With the release of newPower Mac G5son Wednesday , Apple has also introduced a young system migration lineament in its Setup Assistant app to help users make the passage from their quondam figurer to the new one . It ’s plan to meliorate the copying of program , files , folder , user account information and organisation penchant from honest-to-goodness to new hardware , using FireWire to bridge a connecter .

“ One of the thing we hear from mass is that they are implicated about getting a new computing equipment because they are worried about what happens to their old data , ” Chris Bourdon , intersection managing director for Mac OS X , told MacCentral .

When you first reboot your new G5 the first matter you will be asked by the Setup Assistant is if you have an old computer you would wish to migrate information from . If you resolve yes , setup helper instruct you to punch a FireWire in from the new machine to the old one and re-start the old computer in FireWire Target Disk mode ( agree down the “ T ” key on restart ) .

Once you have restarted , Setup Assistant on the new G5 tell apart the honest-to-god figurer and dedicate you a list of available substance abuser accounts to spell including all documents , preferences , exposure , music and passwords . You are also give the option to copy over any other Indian file you may have put on the old electronic computer .

frame-up Assistant will also simulate over any applications that you installed on the honest-to-god computer . The software package has also been configured to stave off overwrite any Modern diligence with older versions .

All permission , substance abuser preferences and admin privileges are maintained during the move . And if you ’re not quick to use the system migration peter when you first get your unexampled G5 , it can be lead anytime by opening the Setup Assistant app in the Utilities booklet .

For now , this raw lineament is only available on the fresh G5s . Bourdon declined to comment on when or if it would be available in other hardware products or as a standalone product in Mac OS X.

“ It really should alleviate any concern people have about elevate their computer , ” say Bourdon .

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