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From: AES on 30 Jan 2010 11:59
Thanks to David Empson for all the good advice appended below.

Original problem was a bit of spilled coffee creating an intermittent
stuck key on a single-user Leopard MacBook Pro. The Pro could still be
operated some of the time from an external USB keyboard and mouse --
until the "X" key would suddenly begin emitting an endless string of
keystrokes.

Simplest temporary fix turned out to be creating a new account for the
Pro's owner on an available Tiger MacBook that was already loaded with
more or less the same suite of apps; restarting the Pro in Target Disk
mode; connecting it to the Tiger MacBook; and finding and copying over
form the Pro to the Tiger MacBook the user's immediately needed data
files (e.g., the Pro user's Eudora Folder and settings, which worked
fine once copied over to the Tiger MacBook).

More sophisticated solutions weren't needed, so weren't tried.


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In article <1jd45xc.16gu5oqezb74kN%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>,
dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

> AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote:
>
> > In article <280120102026304823%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>,
> > nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <siegman-493DB3.17182728012010(a)news.stanford.edu>, AES
> > > <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > * Could I maybe reboot my Tiger MacBook from the Leopard system on her
> > > > MacBook Pro still operating in Target Disk mode, and essentially provide
> > > > her with all her own files and apps?
> > >
> > > that should work.
> > > >
> > > > Again, what steps?
> > >
> > > hold down option when booting and pick the firewire target drive.
> >
> > THANKS --
> >
> > Or, afterthought, create an account for her on my Tiger MacBook -- maybe
> > by just dragging her entire user folder (her "little house", as she
> > calls it) from Leopard Target Disk to the Users folder on my Tiger
> > MacBook?
>
> No, that won't work. You can't "downgrade" a user account to run on an
> older major version of Mac OS X, due to changes between versions in
> various files in the Library folder, particularly for Address Book, iCal
> and Mail. There could be many other issues. In short, don't try to copy
> the Library folder.
>
> You can copy document files from elsewhere in her home folder.
>
> As you are using Eudora, that simplifies things - no Mail to worry
> about.
>
> Address Book can be dealt with by booting into Leopard, exporting her
> contacts as a group vCard and importing it in Address Book in Tiger.
>
> iCal has a similar export/import mechanism. You can at least export an
> individual calendar as a .ics file. I haven't tried "downgrading" iCal
> this way.
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