Transitioning from Linux to Mac has been fairly straightforward. Several of the tools I use are multi-platform and the rest use standard formats:
- Firefox and Thunderbird - just copy the profile directory
- Evolution Calendar - the /.evolution/calendar/local/system/calendar.ics file can be imported by iCal. iCal’s repeating options are a little less sophisticated and don’t support exceptions to repeating events.
- Evolution Contacts - export from Evolution to VCard (.vcf) format, which can then be imported into Address Book. It does pick up one extraneous field and put it in the notes; you can filter this out with this command: 22003e475b2d315fd60e63335011c16d
The real challenge will be photos, which use a somewhate convoluted custom workflow. iPhoto appears to offer some Applescript customization, giving me one more thing to learn.
