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Apple Releases Migration and DVD/CD Sharing Update

Thursday October 16, 2008 10:03 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
Apple today released Migration and DVD/CD Sharing Update, which is "recommended for all users and provides enhanced customization capabilities and improved performance for migration over FireWire, ethernet, and wireless networks." According to the accompanying support article, the update installs several utilities:

This update includes the previously released DVD or CD Sharing Setup Update 1.0 software to allow the computer it is installed on to act as an optical drive "host" for MacBook Air computers.

For Mac OS X 10.4.11, this update installs:
- Migration Assistant 1.0.6
- Mac OS X Remote Install 1.1 (located in /Applications/Utilities)
- DVD or CD Sharing (located in the Sharing System preferences panel)

For Mac OS X 10.5.5, this update installs:
- Migration Assistant 1.2.3
- Mac OS X Remote Install 1.1 (located in /Applications/Utilities)
- DVD or CD Sharing (located in the Sharing System preferences panel)

In a separate support article addressing errors in migrating to the new "Late 2008" aluminum MacBooks and MacBook Pros, Apple recommends installing this update on both computers involved in the migration.

The update weighs in at 40.3 MB and requires OS X 10.4.11 or 10.5.5.
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Eidorian
43 months ago
R.I.P. Target Disk Mode
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Wes1731
43 months ago

R.I.P. Target Disk Mode


wait a second. are you saying they've taken target disk mode away?
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Eidorian
43 months ago

wait a second. are you saying they've taken target disk mode away?

Ethernet transfer capabilities are improved on this version. I gave it a trial run.

Given what's happening on the MacBook, I fear for Target Disk Mode. I can't tell you how many times Target Disk Mode has saved me as a Mac administrator.
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willjax
43 months ago
I picked myself up the 2.4 Ghz MacBook, got it yesterday (17th in AUS, couldn't believe I ordered it 16th @ 10am, the day they were released here, and got it in less than 24hrs).

I used the migration assistant via ethernet to transfer all my data, settings etc from my old Blackbook to the new one, worked first go perfectly. Not sure how long it would have taken if it had firewire, but it took about 2 hrs to transfer approx 100Gbs.
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OS X Dude
43 months ago
given that we'll now have to migrate our shizzle over ethernet if we next upgrade to a MacBook, do you still activate that with the Command-T combo on startup?
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richard.mac
43 months ago

I picked myself up the 2.4 Ghz MacBook, got it yesterday (17th in AUS, couldn't believe I ordered it 16th @ 10am, the day they were released here, and got it in less than 24hrs).

I used the migration assistant via ethernet to transfer all my data, settings etc from my old Blackbook to the new one, worked first go perfectly. Not sure how long it would have taken if it had firewire, but it took about 2 hrs to transfer approx 100Gbs.


Gigabit ethernet is theoretically one and a quarter times faster than Firewire 800 so it wouldve only taken approx half an hour longer.
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Eidorian
43 months ago

I picked myself up the 2.4 Ghz MacBook, got it yesterday (17th in AUS, couldn't believe I ordered it 16th @ 10am, the day they were released here, and got it in less than 24hrs).

I used the migration assistant via ethernet to transfer all my data, settings etc from my old Blackbook to the new one, worked first go perfectly. Not sure how long it would have taken if it had firewire, but it took about 2 hrs to transfer approx 100Gbs.

I've read the manual for the MacBook but they don't really cover how you migrate over Ethernet. Can you elaborate a little more on it?

It looks like you establish a secure link between the two Macs by using Migration Assistant on the other machine as well.
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soLoredd
43 months ago
Is it as easy as using Target Disk mode, where we just plug in the ethernet cable, go into Migration Assistant, and it does the rest? Or do we have to make sure the IPs and all that crap are correct?
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Eidorian
43 months ago

Is it as easy as using Target Disk mode, where we just plug in the ethernet cable, go into Migration Assistant, and it does the rest? Or do we have to make sure the IPs and all that crap are correct?

There's some uPnP magic (Bonjour) and pairing that goes on. The Macs are actively trying to seek each other over Ethernet or wireless.
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FLAVAH
43 months ago
i love target disk mode, im not planning on getting a new mb or mbp anytime soon, but when i do, i hope they have something better in place if theyre replacing it.
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