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Transfering programmes

Hi,


Not sure if this is the right place to put this but I am buying a new MacBook Pro and I want to transfer certain programmes over without transfering all the other stuff.


I am running mavericks at present.


Cheers in advance


applejack

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), iOS 7.0.6

Posted on Mar 10, 2014 7:22 AM

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Posted on Mar 12, 2014 7:27 AM

Hello applejck2303


When migrating data from another Mac using Migration Assistant, you can move all Applications or none at all. You can choose the specific folders and all the content within the folder will move over. If you put your previous Mac into Target Disk mode and your old Mac should show up in Finder as an external Hard Drive. Then you can pick and choose what you want to transfer. Some apps need to be moved over using migration assistant while others are stand-alone and can be dragged and drop to your Application folder. The best example of this is when you installed an app, if it goes through an installer, then it will either transferred through migration assistant or just installed again on your new Mac. Check out the articles below for more information about transferring data from one Mac to another.


OS X: How to migrate data from another Mac using Mavericks

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5872


OS X: Manually migrating data from another Mac

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6101


Regards,

-Norm G.

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Mar 12, 2014 7:27 AM in response to applejck2303

Hello applejck2303


When migrating data from another Mac using Migration Assistant, you can move all Applications or none at all. You can choose the specific folders and all the content within the folder will move over. If you put your previous Mac into Target Disk mode and your old Mac should show up in Finder as an external Hard Drive. Then you can pick and choose what you want to transfer. Some apps need to be moved over using migration assistant while others are stand-alone and can be dragged and drop to your Application folder. The best example of this is when you installed an app, if it goes through an installer, then it will either transferred through migration assistant or just installed again on your new Mac. Check out the articles below for more information about transferring data from one Mac to another.


OS X: How to migrate data from another Mac using Mavericks

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5872


OS X: Manually migrating data from another Mac

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6101


Regards,

-Norm G.

Transfering programmes

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