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<blockquote data-quote="cognus" data-source="post: 1614319" data-attributes="member: 251926">I'm trying to move stuff from a G5 iMAC to a 2011 intel i3-based iMAC on which I just upgraded to Yosemite. I'm stumped at every attempt to just move the stuff.&nbsp; This should be easy<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Embarrassed.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":[" title="Embarrassed&nbsp; &nbsp; :[" data-shortname=":[" />I have searched high and low for any mention of &quot;backup&quot; or &quot;time capsule&quot; or &quot;time machine&quot; on the old mac.&nbsp; nada.&nbsp; There is an old version of Migration Assistant... is Time Capsule/backup/machine a subfunction of Migration Assistant on the old?On the new, in theory one should be able to fire up Migration Asst under Yosemite, have it find the G5 on the network, and just suck everything over, but it fails.&nbsp; I have both on the net, both are able to poke around in the other's files [have sharing enabled on both], but Migration Assistant cannot achieve coherence.... it just sits there eternally looking for 'servers', time capsules, or &quot;other Macs&quot;,, and finds nothing.&nbsp; I tried manually assigning the other Mac as a server, and that too failed.&nbsp; I input the exact ip address and it seemed to swallow it find [I don't know if it actually establishes communication at that stage], but again, Migration Assistant spins the dial just trying to find something, and never does.so I am at a standstill.The G5's config:&nbsp; OS/X 10.4.11, and that is supposedly the last update available for that model.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cognus, post: 1614319, member: 251926"] I'm trying to move stuff from a G5 iMAC to a 2011 intel i3-based iMAC on which I just upgraded to Yosemite. I'm stumped at every attempt to just move the stuff. This should be easy:[ I have searched high and low for any mention of "backup" or "time capsule" or "time machine" on the old mac. nada. There is an old version of Migration Assistant... is Time Capsule/backup/machine a subfunction of Migration Assistant on the old? On the new, in theory one should be able to fire up Migration Asst under Yosemite, have it find the G5 on the network, and just suck everything over, but it fails. I have both on the net, both are able to poke around in the other's files [have sharing enabled on both], but Migration Assistant cannot achieve coherence.... it just sits there eternally looking for 'servers', time capsules, or "other Macs",, and finds nothing. I tried manually assigning the other Mac as a server, and that too failed. I input the exact ip address and it seemed to swallow it find [I don't know if it actually establishes communication at that stage], but again, Migration Assistant spins the dial just trying to find something, and never does. so I am at a standstill. The G5's config: OS/X 10.4.11, and that is supposedly the last update available for that model. [/QUOTE]

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