Outstanding Yuma and very good info. I'd say overall things are running pretty smooth considering I did a partial migration. I did not pull everything over and I'm seeing fewer "busy" messages. Well except with Server Admin, but I think it is actually doing something albeit a bit slow. :)
On Jan 28, 2012, at 7:58 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > Well actually, if you tried it on a system that's been running for a while, > you'll see that a lot of little things fix themselves and the speed is > relatively increased. Downside being restoring all the preferences to your > like, especially voice over prefs which to me are the majority. Also, any > licensed application you might have baught requires re entering the license > key. > > In the event though that you might end up in a chinese head twister, don't > try to fix it, blow it off and restart fresh. > > To make the process less painful, you can save the important preferences > provided they aren't corrupt and restore them after wipeout and reboot. > > Your preferences are on two folders on the system: > > /Library/Preferences/ > > And ~/Library/Preferences including the byhost folder. > > So say you backup com.apple.voiceover.plist and some others you might want to > keep and it's all good. Once reloaded, license keys entered etc, which can be > done via keeping the plists of the with the important difference that all > your keychains, network prefs, mail accounts, itunes etc are all kept safely > as they were beforehand. > Except said applications, the system is running just as if it was deployed > brand new from a netboot image. > > A do shell script to facilitate the backing up and restoring is easy to > write, you just need to know and isolate those plists that you want backed up > and voilà. > > > > On 29/01/2012, at 1:35 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Hmmm, now that is a rather interesting idea. Blowing everything away sounds >> like it would take a little work since I'm sure there is stuff scatter in a >> few places. :) >> ALthough a fine idea to get things sorted. WGM is certainly working a bit >> better for me. Btw, the WGM REmote app you referred to. I see it is for 10.5 >> and 10.6, but does not mention 10.7, so does it work well for 10.7? >> >> Thanks, >> On Jan 28, 2012, at 3:33 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: >> >>> Ok, sounds like calling is a good alternative. >>> >>> I figured that isolating the culprit by identifying its process and >>> deleteing the relevant plist helps a great deal each time. If you can't >>> isolate it, you can also delete all the preferences, however that means >>> everything would have to be reconfigured to your liking. >>> >>> Thinlking of doing a do shell script that restores all preferences but i'm >>> on other stuff right now :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 28/01/2012, at 11:52 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Yuma, I have not had any problems with the Server app crashing yet. I >>>> did find a really weird problem when trying to edit the host name of my >>>> machine and setup the interface. Trying to click apply caused that button >>>> and the cancel button to go dim and I could not do a damned thing. Server >>>> did not crash, but it sure as hell got stuck and had to be force quit. >>>> So, hopefully they will improve things. I ended up calling APple about the >>>> problem and they spent a really long time trying to figure out the problem >>>> and eventually decided they did not know. However, they helped fix the >>>> problem in the end. I have to give them credit, they really do try to help >>>> to the best of their ability and they actually know their stuff. So, it is >>>> hard to say if there is a bug here or something completely different. >>>> >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> On Jan 28, 2012, at 5:42 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote: >>>> >>>>> Haha, >>>>> Yep they did mislabel users and groups editing buttons. The issue here is >>>>> taht wgm as a server admin tool probably got discontinued since they want >>>>> it all through their crashy all in one server app which i wish i would >>>>> never use, but not the case. >>>>> >>>>> The wgm app is pretty good, efficient and all. Just make sure your dns is >>>>> set up right and you're cool doing stuff on your server from wherever >>>>> >>>>> Yuma >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 28/01/2012, at 11:38 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey Yuma the drag and drop ain't working, so I might just have to try >>>>>> that app. :) That or bug my wife into helping, but that is not a >>>>>> solution. I did discover that someone at APple mislabeled a couple of >>>>>> buttons in the WGM application. :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Scott >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 27, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey Scott, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There was a method for specifically opening the users and groups pop up >>>>>>> window and select them around but i haven't used it since i use the >>>>>>> workgroup manager app on my iphone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> However you can probably try voice over's drag and drop? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yuma >>>>>>> On 28/01/2012, at 1:20 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hey Yuma, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Is there an easy way to add users to a group? 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