osx - Transferring iOS/Mac App Store Developer Credentials

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2014-07
  • Craig Otis

    I'm a Mac/iOS developer, and currently have all my code and certificates/profiles on a single machine.

    I'm currently using a 500GB platter drive, but will be moving soon to a 256GB SSD.

    My drive is about 400GB full, so I'll be doing a clean install on the SSD and moving things over piece by piece.

    The code is stored in SVN so that part is a no-brainer, but I'm wondering what the easiest way is to transfer the provisioning profiles, development/installer certificates, etc. to the new machine. A bit of quick Googling didn't turn up too much - is this a well-supported scenario? Or would it be best to just blow away and re-create all the keychain information?

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  • Spiff

    If I were you, I'd probably move my hugest files (movies? disk images?) off to an external hard drive so that my 500GB drive was well over half free, then I'd use Mac OS X's built in Migration Assistant (such as the "Transfer my information from another Mac" panel of the first-boot Setup Assistant) to move everything else onto my new drive. Then I'd hand copy my huge files (or as many as fit) to my new drive.


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  • Eonil

    Is there any limitation of installation of apps purchased from Mac App Store?


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  • Scott

    By my reading* of the App Store Terms and Conditions, unless you're a business or educational institution, you can install App Store applications on any Macs you own ("You may download and use an application from the Mac App Store (“Mac App Store Product”) for personal, non-commercial use on any Apple-branded products running Mac OS X (“Mac Computer”) that you own or control."). I don't believe the five-computer restriction that applies to iTunes downloads exists for the Mac App Store.

    *but IANAL

  • Wuffers

    No, except for your free hard drive space.