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mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:40 am
by deviant
Hi all,,,,
Had a bit of a scout and couldn't find the answer to my woes....
I got a new macbook pro 13" a few days ago, due to my old macbook pro (1st gen 15") dying.
I have removed the HDD from the old machine (which wouldn't even turn on).
I plugged the HDD into my PC (running windows 7) and it works (using macdrive 8 ). Now I would like to use migration assistant to get my apps and files from the disk. I have shared the disk and I can see it in finder on my new mac. However, when I run migration assistant on the machine and choose (from time machine or other disk) it doesn't find the virtual drive, or any drives for that matter.
How do I get all my stuff onto the new machine without having to painstakingly copy everything manually?
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:46 am
by quick
Best Answer Selected By Users
Buy a PC
sorry... i had to
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:47 am
by huge
chuck the HDD into a 2.5" enclosure or get a sata->usb unit and plug it into your new mac.
also, migration assistant bad news. take the opportunity to start fresh!
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:48 am
by deviant
I bought a cheap enclusure.... didn't work
If you think migration is a bad idea then I guess I can just transfer the files manually with the way it's set up now.
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:49 am
by retzie
Migration Assistant is shit. Copy manually ftw.
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:49 am
by deviant
just that installing all my apps is going to be a pain in the ring piece
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:57 am
by huge
harden up dan.
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:05 am
by deviant
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:11 am
by retzie
Yep, just like that.
Good opportunity to cut out the dead wood. When Migration Assistant fucked out on mine, it meant I left a bunch of useless shit on the old lappy. New start ftw.
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:11 am
by huge
you wouldnt last 5 mins in the big bad world of IT.
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:16 am
by deviant
4 years and ~250GB of stuff makes me feel sad inside... will take days to sort through it all
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:18 am
by huge
lol. you'll survive mate.
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:18 am
by Hardy
Send Steve Jobs a turd in the post.
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:19 am
by quick
but its always on the HD, u shouldn't need to transfer much at all at first... or ever...
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:19 am
by retzie
Don't reckon I could work in IT. I went downstairs to the IT department the other day and the poor dears almost died of whiplash at the mere sound of my lady-shoes.
Would be too cruel tbh
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:29 am
by deviant
quick wrote:but its always on the HD, u shouldn't need to transfer much at all at first... or ever...
wah?
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:32 am
by quick
all the stuff u want that is on old mac HDD will still be there, so u can transfer if/when u need it, so i doesn't have to be a pain in the ass now...
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:56 am
by deviant
oh yeah, I guess....
I need music and traktor this friday.... the rest can wait
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:56 am
by Lizkins
just send it to Squiz (cos he is not working and hasn't done...for how many months Squiz?
), along with a crack pipe and some filler...will be done in a day ez
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:01 am
by quick
bitch talks sense yo
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:02 am
by Lizkins
bitches always be talkin sense yo
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:03 am
by Hardy
fucking LOL!
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:06 am
by quick
u be my bottom bitch smiz
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:10 am
by Lizkins
who gets top bitch? oh wait, Badger right, he always be gunning for top bitch
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:11 am
by quick
na, bottom bitch is top bitch yo... u ownz that spot
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:21 am
by JAMESSSS
I think your old mac died because of your faggotry with regards to computer migration.
It's time to accept that so you can move on.
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:22 am
by system
bitches be o/t.
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:23 am
by ghetto kitty
good thread!
but tbh ive used migration assistant 3 times with old to new pooters and never had a problem...
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:34 am
by Lizkins
post needed more bitches GK. get wid da bitch program yo
i be Squiz's top bottom bitch yo. don't be messin
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:35 am
by quick
dats right
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:39 am
by ghetto kitty
get that wet cat out of your sig squirrel bitch!
im the only kitty here.
bitchin'
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:41 am
by quick
but i love wet pussy
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alright... i was waiting for it... and it wasn't even that good
Re: mac help!
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:08 pm
by Hardy
How moist is that cat! Soggy as fark!