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Q: Migration Assistant procedures clarification...

I want to transfer a user account and associated files from a WinXP PC to a iMac I just purchased. In the PC MS Office has been used extensively for work along with Mozilla Thunderbird for E-Mail. Migration Assistant guidlines suggest to connect the 2 machines together w/Cat6 cable and use Migration Assistant when the iMac is turned on the first time. I have purchased MS Office for Mac to use with the Mac and will also install Mozilla Thunderbird as the E-Mail program (rather than Mail intially) to make the switch as easy as possible. Should I:

 

1. Install MS Office for MAC and Thunderbird AFTER using Migration Assistant with the first boot of the iMac?

 

-or-

 

2. Start up the iMac, create an Admin account, install MS Office and Thunderbird THEN migrate the account from the PC to the iMac?

 

I ask as I am not sure if the 2 programs will find all the associated files if installed after migrating from the PC first. Yes, I know that I will have to copy and xfer the Thunderbird profile seperately for that program to pick up where teh PC left off, I am not sure about how the MS Office files will settle in and be found by MS Office if it is installed after migrating the account w/files from the PC.

 

Any clarification on these steps will be most appreciated, thank you...

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), transfer from a Win XP w/SP3 PC

Posted on Oct 13, 2013 4:26 PM

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  • by AlRoRo,

    AlRoRo AlRoRo Oct 13, 2013 4:57 PM in response to jwsarge2
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    Oct 13, 2013 4:57 PM in response to jwsarge2

    Migration assistant will copy across the user account with the associted data fromt he PC to the Mac.

     

    It will make little difference when you install the additional Applications because they are only going to look for the file types that they are designed to access.

     

    If you choose to create a user account on the mac, install your assp and then run migration assistant, create the accoun so that it has a different name to the account name on the PC because Migration Assistant will migrate the account data and create an account for it - using the account name on the pc.

     

    So if the account name on the pc is "User" create the first account on the mac with amny name that is different to "User".