Apple Updates Migration Assistant Utility for Mac OS X Leopard

An update that addresses an issue with the Migration Assistant application in Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard is now available from Apple. The release assists users looking to transfer personal data, settings, and applications from a Mac running Leopard to a Lion machine.

Although upgrading to OS X Lion directly from OS X Leopard is not possible - customers must go through OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard first - there is always the possibility of transferring personal data from Leopard to Lion.

This includes compatible software, customized settings and various files that both operating systems (Leopard and Lion) can handle.

To make the task of transferring these files from one computer to another seamless, Apple has a utility called Migration Assistant which, in OS X 10.5 Leopard, appears to be suffering from a few issues.

According to Cupertino, the tool exhibits misbehavior when users attempt to transfer their personal stuff from a Leopard computer to a Lion computer.

A Migration Assistant update has been released to address this problem. The purpose of the update is described as follows:

About Migration Assistant Update for Mac OS X Leopard

This update addresses an issue with the Migration Assistant application in Mac OS X Leopard that prevents transfer of your personal data, settings, and compatible applications from a Mac running Mac OS X Leopard to a new Mac running Mac OS X Lion.

As its name implies, the Migration Assistant Update for Mac OS X Leopard applies only to systems running Mac OS X 10.5.8 (the latest version of Apple’s Leopard operating system).

Supported languages for this package include Deutsch, English, Français, Español, Italiano, Nederlands, Dansk, Norsk Bokmål, Polski, Português, Português Brasileiro, Pусский, Suomi, Svensk, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Mac owners can download the Migration Assistant Update for Mac OS X Leopard either through their computer’s Software Update mechanism (Apple menu -> Software Update) or by downloading the standalone installer from Apple or from Softpedia.