Apple manual What’s Next?, Transferring Information to Your Power Mac G5

What’s Next?

You’ve done everything you need to get your Power Mac G5 up and running. The first time you turn on your computer, the Setup Assistant starts. The Setup Assistant helps you enter your Internet and email information and set up an account on your computer. If you already have another Mac, the Setup Assistant can also help you transfer files, applications, and other information from your old Mac to your new Power Mac G5.

Transferring Information to Your Power Mac G5

You can use the Setup Assistant to automatically transfer information from another Mac to your new Power Mac G5. To transfer information, make sure of the following:

•You must have a standard 6-pin to 6-pin FireWire cable.

•Your other Mac must have Mac OS X v10.1 or later installed.

•Your other Mac must have built-in FireWire and support FireWire Disk Mode.

The Setup Assistant takes you through the process of transferring your information— just follow the onscreen instructions. Transferring information to your Power Mac G5 does not affect the information on your other Mac. You can transfer:

•User accounts, including preferences and email

•Network settings, so your new computer is automatically set up to work with the same network settings as your other Mac

•Applications* so that all of the applications you used on your other Mac are now on your new Power Mac G5

•Files and folders on your hard drive and partitions. This gives you easy access to the files and folders you used on your old Mac.

*You may have to reinstall some of the applications you transfer.

If you don’t use the Setup Assistant to transfer information when you first start up your computer, you can do it later. Go to the Applications folder, open Utilities, and double- click “Setup Assistant.”

Setting up Your Power Mac G5 for the Internet

If you didn’t transfer your user account and network settings information, the Setup Assistant takes you through the process of configuring your computer and setting it up for the Internet. For home users, Internet access requires an account with an Internet service provider (ISP). Fees may apply.

•If you don’t already have an Internet account, the assistant can set you up with one.

•If you already have an Internet account, see Appendix C, “Connecting to the Internet,” on page 89 for information you’ll need to enter.

Chapter 1 Setting Up

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