poor performance and duplicate apps after migration

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poor performance and duplicate apps after migration

I migrated from a G4 ti book to a MacBook pro and have never been happy. I have duplicate applications and one will say in parens (from old mac) behind the name. It also moves very slow, especially in Eudora. I made a new user on the new computer in hopes to start fresh in Apple mail etc but when I switch to that user (the first one on the computer) Safari won't work. On and ON... I am so frustrated, nothing works right, even slower than my tibook and I don't know where to start to try to fix it. Should I try to figure out what I have done in the last 3 weeks and pull it off and 'restart" the whole process?

Help,
Debbie

powerbook g4 ti, Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on Apr 16, 2008 10:10 AM

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sig

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Apr 16, 2008 11:03 AM in response to dratatat

The way to migrate from a ppc to an intel Mac is outlined here by Kappy and abrody:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=10

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dratatat Author

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Apr 16, 2008 11:31 AM in response to sig

So are you saying that I revert back to factory settings and start over? I still don't understand why I would have 2 applications identical except the (from old mac). Example - "Adobe indesign CS2" then the next folder is "Adobe Indesign CS2 (from old mac) ".

does that mean the application is on the machine twice?

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sig

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Apr 16, 2008 1:41 PM in response to dratatat

I don't know and/or can't tell without looking at it. Is one an alias? In any case following the procedure as described in the link I attached avoids bringing in files from your ppc that don't belong on an intel Mac.

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dratatat Author

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Apr 16, 2008 7:34 PM in response to sig

No, it is not an alias, and both users have the same thing! It is the strangest thing. It literally says in parenthesis (from old mac) - no indication of an alias, but both have the same modification date. I don't know which one to toss etc. I can't find in forums any info on "from old mac"..

Thanks,
Debbie

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