I have an iBook G4 running 10.5.8 and a new iMac running Lion. Migration assistant will not accept Timemachine backups

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I have an iBook G4 running 10.5.8 and a new iMac running Lion. Migration assistant will not accept Timemachine backups

I can't upgrade the OS on the iBook anymore. I only want to move my music, photos and documents. Can I do this by Firewire? What's my best option? I'm new to the Mac world, and I thought this would be relatively straightforward...help needed bt a reformed-PC user, please

Posted on May 23, 2012 1:53 AM

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May 23, 2012 5:09 AM in response to DigitialD

Connect the two via firewire and boot the iBook into target disk mode (boot and hold down the T key) and then just drag music, photos and documents from the iBook to the new Mac.

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