The Australian government has announced a new pathway for New Zealanders living in Australia to apply for Australian citizenship. The new option for permanent residency will be available to tens of thousands of New Zealand expats currently living and working Down Under. Here's what kiwis need to know.

Hey Lifehacker, After being with the same ISP for over seven years I am considering a move. My home email address is specific to the ISP. Is there a simple way to transition your email, contacts, subscriptions and so on to another provider or is it easier to establish a new web based email address beforehand?

If you're still making your staff suffer by running Windows XP, the end is nigh: extended support for XP ends on 8 April, 2014. Whether you need to urgently migrate from XP or you're contemplating a shift to a newer version of Windows, here are some key principles to keep in mind.

The NZ Transport Agency avoided a $70 million rebuild of its driver and vehicle registration system via a carefully-planned migration that moved ageing mainframe apps onto a modern Windows server environment. Its experience provides 10 useful lessons in how to manage large-scale app migrations while minimising risks and costs.

Part of the appeal of deploying cloud-based solutions such as Office 365 or Google Drive is the idea that it will reduce IT administration overheads. Forrester Research reminds us that this isn't always the case, especially if you're trying to migrate lots of existing documents.

Cloud-resident apps have many advantages, but shifting existing applications to the cloud and making them work with multiple tenants requires more than just shifting the server into a cloud environment. Here are some issues to watch out for.

Google has a great built-in service to transfer your email to a new Gmail account, but it only works with Gmail. If you're taking your email somewhere else, tech blog Digital Inspiration created a script to make the transfer process easy.

There's nothing like a fresh install of Windows to clear your mind and your computer, but it comes at a cost: you have to set everything up again, just the way you like it. Here's how to reinstall Windows, migrate your important settings, and leave the clutter behind.

If your iTunes library has become a little too big for your regular hard drive, it may be time to move it. If you don't want to lose your playlists, play counts, ratings, and other stuff that iTunes keeps in its databases, here's the easiest way to move it to a new home.

IT managers know the desktop maintenance grind: complicated updates and licences, inefficient use of staff… shrinking budgets. That’s where Fast Track Technology's Managed Desktop Suite saves organisations time and money; without huge investment. One of Australia’s leading Microsoft deployment consultants, Fastrack is offering Lifehacker’s IT crowd a supported, no obligation Managed Desktop trial. Here’s how to take advantage.

Dear Lifehacker, I have multiple Gmail accounts and a Google Apps account. I have to sign in to one for Google Voice, into another for docs and Gmail, and use the third for Google+. I'd really like everything in one place so I don't have to keep switching again and again. How can I do this? Thanks, Google Nonplussed

Yesterday afternoon, Twitter announced that it had acquired blogging platform Posterous, and by all indications, it was mostly for the talent. If you're a Posterous user, this means that your Posterous blog, called Posterous Spaces, is in limbo.

A few months back, I was looking to migrate my aging Dell M1330 from its 160GB magnetic HDD to a Crucial M4 128GB SSD. I was reluctant to do a straightforward backup and clean install of Windows 7 onto the SSD, including reinstalling applications, if I could avoid it. So, I did some Google investigating and tried several open source options, before settling on Clonezilla. Sadly, after fluffing around for hours trying to configure a backup, Clonezilla would either hang or stop mid-way, a painful experience when backing up over 100GB of data. Little did I know there was a much easier way to get the job done.

Yesterday, I started trying to translate Mac-speak to Windows-talk. That continues today as I look at customisation, security and applications for those making the switch from OS X to Windows.

If you've been a long-time Mac user, sitting in front of a Windows machine can be quite confusing. In this instalment of our switching guide, I take a look at the Windows interface and translate between OS X and Windows 7.

While most of us use Gmail for all our cloud computing needs, Apple's iCloud actually has some really nice things going for it -- especially if you're a heavy Mac and iOS user. I've walked through why you might want to switch from Google's apps to iCloud, so whether you're migrating all your data over or just a few choice items, here's how to move from Google to iCloud without losing any of your existing email messages, contacts, calendars and documents.

Installing a solid-state drive is one of the best upgrades you can make to your computer, but migrating your Windows installation to a small drive can be tricky. Here's how to install an SSD without reinstalling Windows from scratch.

You may not be ready to ditch Facebook for good, but now that you've had a chance to kick the tyres on Google+, you might be ready to make it your go-to social network. The problem: You've built up a lot of friends, photos, videos and other data on Facebook over the years, and you don't want to simply lose all that data. Here's how to migrate it all from Facebook to Google+.

When you buy a new computer, you start with a clean slate, which is great, but you don't have any of your documents or settings from your old computer. Luckily, it's very easy to transfer all your files and settings from your old computer to the new one - whether you're on Windows or a Mac.