From: John Varela on
On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:20:38 UTC, Michael Vilain
<vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote:

> In article <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-dWClcq9ZymdY(a)localhost>,
> "John Varela" <newlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 00:31:32 UTC, Phillip Jones
> > <pjones1(a)kimbanet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Will not copy any system applications or any apple (iWork/ iLife)
> > > applications older than on the newer OS. would bring over preferences if
> > > they are compatible will bring over files. (Such as Photos Music)
> >
> > Will not copy Apple applications NEWER than on the newer OS, either.
> > I just migrated to a new iMac and was mildly disconcerted when
> > iPhoto wouldn't display individual photos and iTunes wouldn't play
> > music. Software Update fixed that.
>
> Well, duh.

You tell it to copy applications, it looks and sees that the same
app is on both systems, it shouldn't be too hard for it to either
keep or copy the later of the two. Or offer the option. For Apple
software only, of course.

--
John Varela