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19Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go
To set up your Mac Pro:
1 InSetupAssistant,followtheonscreeninstructionsuntilyougettothe“Transfer
InformationtoThisMac”screen.
2 Doabasicsetup,asetupwithmigration,ortransferinformationfromaTimeMachine
backuporotherdisc:
 To do a basic setup,select“Don’ttransfernow”andclickContinue.Followthe
remainingpromptstoselectyourwirelessnetwork,setupanaccount,andexit
SetupAssistant.
 To do a setup with migration,select“FromanotherMacorPC”andclickContinue.
FollowtheonscreeninstructionstoselecttheMacorPCyouwanttomigrate
informationfrom.YourMacorPCmustbeonthesamewiredorwirelessnetwork.
YoucanalsoconnectanotherMacbyusingaFireWirecableandthenrestarting
itintargetdiskmode.TorestartaMacintargetdiskmode,restartthecomputer
whileholdingdowntheTkey.AfterselectingyourMacorPC,followtheonscreen
directionsformigratinginformation.
 To transfer information from a Time Machine backup or another disk,select“Froma
TimeMachinebackuporotherdisk”andclickContinue.Selectthebackuporthe
otherdiskthatyouwanttomigrateinformationfrom,andclickContinue.Followthe
onscreendirectionsfortransferringtheinformation.
Ifyoudon’tintendtokeeporuseyourothercomputer,it’sbesttodeauthorizeitfrom
playingmusic,videos,oraudiobooksthatyou’vepurchasedfromtheiTunesStore.
Deauthorizingacomputerpreventsanysongs,videos,oraudiobooksyou’vepurchased
frombeingplayedbysomeoneelse,andfreesupanotherauthorizationforuse.For
informationaboutdeauthorizing,chooseiTunesHelpfromtheHelpmenuiniTunes.