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Re: transfer personal data to backup computer

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In message <rp3fhe$2219$1@adenine.netfront.net> Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> wrote:
> Jolly Roger wrote:

>> On 2020-11-18, Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> wrote:
>>>  J Burns wrote:
>>> 
>>>>  Before the internet, my personal data was documents. If my computer
>>>>  wouldn't work, I could connect my backup disk to any computer that
>>>>  could read the disk and had apps that could read the files.
>>>>  
>>>>  Now I need passwords and certificates, usernames, bookmarks,
>>>>  mailboxes, and email account info, for examples, besides my
>>>>  documents. My current Mac and my old one both run Catalina, so if my
>>>>  Mac didn't work, I could use Time Machine or a clone of my startup
>>>>  disk to give my latest personal information to the old Mac.
>>>>  
>>>>  If I upgrade to Big Sur, that will exclude my old Mac. How can I keep
>>>>  my various kinds of personal data available for my old Mac?
>>> 
>>>  Depends on kind of personal data. You can use IMAP to keep your mail
>>>  synchronized between your two computers, you can synchronize some
>>>  personal data (bookmarks, calendars, passwords etc.) via icloud - of
>>>  course assuming you're OK with putting all this into cloud. Software
>>>  preferences will be a problem, because eventually the old versions of
>>>  apps will stop understand preferences written by the new versions - I
>>>  don't think there's a way to overcome that.
>> 
>> None of this is an issue if you simply use Setup / Migration Assistant.

> For moving from older system to a newer one - sure. But OP wants to migrate
> backup made with newer system (Big Sur) to an older Mac, which cannot run Big
> Sur. Are you sure Migration Assistant won't give him the "Your Mac requires an
> upgrade before you can migrate from this source" error?


u can migrate your data between versions. There are things you will not
be able to migrate, of course (like the system, of course). Possibly not
system settings.

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transfer personal data to backup computer J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2020-11-17 22:57 -0500
  Re: transfer personal data to backup computer Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> - 2020-11-18 10:13 +0000
    Re: transfer personal data to backup computer Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2020-11-18 12:31 +0000
    Re: transfer personal data to backup computer Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-11-18 15:32 +0000
      Re: transfer personal data to backup computer Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.at.list.dot.pl> - 2020-11-18 15:44 +0000
        Re: transfer personal data to backup computer Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2020-11-18 16:29 +0000
  Re: transfer personal data to backup computer Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-11-18 15:31 +0000

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