Mac migration 55 Responses

Last post: 4 months, 1 week ago | Thread started: Jul 12, 08, 2:23 p.m.

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• rafalski

  I am moving my account to a new OSX installation. I know I should copy my home folder, but it's full of clutter created by many apps, a lot of which I'm not going to reinstall. I had upgraded the old installation from Tiger to Leopard (which usually leaves some leftover files) and this time would like to start as clean as I can.
  What do I copy then? What about fonts (Linotype Font Explorer Managed)?

  Jul 12, 08, 2:23 p.m. – Permalink

• ismith

  I always use times like this to start fresh. That means only copying over my portfolio, media (music, movies, etc), and a few folders from ~/Library/Application Support (which is where your Adobe CS swatches are, as well as Apple Pro loops, etc). Additionally, you might want to save your mailboxes (~/Library/Mail), Safari bookmarks (~/Library/Safari), and Quicktime plug-ins (~/Library/Quicktime and ~/Library/Internet Plugins).

  • Basically, dump the Preferences folder but maybe save anything else in ~/Library– ismith

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 08, 2:52 p.m. – Permalink

• rafalski

  I added a few QuickView plugins, will have to make sure I keep these.
  http://www.quicklookplugins.com

  • Those are probably in ~/Library/QuickLook– ismith

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 08, 2:57 p.m. – Permalink

• ismith

  Oh, and do remember that depending on whether you installed 'For this user only' or 'For all users on this computer', your important bits could either be in your user Library (~/Library) or your drive library (./Library)

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 08, 3:02 p.m. – Permalink

• rafalski

  thanks ismith.. I think I'll keep the old drive as the main backup drive for some time, just in case I forget something

  • It's a good idea unless you have a very specific idea of what you need. Just remember that pretty much everything important is in a Library– ismith1/3

    important is in a Library folder.– ismith2/3

    haha it's good to know how to read excess text in these notes :)– rafalski3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 08, 3:09 p.m. – Permalink

• rafalski

  I'll have an eye on the Library folders.. keeping in mind that probably quite a lot of the clutter will be there.

  • The most clutter will be in the Preferences folder, and App Support will have stuff from long-ago uninstalled apps.– ismith

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 08, 3:15 p.m. – Permalink