need help migrating from imac to macbook
i've updated what I can through .mac, but would like advice on the best way to migrate pics, docs, itunes music, firefox settings/bookmarks, etc. migration assistant apparently only works through a firewire connection, and I don't want to buy a firewire cable just for this.
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1. turn on personal file sharing in the system prefs>sharing on the old machine
2. get the IP of the old machine from either the network panel or the network utility.
3. Mount the computer you want to transfer the stuff from by using either the network icon or Finder > Go menu > connect to server
Note: if you just go through the network option, it sometimes doesn't use the fastest connection (it may favour wifi over ethernet for example), which is why using the IP is best.
4. basically just put the stuff in the same places it used to be on the old machine.
The itunes library you just drop into you music folder in home and itunes opens it just fine, no need to import all your tunes like a lot of people tend to do.
thanks