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Restoring my iMac after a HD replacement
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<blockquote data-quote="gemigene" data-source="post: 851380" data-attributes="member: 18404"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I recently picked-up my iMac from the repair shop after a HD replacement and about to set it up. When I brought it in for servicing, I bought a Mac Mini (1.83MGz) as a back-up unit and I would like to migrate my preferences and applications from the Mini to the iMac.</p><p></p><p>Both units run on Leopard so I was considering doing the following:</p><p></p><p>- Connect the 2 units via a firewire cable and use the migration utility,</p><p>- Install the recent upgrades on the iMac,</p><p>- Run the repair permissions utility (as I always do after major upgrades)</p><p></p><p>Would this be the proper procedure or is there a better way of doing this?</p><p></p><p>Also, the iMac came with OS-X 10.4 and 2 weeks later, I sent in for the 10.5 upgrade disk but the Mini has the original OEM 10.5 disks, can they be used on the iMac if ever I need to do a complete OS install?</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Gene</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gemigene, post: 851380, member: 18404"] Hi, I recently picked-up my iMac from the repair shop after a HD replacement and about to set it up. When I brought it in for servicing, I bought a Mac Mini (1.83MGz) as a back-up unit and I would like to migrate my preferences and applications from the Mini to the iMac. Both units run on Leopard so I was considering doing the following: - Connect the 2 units via a firewire cable and use the migration utility, - Install the recent upgrades on the iMac, - Run the repair permissions utility (as I always do after major upgrades) Would this be the proper procedure or is there a better way of doing this? Also, the iMac came with OS-X 10.4 and 2 weeks later, I sent in for the 10.5 upgrade disk but the Mini has the original OEM 10.5 disks, can they be used on the iMac if ever I need to do a complete OS install? Cheers, Gene [/QUOTE]
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