Switching Macs - 1Password
Apple are taking back my troublesome Mac Pro tomorrow and I should be receiving a replacement in about a week. My original plan was to migrate everything to the new computer using Time Machine but I just wondered if there is anything particular I need to bear in mind as far as 1Password is concerned? With so much information stored in 1Password I don't want to face problems accessing passwords etc when setting up the new machine.
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In exactly the same way when I tried to start 1Password it demanded my Apple password because it was purchased from MAS and again I needed to obtain this from my other Mac. My point here is that I could have found myself in a sticky situation here had I not also had 1Password installed on another Mac.
Following on from this I thought I would look at Knox but found the images couldn't be opened because the sparse bundles cannot be recognised so there again there could potentially be real problems.
Most things seem to have worked well but I'm just going through it all one application at a time to see what works and it isn't the seamless migration I expected. I was surprised to find that my firewall was switched off by default as was filevault, both of which were previously activated. Also for some strange reason my OS had gone back to 10.7.2, even though I had been operating 10.7.3.
On a side note those sparse bundles with Knox still have problems and cannot be recognised. It's late now but I'll take another look tomorrow.
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I always do a clean install and only transfer over the information I require from a backup on an as-needed basis. In the case of 1Password, I simply install Dropbox, let it finish syncing, and then fire up 1Password as I mentioned above. This does require you to log into your Dropbox account. If you aren't syncing with 1Password on your iPhone to look up the Login there, you can always use 1PasswordAnywhere with the backup of your data file (located on your other Mac or external drive).
Restoring from a Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! clone is also a workable solution.
Please do contact us directly about the Knox issue. We may need to see some logs.
In the past I've always done a clean install because it appeared to make sense and to an extent it does, but in practice I spend ages installing apps and bringing over user data from the previous computer, so ultimately I lose a day or two just getting back to where I was and wondering if I've missed something important.
Thanks for the tip about 1PasswordAnywhere. I shall definitely investigate that and I'll send in the log for Knox as well to see if we can work out what is happening. I use Knox as a backup for original data that is then stored on DropBox, so in this instance I think I'm covered but had I stored everything directly inside those sparse bundles I might have been sweating now. The odd part is that a couple open just fine but the others can't be recognised.
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Ashley
PS I'm frequently finding it quite difficult connecting to this forum as though the server is overloaded or there is DNS issue.
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As far as the forum connectivity, I wonder if it is something particular to your location. I'm in here quite a bit (from LA) and have no troubles. Next time you notice trouble, you might check http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/forum.agilebits.com
You could also try this in the terminal:
Thats also my preferred method never much like Migration assistant because of issues like mentioned here.
I had a similar issue a while back using opendns servers. Consequently the issue has not shown itself in a few months. East coast US here.
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Also, these forums are hosted on a completely different server from www.agilebits.com, so any connectivity issues on one are likely unrelated to the other.
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