Q: Restoring OS & Apps from Old to New iMac
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Jan 17, 2016 6:01 AMby Jon Lawry1,No way! Those Apple people, man they're smart. And don't apologize for my Mac being old. It's still light-years better than the Windoze computer I have to use for work stuff. I don't know why, but I doubt there's a "transfer my stuff" command for the new HP laptop I'm also getting. Just a hunch. Thanks for your reply.
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Jan 17, 2016 8:11 AMby macjack,That's NOT the way it works. It does not transfer an old OS. In fact, a new Mac cannot run an OS older than the one it ships it with. Third party apps that are no longer compatible will be marked and can be easily deleted. I've done this dozens of times. How many times have you tested it yourself? This is why Apple recommends it for transferring data from an old Mac.
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Jan 17, 2016 8:21 AMby dialabrain,macjack wrote:
dialabrain wrote:
why would you want to run an outdated OS and Applications on a new iMac?
I can't read your mind, only what you wrote...
what I wrote… "Plus why would you want to run an outdated OS and Applications on a new iMac?'
It's like buying a 2016 Ferrrari and asking how can I change it into my 2008 Toyota.
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Jan 17, 2016 8:29 AMby Jon Lawry1,Hey, everybody relax. And this talk of trying to convert a Ferrari to a Toyota - well, my car is a 2005 Toyota Matrix that I call my "anti-gold-digger." FWIW I know I'm not porting the actual OS over from the old machine - that was my first question, but now that I know the new iMac will be smart enough to just pull over what's appropriate, that's great. As for "old" apps, I keep things fairly current, so I assume if something runs in El Capitan on my anti-gold-digger iMac it should run on the new one. But I'll be careful. Thanks for all your help.
