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Re: Migrating question
In reply to JulesJ,
3 months ago
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JulesJ wrote:
Johanfoto wrote:
JulesJ wrote:
Hi. I have a new iMac and want to copy everything from my old MBP to it. It seems i can do this using the Migrate facility in Utilities. Hopefully this will clone an exact replica of everything from my old to new computer. Is this correct? My other question is this. How does this work with licences. I already have PhotoShop and LightRoom running on two computers as my licenses allow. What will haven when I migrate to my new iMac? I will then have three copies. Will I have to then de-register the ones on my old Mac and then register the copies on my new iMac, that's my guess, am I right?
Yes, the Migrate option does indeed what you think it does. You'll have a complete copy of your old Mac running in no time. You do have to take some precautions though. Lightroom isn't a problem, but Photoshop is. You have to deactivate your Photoshop copy on the old MBP before you can activate it on the new computer, because you can only activate two copies of the same license number.
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Johan
http://www.johanfoto.com
Thanks Johan, can I ask you something else? Would it be best to migrate everything automatically, programmes and data, or would it be best to load PS anew from my discs. Similarly with LR. I think though LR has the same rules as PS, and i would need to deactivate that as well before activating my copy on my new Mac surely?
Lightroom doesn't have activation. You do enter a serial number, but there is no activation info stored on an Adobe server. So even though your license states that you are not allowed to install it on more than two computers, Adobe does not physically check if that is really the case. Consequently, you won't have any problem running Lightroom on the new computer, even if you did not wipe it from the old computer yet. Photoshop does have activation and you have two activated copies right now, so you do need to deactivate that old copy before Adobe will accept the activation of the new computer. If you don't, Photoshop won't run.
In my experience that's all you need to do. Using Migration Assistant works fine on Adobe software, as long as you've dealt with the activation issue of Photoshop.
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Johan
http://www.johanfoto.com
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