My son just received his new Macbook Pro (15 "); he is running Snow Leopard on his 2008 model Macbook Pro. Is it possible to migrate from Snow Leopard to Lion using the setup assistant or does he have to upgrade to Lion first?
View 6 RepliesI bought a new MacBook Pro, which has Lion. My old MacBook Pro has Snow Leopard. Last night I used migration assistant to move everything from my old computer to my new computer. My instincts told me not to do it, because my old computer is 6 yrs old and has so much stuff on it. I was thinking it might be better to just go on an as needed basis, however, there is so much I need, I decided to do it.
Problem one, CS5 will not work. Maybe I need to do a clean install?
Are there any other issues I should be aware of? I see I need to re-enter my license info for Word ...
Have I messed up my new machine? Should I start over and wipe the new one clean and use another method?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I installed Lion on both my Mac Pro and my MacBook Pro. The MacBook Pro maintained the rules I had set set up in Mail. My MacPro had a few issues in upgrading and I lost all my rules. Unlike Mobile Me, iCloud doesn't sync rules. How can I get them from my laptop to my desktop?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI wasn't able to move the data from my old MacBook to my new MacBook running Lion, because I was using FileVault on the old system, and the Migration Assistant doesn't support home directories with FileVault enabled.
I've managed to migrate everything without issue -- Music, Photos, Movies -- all worked great. However, when I try to start Mail under Lion, I get prompted to reconfigure Mail. I've copied the ~/Library/Mail folder and the Preferences file (com.apple.mail.plist) to the new laptop (via SFTP) but Mail won't pick up from where it left off.
I would like to migrate my computer data from my current Macbook (late 2007) running Snow Leopard to a slightly newer Macbook (mid 2009) running Mavericks. While doing this I will need to implant the wiped hard drive from my current Macbook (late 2007) into the target Macbook (mid 2009) in order to have enough hard disk space for my personal data. I will then conceivably need to install OS X Snow Leopard onto the disk, since my personal data is from Snow Leopard. While I have all of the personal data from my current Macbook (late 2007) backed up on time machine, I do not have an OS X Snow Leopard CD-ROM which I imagine to be required when trying to re-image a disk from a Snow Leopard time machine backup.
So, my questions are, first, will the target Mac (mid 2009) previously running mavericks accept a wiped hard drive that was previously running Snow Leopard; second, will the additional hardware of the target Mac (ram, graphics, CPU, etc.) be in the correct software condition (regarding drivers, boot data, cache, etc.) to accept personal data from Snow Leopard; and third, can I re-image the disk implanted in the target Macbook from a Time Machine backup?
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I know there are numerous posts already about whether to 'clean install' or upgrade to Snow Leopard, but I can't seem to find an answer to my question anywhere.
I have two computers that I've already upgraded to Snow Leopard - an iMac that's about a year old (with data on it that has been migrated between macs since Tiger) and a brand new MBP which is unblighted by any migrated data. The MBP seems much faster for the upgrade, but the iMac seems a little slower.
My instinct here is to erase my iMac hard drive and install Snow Leopard from scratch, which would presumably solve the sluggish performance issues.
My question is this: I have all my iMac data backed up on Time Machine. Is performing a clean install and then restoring my mac from Time Machine going to give me exactly the same problems as upgrading did? Or would it be better to selectively move data back to my iMac after a clean install?
If I need to do this the hard way (as I suspect) and selectively bring back my data to leave the junk behind, is there anything I can do before running a clean install to make this more painless?
I upgraded my MBP internal hard drive to a Samsung 1TB and it crashed for the 2nd time (will never buy another Samsung). So this time, I purchased a WD and migrated my system to the new drive sucessfully. I just wanted to see if anyone knew if the migrate function simply copies files or if it copys sectors of the hard drive. Basically I just want to know if Mac Migrate will copy the crap from the Samsung drive that might cause my new WD to act up - or if that's possible?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have a iMac with Leopard. It has Intel Core 2 Duo 3Ghz with 4G Ram. I would like to install Lion, but on the system requirement, I can read this sentence:Mac OS X 10.6..6 or later.What does it means? I should firstly migrate to 10.6.6 or 10.6.8 and then I can migrate to 10.7?
My goal was to reinstall the iMac from crash with the CD of Lion.
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I want to migrate only iPhoto and iTunes content from an older Macbook Pro to a new one, not ALL User files.
Migration assistant doesn't allow me to fine-tune the operation as much as I'd like.
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I have an iMac running on snow leopard and am thinking of getting a macbook air running on lion. Does anyone know if I can use the optical drive on my iMac to install software on the macbook air?
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I am running Snow Leopard on mac book pro and have seen a lots of bad comments about upgrading.
Is LION still not worth upgrading to?
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My Laptop is MacBook white. I am trying to update my MAC system to OX lion, but every time I download it. It stack in the middle of downloading then it stops.
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I have two Macbook Pro's; one with OS X Lion, the other with Snow Leopard. Can I transfer Lion to the Macbook with Snow Leopard?
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How do I get free Snow Leopard install DVD so I can then install LION and move to the Cloud?
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Can I install Snow Leopard while still having Lion on my Macbook Pro? I have some software that will only run on Snow Leopard but my mac came with Lion. I have a Snow Leopard install disc so was wondering if I could run both operating systems...
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downgraded from osx lion to snow leopard 10.6.3 and have no sound on my macbook white unibody (mid 2010)
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
Mac Book Pro 1.1 Core Due 1.87 GHz, 2GB RAM, with 128 Mb ATI Radeon X600 Graphics but no OS, have unfortunately lost all my original discs and the local Mac support does not stock any Tiger or Leopard installs. I have a newer MacBook pro Dual Core which is running Lion, a Mac Pro Quad Core Intel and I have a valid Lion Installation image from app store but it puts the older Macbook into kernel panic when I try to boot from that installation. i can only boot from my Macpro installation but it tells me of course that it cannot be installed.
Because of its FW 400 port I cannot TDM it directly to my newer macs and instead have to daisy chain it through an old G4 and even then a Lion installation started from the other macs through TDM results in kernel panic and a snow leopard image fails to start under lion anyway. I'm guessing it has to do with the installation versions and graphics card support but I'm not sure. Short of getting a valid Tiger Disc or Snow Leopard factory installation disc which don't seem to be available anywhere I really don't know what to do because it responds to nothing but original discs.
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MacBook Pro, There is NO OS on this MAcBook Pro
I am doing a clean install of lion from the recovery HD, is it best to migrate the data back via TM back up, or clone? I don't have any programs that i don't a have disc for, and all i want to migrate is itunes, mail, and pic files etc. I have seen where migrating when you install is better than migrating later, so i want to be sure i have a clean clone, or back up, to migrate from. I also failed to write zero's over SL when i did a clean install for Lion, so it was not so clean. So i guess my question is just, clone, or TM back for migration?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
My time machine was working perfectly with Snow Lepoard and prior to my upgrade to Lion I turned off the time machine located on an external drive.
After my successful upgrade to Lion including all my files and applications I wanted to use the Snow Leopard backup but it was no longer showing in time machine at all.
Is my Snow Leopard backup gone forever? I would like to have it back.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 13-inch, Mid 2009 - 2.53 C2D 4GB
I can't find my snow leopard disc, How do I format my MacBook Pro without it?
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I recently bought a Mid 2010 MacBook from eBay that has Lion on it. I'm trying to do a reinstall of Mac OS in order to remove an account that came on it but the restore process says that I'm not the "owner" when I type in my Apple ID. I don't have the original restore discs. I called Apple about this and they said that I could buy the retail version of Snow Leopard or buy Lion "again" in the app store but with my Apple ID.
I would think that if this computer originally shipped with Lion that I shouldn't have to buy it again, which suggests that maybe it really shipped with Snow Leopard. However, in user manual on support.apple.com for this model it talks about Lion.
I'm going to call Apple back about this but shouldn't they know based on my serial number which OS shipped with the computer?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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