MIgrating Apple Mail

[graylocks]

i have begun the process of moving my main activity from my G4 Mini to my iMac 21.5. i have run Migration Assistant. first up is getting Mail up to speed. how do i get my former Mail mail and rules into the iMac mail? i was hoping MA would do that automagically but apparently not.

also, i had my iTunes Library on an external hard drive. how do i get that into the iMac iTunes now that i have gobs of storage and no longer need to keep the library elsewhere?

[JEBB]

I used MA to move my files and apps from a G4 PB with 10.4.11 to a MacBook with 10.6.2 without major problems. I had no problems with mail. The only things I did ahead was run Cocktail and repaired permissions. There were some programs that didn't work with10.6.

[DewGuy]

For your iTunes library, (I assume you haven't used iTunes on the iMac) I believe you can copy your iTunes library in its entirety from the external to Music/iTunes in your user directory and once you start iTunes everything will be good to go. Probably should Repair Permissions before starting iTunes just to be safe.

[graylocks]

DewGuy wrote:
For your iTunes library, (I assume you haven't used iTunes on the iMac) I believe you can copy your iTunes library in its entirety from the external to Music/iTunes in your user directory and once you start iTunes everything will be good to go. Probably should Repair Permissions before starting iTunes just to be safe.

yes, i've deliberately NOT opened iTunes on the new Mac so i'll use your suggestion. i had to google elsewhere to accomplish the Mail migrate and i figured out on my own how to move my iPhoto library.

[DewGuy]

graylocks wrote:
yes, i've deliberately NOT opened iTunes on the new Mac so i'll use your suggestion. i had to google elsewhere to accomplish the Mail migrate and i figured out on my own how to move my iPhoto library.

For your iPhoto library I believe you can copy it in its entirety (it's a package file) to the Pictures folder in your user directory and once you start iPhoto everything will be good to go. Once again probably should Repair Permissions before starting iPhoto just to be safe.