What is the easiest and safest way to transfer all Quicken files from one Mac to another Mac that already has Quicken on it? Firewire and target disk work?
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Depending on the size of file you could even email it to yourself or take it on a USB key if that's a necessary option - but across the network will suffice and is usually the quickest and easiest option unless the file is extremely large (>2GB or so - whenever sneaker net can be faster) Big warning however: Quicken Data files use their Resource Fork to store information. If you use a tool to move the file that does not support resource forks or copy the file to a place that does not keep resource forks around(1). The Finder, and your standard 1 - Mac OS X attempts to keep resource forks around by making a separate file with a | |||
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I can't think of another way that would be faster. Of course you need to be sure to check the Read/Write attributes of the file after the xfer. And I would run a Permissions repair after the xfer to make sure those are correct. | |||
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A single network cable should work. You should get gigabit ethernet (1000kb/s). Also, I don't believe that you need a crossover cable with gigabit. | |||
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