Wih the backups in place wait until the current machine breaks. For the vast majority of whatt people do that machine is fine, which can also be said for an osx older then that one.
The constant urge to have the latest beyond what one needs has always been in my mind somewhat irrational. On Tue, 30 Jan 2018, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hello, > I am currently using the latest El Capitan 10.11.6 on a late 2008 iMac which > alas will not support any more recent Mac OS releases. > It is becoming apparent that some time soon I will have to replace this aged > iMac with a new one, probably the model with a 20 inch display and a 255 GB > solid state disk drive. On my current iMac I run time machine to an external > hard disk drive and also du periodic SuperDuper backups to the external disk > drive and also to a USB memory stick.. > I am put off from replacing my aged iMac by the thought of migrating all my > data and applications. In addition to the obvious user files I have a lot of > contacts, an extensive calendar, lots of iBooks and iTunes files, Safari > bookmarks, passwords and secure notes in 1 password, Infovox voices, VMware > fusion and a Windows 7 virtual machine, and difficult to remember preferences > for some of my Apps. Rather than migrate everything it would be a good > opportunity to get rid of now unwanted Apps and to start as many Apps as > possible with a clean slate. > So how should I best do this migration in a VoiceOver friendly way? > Best regards... > > Paul Hopewell > > -- XB -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
