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