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My iMac Desktop has "died"
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1952001" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Well it didn't exactly solve anything but it did prove that Migration Assistant still has the two features I thought might be helpful to you. While I was booted from one drive it saw the second drive. For all practical purposes it almostsaw things as a second Mac.</p><p></p><p>Things did not work for mew because I was booted from the older OS attempting to pull information from the drive with the newer OS. That did not work. If I understand your situation correctly you will be moving information from the old drive/OS to a newer one so this should work.</p><p></p><p>Since you have a Time Machine backup that's probably the easiest way to go and what I would try first. It still relies on Migration Assistant but the on-screen directions are pretty self-explanatory. When you boot the new Mac you will be presented with the option to use Migration Assistant to transfer files. Take that option before you create any user accounts on the new machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1952001, member: 131855"] Well it didn't exactly solve anything but it did prove that Migration Assistant still has the two features I thought might be helpful to you. While I was booted from one drive it saw the second drive. For all practical purposes it almostsaw things as a second Mac. Things did not work for mew because I was booted from the older OS attempting to pull information from the drive with the newer OS. That did not work. If I understand your situation correctly you will be moving information from the old drive/OS to a newer one so this should work. Since you have a Time Machine backup that's probably the easiest way to go and what I would try first. It still relies on Migration Assistant but the on-screen directions are pretty self-explanatory. When you boot the new Mac you will be presented with the option to use Migration Assistant to transfer files. Take that option before you create any user accounts on the new machine. [/QUOTE]
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