Migration problem

[RgrF]

Moving stuff from a G4 running Tiger to a G5 Intel running Lion. Apps and files moved as expected but no data, library, pics, plug ins, bookmarks or preferences - nothing.

Any way to move these items?
Is the gap between 10.4 and 10.6 just to great?

Any suggestions appreciated.

[GGD]

"a G5 Intel running Lion"

I think that could be part of your problem.

[Black]

Wrong side.

[Article Accelerator]

If you're using the Migration Assistant utility to do that, it needs to be updated. Run Software Update.

[Chakravartin]

If you have nothing to preserve on the Intel Mac, try cloning from the old Mac to the new one, then installing the new OS over the old one on the clone.

[ka jowct]

GGD wrote:
"a G5 Intel running Lion"

I think that could be part of your problem.

LOL.

If you have nothing to preserve on the Intel Mac, try cloning from the old Mac to the new one, then installing the new OS over the old one on the clone.

I recently cloned a Tiger system from my G5 onto a fresh drive, then put that drive into my Mac Pro and upgraded it to Snow Leopard. It worked surprisingly well, although of course a few things were nor compatible and had to be removed. I don't think I'd want to try it with Lion, though.

If you cloned onto the "Intel G5", would you still have a Lion recovery partition? If not, how would one go about re-installing Lion?

[RgrF]

Thanks for the suggestions. Guess I'll just see if I can burn burn what I need and transfer it.

[Chakravartin]

ka jowct wrote:
If you cloned onto the "Intel G5", would you still have a Lion recovery partition? If not, how would one go about re-installing Lion?

You would still have the Lion recovery partition. The clone would replace the data on the main boot volume, not on the hidden recovery volume.

And if you were concerned, you could always use the Recovery Assistant first.