From a macbookpro to a new macbook

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:32 am

I am thinking to get a new laptop a macbook,i know there is no firewire port,but how can i transfer my programs................from my macbookpro in to a macbook?
Is posible to do it with usb?

cids · Post by **cids** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:58 am

Ethernet or WiFi... but be sure to take your time....

onslaught · Post by **onslaught** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:09 am

Yeah Ethernet. You could use Migration Assistant and directly connect the cable between the Macs. Or if you have a cloned backup, clone it to the new Mac.

vicz · Post by **vicz** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:20 am

onslaught wrote:Yeah Ethernet. You could use Migration Assistant and directly connect the cable between the Macs. Or if you have a cloned backup, clone it to the new Mac.

Often Apple has a slightly different version of OSX for new hardware, so restoring from a cc clone from an older macbook might cause problems, eg new features such as trackpad not working properly. If you have an external drive you could check first by booting from it. Otherwise you can still copy back from your cc clone then re-install OSX, providing the new macbook comes with proper install disks, of course.

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:20 am

onslaught wrote:Yeah Ethernet. You could use Migration Assistant and directly connect the cable between the Macs. Or if you have a cloned backup, clone it to the new Mac.

I have carbon copy cloner,does this works?

onslaught · Post by **onslaught** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:38 am

DJ VAKIS wrote:I have carbon copy cloner,does this works?

This should work. Make sure you have an up-to-date backup. Test via booting from the backup on the new Mac, Intel based Macs can boot from usb drives.
Though considering vicz's comment

vicz wrote:Often Apple has a slightly different version of OSX for new hardware, so restoring from a cc clone from an older macbook might cause problems, eg new features such as trackpad not working properly.

...maybe best to migrate from your backup.

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:09 am

The new "cheap" macbook has firewire.

supamonsta · Post by **supamonsta** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:03 pm

The new "cheap" macbook has firewire.

you mean the "old" white ones.

the aluminium new macbooks don't.

is is time to get "cheap" refurbished or 2nd hand "early2008 macbooks"

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:32 pm

If you have an external drive, use Time MAchine to back up to it, then connect it to your new laptop and you'll be given the option of restoring from a Time Machine back up when you first boot the new laptop. Probably the easiest way to transfer your data, and it's pretty much guaranteed to work.

jj0b · Post by **jj0b** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:08 pm

If you are getting a new computer I think it makes more sense to install everything from scratch. Even something as integrated as TimeMachine could potentially create a somewhat less stable install. It may be negligible, or it may not. Regardless, the most sure fire way to know that you have a good install is to do it yourself. There have been way to many horror stories of people upgrading and trying to transfer their whole OS over to a new computer with disaterous results. It really doesn't take that much time to install from scratch and it gives you the piece of mind that no mysterious problems are going to emerge. Just my 2 cents.

drush · Post by **drush** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:36 pm

and yes you can use migration assistant to do it over USB (in 10.5)

supamonsta · Post by **supamonsta** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:29 am

rave wrote:The white macbook was given an update yesterday. Check it out

Yes I just saw that, new NVIDIA graphic card!!!

But it is only 2 ghz processors... and 120bg HD for 949€

I'd rather get a 2,4ghz processor / 160Gb HD for just 10€ more at the refurb store!

apple sometimes sucks, IMHO, not for their computers but for their sale/design strategies...

Tom Void · Post by **Tom Void** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:41 am

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but would never dream of installing a, in some ways definattely different OS, or even critical software onto a new machine using any kind of direct transfer or back-up.

It's a 50/50 walk in the dark, so if you're a gambler those odd's are probably to your taste, but I would bite the apple, and just make a clean install of all software, no matter how much it may be.
That way no remnants of older tweaks and fixes remain and you are in for a imho stabler system.

The least complicated is then to move the static bits as images and sound files etc. using any method you like.

jj0b · Post by **jj0b** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:32 pm

Tom Void wrote:Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but would never dream of installing a, in some ways definattely different OS, or even critical software onto a new machine using any kind of direct transfer or back-up.

It's a 50/50 walk in the dark, so if you're a gambler those odd's are probably to your taste, but I would bite the apple, and just make a clean install of all software, no matter how much it may be.
That way no remnants of older tweaks and fixes remain and you are in for a imho stabler system.

The least complicated is then to move the static bits as images and sound files etc. using any method you like.

I totally agree. There is so much that can go wrong with migrating using transfer software. A lot o people run into problems when they do this. It may not be obvious problems like crashing but more insipient problems like efficiency. Definitely reccomend installing applications from scratch and just transfering over your data.