Well, I want to agree with Brad and Jason. It's essentially what I'm planning to do sometime next spring when the (hopefully) M3 laptops are released.
I do have some caveats, however. For instance this next time around I plan to rely a bit more on folders even for grouping applications. I am slowly, ever so slowly learning to use Native Instruments. But, I hate the way NI simply installed itself at /Applications. I plan to push my reinstall of NI into a "Native Instruments" folder just to help me manage things more efficiently. I'll probably do something similar with all the Google docs I'll inevitably also install. What I'm unsure about is how to manage the sound fonts that I will be adding. iCloud would be inefficient for those--yet that seems to be where they ended up on the first go around (on my 2020 era Intel Mini). One option I'm mulling is a fast external drive with 4, or maybe even more Tb. That would keep those all important data files available to any Mac I might use with NI--even the old Intel Mini! The only remaining issue I see so far is how to bring over the various specific configurations I have created over the years. Much as I would like the ease of simply restoring them, I suspect the smarter move is to simply accept the time commitment required to configure the new machine app by app starting with some of the fundamentals like Internet settings, then ssh (and related security). Frankly I have not always done this, because it does take time. My three current Linux machines all contain configurations copied across multiple installs of multiple Linux versions going back a good 20 years. I'm convinced some of the problems I have on those systems, while not numerous, are nevertheless hidden somewhere in all those upgrades. Best, Janina Bradford Snyder writes: > I do the same. > I believe a clean start is the best way to go. > I also keep my important documents in iCloud, and once I sign into my Apple > ID account, all my stuff is there. > I also use Dropbox, but that is mostly how I exchange files with various > groups with which I collaborate. > Then, I install any applications I have previously purchased from the Mac > AppStore, and do a clean install of other applications I have acquired from > other sources. > One thing I never do, is set up a new Mac from a Time Machine backup. I > believe doing this creates more problems than it solves. > And absolutely never set up a new Mac with Apple Silicon, from a Time Machine > backup from an Intel Mac. > Every person I have known to have done this, has rendered their new Mac > unusable, and ended up returning the new Mac to Apple. > > - Brad - > > > > On Oct 27, 2022, at 19:09, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > When I bought my 14-inch MacBook Pro, I started afresh. I copied over > important files, but I installed all of the software new. > > > On Oct 27, 2022, at 18:28, Herbie Allen <herbie.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I would use a service like Dropbox or iCloud and store all your documents > > there. You could also use an external drive. > > > >> On Oct 27, 2022, at 15:49, Agent086b <agent0...@internode.on.net> wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> I am about to purchase a new iMac. 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