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Does Migration Assistant transfer everything?
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Join Date: May 2002
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I'm going from an older G5 to a new G5. Will Migration Assistant transfer everything over or do I still need to transfer some stuff manually? This would be main hard drive only.
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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if you check all the boxes, everything you need to have transfered will be transfered. Nice, simple and easy 
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Thanks. Wow, that's very cool!
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Not necessarily everything you've created/modified will be transferred over, but most everything will. Congratulations on the new G5!
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Moderator  Join Date: May 2001
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It does transfer all you want, not everything, though 
I've used it numerous times and haven't had a problem.
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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie
It does transfer all you want, not everything, though
I've used it numerous times and haven't had a problem.
The only problem is that it will not transfer any kernel extensions that may be installed by some applications. There aren't that many out there that do, but if you have one it can be a problem figuring out why something won't work right.
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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I've used it and it didn't transfer a few things such as APE module but that's about it. It even copied the exact spot I had stopped an audiobook I was listening to.
Don't forget to repair permissions afterward, nevertheless.
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Also doesn't copy any thing you've compiled/installed yourself and put outside of your home directory - eg. / usr/local/bin (I assume since that directory is not part of a default OS X installation). Nor does it copy over symlinks that you have added to any of the hidden directories (eg. etc) to link to stuff you've put on your system (eg. FINK installed libs or such).
Not a big deal for many users, but something to be aware of.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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It didn't transfer some of my license codes, not a bit deal to re-enter........
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Just used it today, wow, great! The sure make it easy to buy a new g5...
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