[Ham-Mac] Lion Migration. Long..

[Dick Kriss]

> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:00:54 -0700
> From: N2FQ <n2fq at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [Ham-Mac] Lion Migration. Long..
> 
> Hello 
> , just wanted to summarize my experience migrating from Leopard on a PPC
> 
> to a new 27 Lion machine. Meaning that the new machine already came with 
> 
> Lion preinstalled.
> 

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> A format and fresh reinstall over the internet is an overnight thing.
> 
> So if you are thinking of migrating from your old ppc G5, thread carefully.
> 
> Seems rhat my old machine of 5 years is history.
> 
> Fernando N2FQ/6

Fernando N2FQ/6,

Thanks for sharing your sad experience with the Migration Asst.  I was lucky 
updating the iMac from 10.6 (Snow Leopard) to 10.7 (Lion).  No real issues 
and most of my old stuff works perfect under Lion. I did have to toss a few 
older Power PC apps that I never really used.  It has taken me a few days to 
get used to the new reverse scrolling.

I have avoided using the Apple Migration Assistant and hope I never have to 
use it. Good luck with the reinstallation of Lion. Try bringing your software to
the new Mac one app at a time. 

73 Dick AA5VU

Ps: What I consider as a annoyance in OS X 10.7 Lion is how Apple implemented 
the new Resume feature that reinstates your open apps after a Restart or Shut Down. 
There is nothing wrong with this for users that want the feature; however, Apple 
messed up the implementation of the Clean start option for the rest of us.  The only 
way you can get a normal Mac Clean start is to unCheck the newly added option in 
the Restart or Shut Down dialog boxes. The implementation problem is the check 
boxes have no memory and you have to remember to uncheck each time to get a 
Clean start.  

In my opinion, the Clean start option should have been a user selection in the System 
Preferences/General settings. Hopefully, Apple will address the Clean start option
user preference in one of the updates. Until then we have to uncheck the box on each 
Restart or Shut Down. 

FYI, others have expressed concern and there are two new Clean Reboot and 
CleanShutDown applications that can be added to the dock as  workarounds. 

http://www.gizmoblurb.com/2011/07/cleanshutdown-fighting-lions-dictatorship/