Migration Not Working

Kappy wrote:
You can migrate applications separately as well as user accounts. if you migrate the user account, then just be aware of what may not work or could cause a problem: incompatible startup items, login items, and contextual menu items are the prime ones that can cause a malfunction in the system.

By plug-ins I don't mean those that are within an application's folder. I mean those in the /Library/ or /Home/Library/ folder.

Ahh, I see, things are starting to become clearer. I won't bother migrating a User acct then, just my apps and files. Anything else (not yet covered) that I should be aware of?

Thanks again!

Good then, I'll give the migration a go after I swap HD placement in my old G4.

BTW, I just placed an order for 4GB of memory at OWC -- under $100!
Man how prices have come down...

Update.

I swapped drive placement in my G4 and tried the migration again. This time it found the drive and started working. I thought I would have more control over what exactly was migrated but it did not give me many options. No matter. I made two attempts at migrating things over to my new iMac and it seemed to be working but about 2/3 of the way through I encountered an error message saying it could not move some of the files.

I cancelled the first time and clicked "okay" the second time and let it finish the process. It migrated a good portion of the HD contents except for my applications. Several folders will not let me access things (Photos, Music, Movies) stating that I do not have sufficent priveleges to do so. Whats this?!? It also did not move enough to create a second user acct., just a folder with my user name on it and all the files within.

So that wasn't too successful. The main reason I wanted to migrate was to bring over my apps intact.

Do you recommend I follow your guidelines for file transfer as you laid it out in your first post Kappy? How do I gain priveleges to access the folders that are current locking me out? 😟

Thanks.

Kappy wrote:
As said previously you should reinstall your third-party applications rather than migrate them.

Any thoughts about how to do that with QuarkXPress 6.5?
As I remember, I had a hard enough time installing it the first time around, and it check online to make sure you are not installing it on a new machine.

It has install software that checks to see if that serial number was installed on more than 2 machines. Mine was. I don't think it will install on a new computer. I was hoping migrating would be a workaround for this.

Kappy, you wrote:

"4. Copy the following items from your old Mac to the new Mac..."

Okay, I tried doing that and I kept getting error messages. Some files would transfer, others wouldn't. Sometimes after repeat attemps some would, but others wouldn't after many attempts. I checked the permissions for these files and they were all full read/write.

Any ideas what the problem may be?

In the end I didn't migrate, just re-installed software and files. For the most part everything worked fine. Thanks.