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My iMac Desktop has "died"
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1951930" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>When you get the new Mac and run Migration Assistant it normally asks if you want to transfer information from another Mac. Assuming that you have the drive from your old Mac in a carrier and attached to your wife's computer I don't remember if Migration Assistant would "see" to as another computer. I'll try to figure that out.</p><p></p><p>BTW, what Mac does your wife have and what OS is it running? I have a sneaky idea that might trick Migration Assistant into seeing your old drive as a different computer snd thus letting you transfer all of that information to the new computer but it hinges on what you have available.</p><p></p><p>Here's the basic idea:</p><p>1. Attach the old drive to your wife's computer using an appropriate drive Cady.</p><p>2. Attempt to <strong>reboot your wife's computer from your old drive</strong>.</p><p>3. If this works running Migration Assistant from the new machine should cause the new Mac to think that there is another working machine from which it can transfer data. If you're going to try this <strong>do not create a user account on the new machine first. Run Migration Assistant first.</strong></p><p></p><p>Step 3 is important. If you create the new user account first it will have the user account number that your original account had. When it attempts to use your "old" user account as the so9urce of information it will create an account with a different ID and all the file permissions will be different. That's a PITA to fix when it can be avoided.</p><p></p><p>Both computers will need to be on the same network/directly connected to each other via ethernet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1951930, member: 131855"] When you get the new Mac and run Migration Assistant it normally asks if you want to transfer information from another Mac. Assuming that you have the drive from your old Mac in a carrier and attached to your wife's computer I don't remember if Migration Assistant would "see" to as another computer. I'll try to figure that out. BTW, what Mac does your wife have and what OS is it running? I have a sneaky idea that might trick Migration Assistant into seeing your old drive as a different computer snd thus letting you transfer all of that information to the new computer but it hinges on what you have available. Here's the basic idea: 1. Attach the old drive to your wife's computer using an appropriate drive Cady. 2. Attempt to [B]reboot your wife's computer from your old drive[/B]. 3. If this works running Migration Assistant from the new machine should cause the new Mac to think that there is another working machine from which it can transfer data. If you're going to try this [B]do not create a user account on the new machine first. Run Migration Assistant first.[/B] Step 3 is important. If you create the new user account first it will have the user account number that your original account had. When it attempts to use your "old" user account as the so9urce of information it will create an account with a different ID and all the file permissions will be different. That's a PITA to fix when it can be avoided. Both computers will need to be on the same network/directly connected to each other via ethernet. [/QUOTE]
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