Transfer from old to new computer?

[sromley]

Anyone tried using the Duplicate function to transfer files and settings from an old computer to a new one? I just received a new TiBook 1 gig and would like to transfer all the files from my old TiBook 500 mhz to the new one....

 

Thanks

[Maser]

By *far* it will be easier and faster if you just do this:

 

Make sure your old TiBook has 10.2.4 on it.

 

Mount your new TiBook HD to your old TiBook in "firewire target mode".

 

Use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your old hard drive contents to your new.

 

Shut everything down when done, disconnect the firewire cable. Reboot the new. It's a mirror image at that point.

 

This will take you about 15-30 minutes depending on how much data is on your TiBook.

 

 

I've done this dozens of times. It's flawless.

 

(This isn't to say you *can't* use Retrospect for this purposes -- it's just that using CCC is so much faster...)