migration from ibookG4 to macbook

And Of corse i dont have a firewire cable ..

i have alson try with wifi .

Hi

this will be helpfull if i can connect the two machine, I saw and i know compatibility problems and i just want to move users files and video, not programs ,

BUT and BUT my problem is : I can connect the machines ! with network

Hi

You know I wellknow Netware, Unix, Linux, windaube but it is the first time à use Macos to help a friend of my.

for Unix/Linux in exemple it is easy to move personal data by copying /home/users directories

for Windaube , because i change registry and move all data user under D:users; data: a second partition with also document and settings I dont have problems , but for a normal PC with normal windaube it is a mess personnal data are everywhere .

For macOs i dont know were are personnal data ; even hidden config files and so on .

I know binaries will not be copied because compilation are not the same (Intel/powerpc)

So if you tell me what i whould copy no problems i will use an external disque but on the other hands it is a shame to have a standars procedure (apple migration tools) which is not available

I understand English pretty well , I just have difficulties to write it

thank's for your answer I will do what you said and see if it is oK

I found that for that for safari mark pages

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2980?viewlocale=fr_FR

what about mail folders and adresses book ?

regards

One more question :

I should copy all of theses directories (under libraries ) in french "bibilothéque" ?

not so simple . I believe the migration procédure help for my new problem.

I have copy bibilothèque (libraries) but when i have try to use some applications i got problems because the user has no rights to directories.

I have copy file with one othe login name (admin)

I found how to change owner and rights but it is a mess to much files and directories and the change is not recursive so this apply to directories but not to files inside

Is a way to do that i mean with command line (chown -R ... ) or via an utilities ?

to late i did'nt keep a copy ofr the old ( i mean new directories ) on the macbook . any way i can delete the user and re create it to have a clean environnement ?

Hi

so i deleted user and re create it to have a clean home directory

i loging on mabook he new machine with the user account

from my externel disk :

1°) i copy /libraries/mail

result : when i launch mail the mail acount where not recognize, so i re create it by chance these are imap account

i look at the content of the directory and i saw the name of mail folder are not the same syntaxe than old one

2°) I copy images folder no problems it is a user unix folder with files and with my login no rights problems on it to see and write files

3°) copy /libraries/safari

launch safari OK

4°) from the older machine make an export of the adresse book and import it to the new one

OK

5°) copy /documents

OK

6°) copy desktop content

OK i just miss screen wall paper

7°) copy musique folder

OK

8°) copy video folder

OK

9°) i copy /libraries/mail download

OK

At this state A have just copy "home " directories and under libraries /safari and /mail with good results for safari and not for mail but it is fine.

what whoulf I copy from old libraries to the macbook ? without any risk ?

theses as you said :

The Pictures folder (images in French)

The Movies folder (imovies ?? )

The Music folder

and also hard drives application folder not under librareis ?

regards

I find this ????

http://lowendmac.com/ed/rosen/09ar/manual-os-x-migration.html#nowork