Q: FireWire problems

Good morning.... last question first yes mini working well I'm using it for all this correspondence. I have a (smaller) iMac 10.6 which is my main computer but display has stopped working at least I hope it's just a display problem and am using the mini in meantime. This is what started all of this, I had only partially backed up items from 10.6 before it collapsed . I had moved some over to this mini and then decided to connect up mini and big iMac by wire which brings us to present time. Are you able to see my reply to dwb? I sent him a shot of disk utility, moving on from there I will add to that by showing you some shots.. one will show the HD  icon that appears on iMac screen when hooked up. Another will show what i see when i open that icon which is the contents of the iMac itself..  a Yosemite screen rather than Lion.  The Home Folder you see named susanc is my folder on iMac, it has fullsurname on mini and the files are different from mini as is the appearance.   Now to deepen mystery further when i opened Macintosh HD in disk utilities ( on iMac) and get info it can be seen to be 10.7.5   Eureka.  But back to point being when i open it from the desktop screen i see the iMac contents.  I am starting to feel one of you might come up with something, there has to be something I'm missing.  I believed when wire is hooked up i would see HD from mini and instantly know what i was looking at and be able to move files across to iMac.

Have now taken more pictures for you and IIlaass, as i've said to her/him I'm hopeful one of you might come up with something, I think it's there somewhere but too deep for me to see.  I expected just to see the mini HD pop up on iMac and Bob's your uncle but obviously he isn't... which given all the modern gender bending probably shouldn't be a surprise.  Pictures are one of HD icon on iMac desktop when hooked up to mini.  Another shows what can be seen when that icon is opened which is from my 10.10 iMac files and has home folder name of susanc which is not folder name on mini but coup d'gras is while hooked up and Macintosh HD appears in disk utility and I open it for info it shows 10.7.5.  Don't know what to say. Don't think i want to add lol though.

I understand why you are saying this.  i only wrote to forum because i was having so much trouble. When i open the HD icon that appears on iMac screen i only see the files from within so no point dragging them out. It's going full circle and maybe i will find a way in time. The picture i showed was what opens up from icon and it isn't mini. I'll attach a shot of mini showing different home folder name and it's files from within there that i want to move. Further pics would show different files from iMac. I always found FW to be straightforward and never needed help except just reading about it.  I want to thank you both very much for helping and basically for being there. From here on in we would just get mired down. I will keep having a think about it ad trying different things. I have also renamed the mini HD so recognition is easier.

Hi.. you are able to see replies i send to each other but i would like to extend personal thanks to you lllaass. I would re confirm that the mini which is the one i want to remove files from has been the one started in Target mode all this time except before i went on forum, by then i had tried it the other way when i couldn't get it to work in the way i felt it should. But i have been asked a couple of times if i had it the right way around and i think i did ? I wanted the mini HD to show on iMac so mini is Target ? and the other is Host.  I doubted myself at the beginning but stuck with it this way around when it seemed to be what the correct thing. All I can say is may God etc help me if it wasn't the correct way. And I would feel sorry for you two.