Would anyone with an understanding be kind enough to summarize how to move an app with all its files and preferences to

[Black Landlord]

Here's what I think:
-copy application to application folder
-copy associated files (e.g. for bittorrent client place the torrents folder in same place as before)
-copy application's folder from user/library/application support to same place on new drive (I get confused here-- what goes in the user's library ad what goes in the root level library??)

Is there something else that needs to be done?

The goal is to launch it and have it work exactly like before.

Thanks.

[MacArtist]

Apple's Migration Assistant won't accomplish this?

Seems like it should.

[space-time]

yeah, I think it would be easier to use migration assistant or just re-install the App from scratch. I am not sure why you would insist on moving it over manually...

did you do a lot of customization that might get lost if you start fresh? many times there is a new version of the App out there, so download the latest and the greatest. And what App is is by the way? that might influence the answer.

[mattkime]

it depends upon the app. if its nice about its file placement then its easy but if its bad about its file placement then its nearly impossible. for example - Cisco VPN client keeps a number of files in /etc. annoying!

[deckeda]

I suspect you two didn't follow BL's travails with Migration Assistant a few days ago ... MA isn't in the picture for this job.

BL you have the right idea. Just mimic as best you can how the structure is set up on the iMac. When you launch the app you'll know if you've got it. But if what you want is a detailed step-by-step that'll depend on us knowing more detail and having the exact setup here perhaps.

Is not OK that you can launch the app and if necessary re-do the prefs or something else if need be?

[Black Landlord]

[quote MacArtist]Apple's Migration Assistant won't accomplish this?

Seems like it should.
No it didn't-- long story already told in other threads.

[Black Landlord]

[quote deckeda]I suspect you two didn't follow BL's travails with Migration Assistant a few days ago ... MA isn't in the picture for this job.

BL you have the right idea. Just mimic as best you can how the structure is set up on the iMac. When you launch the app you'll know if you've got it. But if what you want is a detailed step-by-step that'll depend on us knowing more detail and having the exact setup here perhaps.

Is not OK that you can launch the app and if necessary re-do the prefs or something else if need be?
Thanks, dec, that's what I was looking for.

This particular need relates more to trying to get some things set up on my macbook that were previously running on a G3 iBook. I just don't know if there is a 3rd or 4th place to look for files.

I've sort of given up on the iMac for now-- got a whole 'nuther pile of woes relating to having renamed my old user so as not to conflist with the new "main" user's name. Anyways, don't even really want to think about the iMac-- just wondering about the specific questions I posed here in the original post.

Would appreciate any answers from anyone with an understanding.

[Black Landlord]

Please add "without using Migration Assistant" to the original post . . .

[Black Landlord]

[quote space-time]yeah, I think it would be easier to use migration assistant or just re-install the App from scratch. I am not sure why you would insist on moving it over manually...

did you do a lot of customization that might get lost if you start fresh? many times there is a new version of the App out there, so download the latest and the greatest. And what App is is by the way? that might influence the answer.
Have you ever used Azureus?
Anyways, I think my original question was fairly specific-- not sure why you would need to know all this to answer, if you had an understanding of where various components used by an application lived in OSX.

[Black Landlord]

Can anyone address the mutiple library question?