Migration assistant Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

To migrate or not to migrate: that is the upgrade question

by Erica Sadun (Nov 7th, 2012)

Face it, a simple migration saves you lots of work. Apple's Migration Assistant transfers information when you set up your new Mac, letting you retain all your preferences and passwords on your new system. You pick up one one machine where you left off on another. So why do so many of us here at ...

Apple updates Migration Assistant for Leopard-to-Lion compatibility

by Mike Schramm (Aug 10th, 2011)

Apple previously updated its Migration Assistant app for compatibility between Lion and Snow Leopard, and now here's the original Leopard update. The Migration Assistant Update for Mac OS X Leopard smooths out the transfer from a Leopard Mac to one running with the newest Lion OS, making sure ...

Migration Assistant Update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard released

by Chris Rawson (Jul 19th, 2011)

On the eve of the launch of OS X Lion, Apple has released a Migration Assistant update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard. The 714 KB update issues the following fix: This update addresses an issue with the Migration Assistant application in Mac OS X Snow Leopard that prevents transfer of your ...

Ask TUAW: Spring Has Sprung Edition

by Ask TUAW (Mar 24th, 2011)

Hello all! Welcome to the 'Spring has Sprung' edition of Ask TUAW, your favorite question-and-answer column. Now that many of you have your iPad 2s/are in line to get them/hope to see them show up eventually, we'll be answering some questions (and not answering others, because sometimes even Ask ...

Ask TUAW Video Edition: Migration Assistant

by Justin Esgar (Mar 22nd, 2011)

Today we discuss the Mac OS X Migration Assistant. Joe asks, "What's the best way to transfer my old data on my old MacBook to my new MacBook Pro without erasing new software on the MBP like the new iLife suite?" Well Joe, you and many other TUAW readers are going to learn about the Migration ...

Ask TUAW: Emptying the trash, migration assistant, Safari bookmarks, Mac mini server and more

by Chris Ullrich (Oct 21st, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about the Trash, Migration Assistant, Safari Bookmarks, Mac mini Server, Windows and Mac file sharing and more. As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next week should ...

Ask TUAW: More migration, expanding Apple's Dictionary, syncing iPhone notes, and more

by Mat Lu (Aug 19th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column! This time we've got more questions on migrating user data when upgrading to Snow Leopard, expanding Apple's built-in Dictionary application, accessing iPhone notes without Mail.app, and more. As always, your suggestions and ...

Ask TUAW: Recovering video files, moving from an old Mac to a new one, MobileMe Sync and more

by Chris Ullrich (Aug 12th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we've got questions about recovering video files from a corrupt SDHC card, transferring files from an old Mac to a new one, MobileMe sync, virtual machines and more. As always, your suggestions and questions are ...

Ask TUAW: Migration, syncing, backing up, and more

by Mat Lu (Aug 5th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column! This time we've got questions on migrating to a new Mac, using a Time Capsule for wireless backup, speeding up podcasts, syncing two Macs, and more. As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Questions for next ...

Ask TUAW: AirPort Extreme bridge, iTunes smart playlists, USB drive backup, and more

by Mat Lu (Jul 30th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column! This time we've got questions on using an AirPort Extreme as a wireless to ethernet bridge, automatically backing up a USB flash drive, building smart playlists in iTunes, migrating an iTunes Library and more. As always, your ...

Migrating to a new Mac - say hello to a Mac Switcher

by Jason Clarke (Aug 30th, 2007)

Well, what better way to introduce myself but to sing the praises of the almighty Mac! I'm Jason Clarke, and I'm brand new to TUAW, although I've been writing over on sister-site Download Squad for a couple of years now. I was also briefly the lead blogger for The Unofficial Microsoft Weblog, until ...

Ask TUAW: iPhone alerts, Migration Assistant, annoying coworkers and more

by Chris Ullrich (Jul 11th, 2007)

Welcome to this week's edition of Ask TUAW. As you probably know from last week's column, Mat Lu, your favorite TUAW answer-man, is on vacation and this week I'm here to try and fill his very large shoes. We'll see how that goes but I feel optimistic. Remember, if you want to ask us a question here ...