Migrating from an older to new computer.

[felix5616]

I have an 8 year old MAC G5 that is painfully slow are photoshop. It does however have my HPZ3200 software as well as software for my IQ3 smart scanner. If i buy a new 12 core mac computer can i simply move all my photoshop and HP files to the new computer and use my old computer for scanning only? Is it as simple as moving files or will i be required to load everything from scratch to the new MAC?

[kaelaria]

The OSX Migrate tool is painless, everything just moves.

[RobSaecker]

The Migration Assistant is great, but you need to make sure all your software is capable of running on Intel processors. Any old PPC only apps won't run on a new machine.

[Rhossydd]

The Migration Assistant is great, but you need to make sure all your software is capable of running on Intel processors. Any old PPC only apps won't run on a new machine.

You'll also need to check that drivers for the hardware are available for the new OS

[kaelaria]

It still migrates fine, you have to upgrade anything regardless of the migration method.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1963?viewlocale=en_US

[elolaugesen]

some more..   I was  concerned about the G5 to Intel  but here is a very new support document for your move..covers moving to Intel machines...

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2295

cheers elo

[felix5616]

I have an apple G5 power pc and want to get a new imac(dec). i am interested in moving my HP Z3200 files and adobe photoshop cs5 to the IMAC