new copy of Photoshop! My old copy was OLD, but it was doing the job just fine. And now I cannot use it at all??? Booooooo!
I managed to move my iTunes library over by dropping it from the OldComputer user folder into the NewComputer user folder and then importing it. I lost all of my Playlists, though, and I have no idea how to import those.
I used the same technique for moving my photos - I copied my iPhoto library into the NewComputer user folder and imported. iPhoto imported 50,000 photos (not exaggerating), including thousands of pictures I had deleted years ago. Currently I cannot shut down, because when I tried to quit iPhoto, it decided it needed to update the library, and it is now "updating" 597,580 files. No idea where that many files are coming from!!! I do not want all of these photos! Why does Apple insist on keeping 72 copies of every picture that ever comes across my computer? If I tell you to delete it, kindly do so! If iPhoto ever stops "updating," I assume I will have to manually delete all of these photos AGAIN. And they will STILL be hiding somewhere. Is there no way to PERMANENTLY delete a photo from iPhoto??
Mail is a nightmare, too. I cannot even use this 1200 euro computer to check my email! Every time I try to add my gmail account, it imports 57,429 messages (I assume that is every message ever sent or received). Which again bogs down the computer until it is incapable of functioning. I think I found the solution to this problem on a forum post I searched out earlier, but I cannot test the theory as iPhoto is clogging up my system so much right now I don't dare open Mail.
I tried getting my bookmarks by using the export technique for Google chrome, and moving the resulting .html file over in the same way I moved the photos and music. But when I tried importing it on the NewComputer side of the petition, it was deemed unreadable by both Safari and Google Chrome itself.
I am worried that all my messy muddling is going to fill up the hard drive with tons of useless crap, and I worry I will never get this new computer up and running as a replacement to the old one. I purchased this from an authorized reseller here in Belgium, but there are no actual Apple stores with Genius Bars, or I'd be there! Any advice would be appreciated, this thing is a very expensive door stop right now, and I am so frustrated I am in tears!
I am TRYING to replace my old Macbook (from 2007) with this snazzy new Macbook Pro. I say "trying" because I'm a week and a half in and still using the old computer for everything.
I used Migration Assistant, just as I have always done in the past. However, this time it created a new user account on the computer and dumped everything in there. Now I cannot access any of my files unless I log into the OldComputer user account. A fat lot of good that does me.
Applications are available from both accounts, not that that helps me, as none of my antiquated software will run on the new machine anyway. I cannot afford to buy a new copy of Photoshop! My old copy was OLD, but it was doing the job just fine. And now I cannot use it at all??? Booooooo!
I managed to move my iTunes library over by dropping it from the OldComputer user folder into the NewComputer user folder and then importing it. I lost all of my Playlists, though, and I have no idea how to import those.
I used the same technique for moving my photos - I copied my iPhoto library into the NewComputer user folder and imported. iPhoto imported 50,000 photos (not exaggerating), including thousands of pictures I had deleted years ago. Currently I cannot shut down, because when I tried to quit iPhoto, it decided it needed to update the library, and it is now "updating" 597,580 files. No idea where that many files are coming from!!! I do not want all of these photos! Why does Apple insist on keeping 72 copies of every picture that ever comes across my computer? If I tell you to delete it, kindly do so! If iPhoto ever stops "updating," I assume I will have to manually delete all of these photos AGAIN. And they will STILL be hiding somewhere. Is there no way to PERMANENTLY delete a photo from iPhoto??
Mail is a nightmare, too. I cannot even use this 1200 euro computer to check my email! Every time I try to add my gmail account, it imports 57,429 messages (I assume that is every message ever sent or received). Which again bogs down the computer until it is incapable of functioning. I think I found the solution to this problem on a forum post I searched out earlier, but I cannot test the theory as iPhoto is clogging up my system so much right now I don't dare open Mail.
I tried getting my bookmarks by using the export technique for Google chrome, and moving the resulting .html file over in the same way I moved the photos and music. But when I tried importing it on the NewComputer side of the petition, it was deemed unreadable by both Safari and Google Chrome itself.
I am worried that all my messy muddling is going to fill up the hard drive with tons of useless crap, and I worry I will never get this new computer up and running as a replacement to the old one. I purchased this from an authorized reseller here in Belgium, but there are no actual Apple stores with Genius Bars, or I'd be there! Any advice would be appreciated, this thing is a very expensive door stop right now, and I am so frustrated I am in tears!
