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This failed and we had to update to OS X Lion Beta to make it work.

We installed OS X on the empty SSD using the Apple provided installation DVD. We tried to use the old Seagate drive which had OS X Lion Beta on it as the source and the version of OS X Snow Leopard that came with the MacBook Pro we were using.

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You cannot restore material from a newer version of OS X to an older installation of Mac OS X.

A machine running OS X or an OS X installation disk.

An external or second hard drive with either a Time Machine backup or an installation of OS X.

Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection to migrate over a network or between machines in an ad hoc connection.

In order to Migrate your data you will need one of the following:

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Seasoned Mac users know that this tool migrates your data quickly and conveniently, but those who switched from the Microsoft Windows environment will find this tool easier to use than Windows Easy Transfer, the Windows equivalent. We are testing an MCE Optibay 2.5РІР‚С– notebook to SuperDrive adapterР’В and this led us to the Migration Assistant.

In our case we replaced a Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid hard drive with an OCZ Agility II 128GB SSD. After running the utility, use something like SugarSync for ongoing sync. You wonРІР‚в„ўt want to sync between two computers repeatedly using Migration Assistant, but this is a good option to get the process started. Use Migration Assistant if you replace your hard drive, get a new computer, or want all of the files and programs used on one computer on another. Without the OS X utility, this process takes a day to do manually. Wee prepared the SSD in the MacBook Pro with all of our data moved from the old hard drive and it only took a couple of hours. We decided to share what we learned in this process. When we replaced the hard drive in a MacBook Pro with a 128GB SSD the process took far less time that it would have otherwise. A direct computer to computer dupe.The OS X Migration Assistant can help you move data to a new hard drive in a fraction of the time it would take to do manually. I then dragged the data files from the desktop to the laptop via ethernet connection. Is that the question, SteveC100? Or am I simply too late to the discussion? I think the question is, where are the presets for things like like document and printer preferences stored and what is the best way to get them from one machine to the other? I also think that, if one's system harbors any lurking corruption, it will be transferred. It implies a misleading assurance of ease and accuracy, in my experience. I have personally never found Migration Assistant to be a reliable method of transferring files or software.

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But, if needed, I could deactivate the software on one or both computers WITHOUT UNINSTALLING (say, if I want to install it and run it on a third machine) and activate it on another.

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Since the license includes two machines, both are good to go. The software is now installed and activated on both machines. I simply installed ALL my software from the original disks onto the new MacBookPro. I didn't uninstall or deactivate my Adobe software. For the sake of clarity, I'm going to use the term 'transfer,' for moving files from one machine to another and 'migrate ' for the process employed by Mac's 'Migration Asst.' I'm wondering if the word, 'migrate,' is hanging us up here. If you are referring to various custom swatches, palettes, joboptions, etc., those should be saved prior to your uninstallation of your software and then copied back to the same locations after you install the software on your new system. However make sure you aren't storing documents or placed graphics in the directories in which the Adobe software itself is installed!!!) In terms of program preferences, those are not officially documented or moveable from one system to another. (Note that uninstalling Adobe software does not delete the data files you have created with the software. If the graphics are embedded in your documents, there is nothing to worry about as those are moved as data from one system to another. Just make sure that they are in the same directory structure on the new system as on the old system. In terms of graphics you are using, if they are placed graphics (i.e., external files), those would migrate from one system to another as data. Otherwise, if you really need it, install that on the new system first prior to installing CS5.5.

Why do you need the CS4 version of Dreamweaver? Is there some compatibility issue that you are addressing by keeping that installed or using it or is it more a fear of something like that? If just fear, I would personally just move on and not try to install that on the new system. Run one of the CS programs (any one will do other than Acrobat).

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