Just brought home a new 13" MBP and want to get it setup. Need to transfer my stuff over from my iBook G4 running 10.4.11. I want to keep my MBP clean and efficient so I want to be careful about the transfer. I've been reading all morning about the pros and cons of Migration Assistant. Seems like MA works better for some, and for certain purposes, than others. But some of the issues may well have been resolved by now since most of the posts I saw pertained to previous releases.
My questions are:
What should I do to "clean up" my iBook before migration? I've read I should clear caches and repair permissions but I'm not sure how to go about this in a comprehensive way. Is there anything else I should do? How can I be sure I'm not transferring over any spyware/malware/bugs or whatever? I notice that I get some spam email sent from my own email address pretty regularly so I must be infected with something... Is there any resource that walks you through how to do all this in a complete and comprehensive way?
I'm also wondering if I should do a limited transfer of just docs and iphoto maybe and reinstall the apps I use that don't come with the MBP, which aren't that many. My applications folder is 10.4 GB; my documents folder is about 1 GB; nothing on iTunes and about 1.5 GB on iPhoto. I've copied my apps folder here in case that helps:
2005 World Book
Address Book
Adobe Help Viewer 1.0
Adobe Reader 7.0.7
Adobe Reader 8
AppleScript
AppleWorks (US English)
Automator
Calculator
Chess
coconutBattery
Connect Pack Updater
Crescat
Dashboard
DataDirect ODBC Folder
Dictionary
DoNA
DSS Player
DVD Player
EndNote X
EndNote X Demo
EPSON Printer Utility
EPSON Scan
EPSON Scanner Monitor
Eudora Application Folder
Firefox
Font Book
GarageBand
Hewlett-Packard
HP Inkjet
HyperRESEARCH Folder
iCal
iChat
ICQ 3.4 ƒ
iDVD
Image Capture
iMovie
iMovie HD
Installers
Installers (from old Mac)
Internet Connect
Internet Explorer
iPhoto
iSync
iTunes
iWork
MacSFTP Carbon
Mail
Marble Blast Gold
Microsoft AutoUpdate
Microsoft Office 2004
Mozilla
Nanosaur 2
NeoOffice
NetNewsWire Lite
Netscape
Norton Solutions
NSIT Configuration Helper
NSIT Connectivity Package- OSX
Open XML Converter
Preview
Q
Quicken 2005
QuickTime Player
REALbasic
RealPlayer
Safari
SeaMonkey
Sherlock
Sound Studio
Spring Cleaning 4.0.2
SPSS 11
Stickies
StuffIt Standard 8.0.2
SuperDuper!
System Preferences
TextEdit
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Utilities
Activity Monitor
Adobe Download Manager
Adobe Reader Download Manager
Adobe Utilities
AirPort Admin Utility
AirPort Setup Assistant
Audio MIDI Setup
Bluetooth File Exchange
ColorSync Utility
Console
DigitalColor Meter
Directory Access
Disk Utility
EarthLink Total Access 2004
EPSON Scan Settings
Grab
Grapher
HP Printer Selector
Installer
iPod Software Updater
iPod Software Updater.localized (from old Mac)
Java
Keychain Access
Migration Assistant
NetInfo Manager
Network Utility
ODBC Administrator
Printer Setup Utility
Remote Install Mac OS X
Software Restore
System Profiler
Terminal
VoiceOver Utility
Virex 7
VPNClient
Windows Media Player
World Book 2004 folder
Yahoo! Messenger
Zinio
Zinio (from old Mac)
Basically I'm trying to figure out the optimal way to do this without getting really anal and making this a bigger job than it needs to be. Really appreciate any recommendations/input.
Thanks!
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