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Migration assistant and MacMini w USB
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rotuts
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Jun 22, 2009, 07:15 AM
 
A friend has updated their MacMIni PPC to the current Mini Intel
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it only has USB for connecting together.

will migration assistant work over USB and not firewire?

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Jun 22, 2009, 11:39 AM
 
No, but the current Mac mini has FireWire, so you don't need it. Just get a 9-pin to 6-pin cable and you're all set.

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Jun 22, 2009, 06:41 PM
 
Or use the network.
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Jun 22, 2009, 08:00 PM
 
If you want to die of old age by the time it finishes.

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Jun 22, 2009, 08:42 PM
 
I didn't say wifi.
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