Post by mabsey on Mar 31, 2007 18:17:26 GMT
Always back up to an external hard drive. I would make a clone of my hard drive using something like the free Super Duper. I would also back up my entire Home folder. I also would suggest synching my .Mac account for my Mail and other preferences.
When I moved over from one MBP to another, I used Apple's inbuilt Migration Assistant. If you wish to use this application after your initial install, you can find it in Applications>Utilities>Migration Assistant.
Migration Assistant lets you transfer users, applications, network and machine settings, files and volumes. The only thing it didn't transfer well for me was applications that used the System Preferences' Other section of my Mac (for instance, Flip4Mac, GnuPG, Growl, Little Snitch and MenuMeters). You may have to reinstall these applications manually - however, any passphrases and keys should have been migrated correctly so a manual install of the application is all you should need do.
When I move to Leopard, I probably will not transfer across the non-Apple applications as some may not work and I have a few that I may not want to go onto the new OS. What I will do is download new 10.5 versions of these applications directly from the developers' websites. I have kept copies of all the keys and passwords for the apps I've bought, so that won't be a problem. If you haven't got your keys, you can either contact the developers for copies or just try copying over the application as it may work anyway and then see if there is an update for 10.5.
Oh, and as for you .Mac mail, as .Mac is IMAP mail, it is mirrored on the .Mac server so should be there on your new machine as soon as you set up your .Mac mail account (which will be done automatically via Migration Assistant or a .Mac sync).
When I moved over from one MBP to another, I used Apple's inbuilt Migration Assistant. If you wish to use this application after your initial install, you can find it in Applications>Utilities>Migration Assistant.
Migration Assistant lets you transfer users, applications, network and machine settings, files and volumes. The only thing it didn't transfer well for me was applications that used the System Preferences' Other section of my Mac (for instance, Flip4Mac, GnuPG, Growl, Little Snitch and MenuMeters). You may have to reinstall these applications manually - however, any passphrases and keys should have been migrated correctly so a manual install of the application is all you should need do.
When I move to Leopard, I probably will not transfer across the non-Apple applications as some may not work and I have a few that I may not want to go onto the new OS. What I will do is download new 10.5 versions of these applications directly from the developers' websites. I have kept copies of all the keys and passwords for the apps I've bought, so that won't be a problem. If you haven't got your keys, you can either contact the developers for copies or just try copying over the application as it may work anyway and then see if there is an update for 10.5.
Oh, and as for you .Mac mail, as .Mac is IMAP mail, it is mirrored on the .Mac server so should be there on your new machine as soon as you set up your .Mac mail account (which will be done automatically via Migration Assistant or a .Mac sync).