Moving to New Mac Mini

[Tom Yarmas]

Actually, as long as the folder containing XTension and XTdb are moved as well, it yes you can. It just works when moved together since the database is stored in the folder with the program.

I did exactly this over the weekend. Bought a late 2011 Mac mini. Setup the OS, put it on the network and copied the XTension folder over after shutting down XTension (the old Mac had Xtension and XTdb in the same folder in the Applications folder). Everything came right up on the “new” Mini, as is. The 2 exceptions were that XTdb graphs were missing and my camera setups for Video Pitcher were missing.

The keys are stored in the database as far as I know, so as long as you have the databases, you should be good to go.

I guess there are situations where the databases may be in a separate folder. I presume that if you put them back in the same place on the new Mac, you will be good. 

-tom

> On Mar 14, 2021, at 8:26 PM, John E Gniewkowski <jgniewkowski at live.com> wrote:
> 
> Well - you cannot just move over the application package for XTension or XTdb. They both require new keys as well as the databases - I assume.
> 
> Anyone know how to move XTension and XTdb from one machine to another?
> 
> John
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2021, at 5:03 PM, John E Gniewkowski <jgniewkowski at live.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Jeff - I was thinking to start on a clean fresh install but I might have to take the migration route.
>> 
>> The Keyspan adapter drivers do not install on Big Sur, so I’ll have to go with MacOS 10.15 (which is the last supported OS for them). I did a quick search and there doesn’t seem to be many options for DB9 to USB adapters (lots of straight cables but I’m assuming they would not work).
>> 
>> Thanks all!
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2021, at 11:54 AM, Jeffrey Lomicka <JeffreyLomicka at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> When I moved from the Mac Mini to a Mac Pro Cylinder, I used "SuperDuper!" to  copy my old system disk onto the new system, making for a mostly seamless migration.  The actual device name of some of my serial devices changed (using the mac-usb-serial.com drivers), and I still need to re-pair the Amazon Echo as an audio device, but I didn't need to re-install anything that way. Otherwise I would have needed to hunt down a bunch of installers, including mac-usb-serial and keyspan, and probably some things I've forgotten about.
>>> 
>>> On 3/12/21 9:53 51AM, John E Gniewkowski wrote:
>>>> I think all one needs to do is copy the applications (XTension and XTdb) over to the new machine and install the Keyspan (now Tripp-Lite) serial drivers and all will be golden?
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