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Unravelling The MobileMess Of The MobileMe To iCloud Migration

10:30AM October 26, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

Apple is known for its ability to create products that are easy to use and even easier to understand. Too bad that ease of use doesn’t translate to their latest cloud features. Instead, they’ve seemed to have mastered the art of confusing the hell out of everyone. More »

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How To Migrate Your Facebook Account And Data To Google+

11:20AM July 27, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

You may not be ready to ditch Facebook for good, but now that you’ve had a chance to kick the tyres on Google+, you might be ready to make it your go-to social network. The problem: You’ve built up a lot of friends, photos, videos and other data on Facebook over the years, and you don’t want to simply lose all that data. Here’s how to migrate it all from Facebook to Google+. More »

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Interactive Migration Map Shows Where People Are Going—and What They’re Abandoning

9:00AM March 14, 2011 | Jack Loftus

No, a massive earthquake did not also strike the East Coast today and cause thousands of refugees to flee inland. That said, while the lines do not represent refugees, this is still a massive migration of people. More »

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How Can I Move Single Apps And Their Settings To Another Mac?

6:40PM October 5, 2010 | Whitson Gordon

Dear Lifehacker, I just got a new Mac and want to transfer a few of my old applications and preferences over. Migration Assistant seems to be an all-or-nothing deal — how can I migrate just the ones I want? Signed, Mystified by Migration More »

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Parallels Switch To Mac Edition Transfers Windows Programs For You

5:04PM August 25, 2009 | Danny Allen

Aside from letting you run Windows and OS X apps side-by-side, the latest version of Parallels has a cool migration wizard that copies Windows programs and files to the new Mac via a USB cable linking the two machines. More »

Belkin Switch-to-Mac Cable: How Hodgman Becomes Long

3:45AM November 13, 2008 | Mark Wilson

Switching to a new computer can be difficult, and the process is only exacerbated cross-platform when you need to migrate your data from XP or Vista to OS X. Belkin has responded to the hassle with their Switch-to-Mac Cable, a USB to USB dongle that comes with software tools to automate the transition.

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