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Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question
Date 2013-10-01 09:22 +1200
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <011020130922256506%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
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In article <5249117b$0$50705$c3e8da3$92d0a893@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> Here is a different slant to the original question:
> 
> Say I have a Mac with all sorts of tweeks.
> 
> Say it is at same OSX version as what a newer machine supports.
> 
> Could I not buy a new Mac when it comes out, and litterally clone the
> disk of the old MacPro onto the new machine ?
> 
> That would fully preserve my environment, no worries about recreating
> it,  changed user permissions, forgetting about tweaks I had done etc etc.

I wouldn't do that.

Technically if it's the exact same model of computer it should work,
but if there's a difference in hardware then it's possible that the old
one doesn't haven't something in the OS the new one requires - when a
new computer is released, Apple often has to tweak the OS.

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The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 08:43 -0400
  Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-09-26 13:14 +0000
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 16:43 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-09-27 09:24 +1200
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-09-27 09:49 +1200
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 17:56 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-26 19:02 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 20:20 -0400
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-26 21:52 -0400
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-28 07:43 -0400
  Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-09-26 13:53 +0000
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-09-26 08:23 -0700
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 16:55 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 17:08 -0400
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 17:26 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-09-27 09:32 +1200
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 17:55 -0400
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-09-26 16:08 -0700
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 20:22 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-09-26 15:54 -0700
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-26 19:23 -0400
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 19:29 -0400
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-09-27 19:08 +1200
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-27 03:41 -0400
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-09-27 07:44 -0700
              Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-09-28 09:37 +1200
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 16:51 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 17:08 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 17:25 -0400
  Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 10:28 -0400
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 16:52 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 17:08 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 17:25 -0400
  Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-26 15:51 -0400
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 15:59 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-26 16:08 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 16:16 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-09-26 13:19 -0700
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-09-27 09:28 +1200
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-09-26 15:47 -0700
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 17:22 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-09-27 11:01 +1200
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 20:19 -0400
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-26 22:09 -0400
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-09-27 16:31 +1200
              Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-27 00:54 -0400
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-09-29 20:33 +0200
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-09-27 14:42 +1200
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-09-29 21:02 +0200
              Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-30 01:51 -0400
                Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-01 09:22 +1200
                Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-01 12:45 +1300
  Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question billy@MIX.COM - 2013-09-26 22:51 +0000
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 18:55 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-09-29 17:02 +0200
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-29 17:44 -0400
  Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2013-09-27 08:33 +0200
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-28 07:45 -0400

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