My name's Stephen, and I'm a Migration Assistant convert
I used Mac OS X's Migration Assistant for the first time at the weekend, and I was pleasantly surprised by how well it worked.
My normal practice is to start from scratch with a new Mac, installing only the programs I know I really need, and copying my Documents folder (and certain other items). You don't get many opportunities to give a computer a thorough clean out. But when the iMac G5 died, I didn't have time to mess around. I wasn't the only user of that system, so I had to be pragmatic.
After buying a used 20in iMac, I reinstalled the operating system and let Software Update do its thing.
Meanwhile, taking the G5 apart to extract the hard drive wasn't the simplest task, but the instructions at ifixit.com were very helpful. Then it was a two-minute job to fit the drive into a $25 generic USB case and plug it into the new(er) iMac. I ran Migration Assistant, told it to move everything it could, then left it to work its magic.
Touch wood, the results were almost trouble-free. I had to re-enter a licence key or two, but that was about it.
I'm not planning to use Migration Assistant every time I acquire a new Mac - I still believe that cleaning out the cruft now and again is a sensible move - but I have a far more positive attitude to this tool than before.
MacOne of Australia's most experienced IT writers, Stephen Withers has been using and writing about Macs since 1984. His journalistic resume includes stints as editor of Australian MacUser and as Macintosh section editor of PC Week. He has also managed a PC and Mac support operation at one of the country's leading universities, and is active in the Mac user group community.
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