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    Heads up: currently impossible to use migration assistant to migrate a 2019 MBP case sensitive APFS formatted hard drive to M3 MBA

    After spending many hours with at front line and then three Apple senior technical support staff, I was just informed of a "known issue" that prevents migration from my 2019 MBP with a case sensitive hard drive to a brand new 2024 M3 MacBook Air. I have lost close to a day of my life...
    • smileman
    • Thread
    • apfs case sensitive mba m3 mbp 2019 migration assistant sequoia 15.1 sonoma
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  2. P

    Migration with one monitor

    I'm hoping my new M4 mini will arrive tomorrow. And I intend to migrate. (It's possible I'll reinstall afresh at some point but I want it done and dusted to get the M1 ready to trade in.) However, I only have one monitor. And Apple seem to say you have to view both machines at the same time...
  3. X

    Macbook Air - Mail app crashes following Migration from older MacBook Air

    Migrated from Macbook Air running Mojave, Mail version 12.4. to Macbook Air running Sequoia, Mail version 16.0. Opening mail pops up a window with the message "updating mail database" - this disappears, app doesn't open.
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    Is there a way to merge two users into one?

    I have what seems to be an unusual question, probably could use a little help. I upgraded from an M1 MBP in January to a M3 MBP. I wanted to simply drag everything over from either the old MBP, Time Machine, or a different external SSD, but it seemed to not be doing what I wanted, so I...
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    MIGRATION ASSISTANT NOT TRANSFERING EVERYTHING

    So, basically i connected my two M1 macbooks with the cable to transfer the data with Migration Assistant. At first look, it seemed fine, but then looking at certain system settings, wasn't everything synched, and when i look at the space usage it doesn't match with the macbook from which i...
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    Recover a time machine backup of a stolen Mac

    Hi everyone, - STOLEN MAC : MacBook Pro 16″ 2019: macOS 14.1.2 - NEW MAC : MacBook Pro 13″ 2019: macOS 14.4 I have 2 different hard disks with backups made with Time Machine of the stolen mac. I'm trying to recover it completely on the new mac Initially I tried with "Recovery Assistant". But...
  7. Doc69

    How to move all mail to a new Mac?

    How do I move all my emails to a new Mac? I have 5 IMAP mail accounts, iCloud, Gmail, and Hotmail as well as over a hundred folders with saved emails "On My Mac". Probably over 100K emails. I don't think I can't use Migration Assistant since I've already set up the new Mac manually with...
  8. MacSince1985

    Migration Mac Pro 5,1 to Mac Studio [solved]

    I’m trying to migrate one user from my old Mac Pro to my new Mac Studio. When I connect both Mac via Ethernet, Migration Assistant stays stuck on “checking Mac Pro” for hours. Apple says it should take a few minutes. I then made a clone of the Mac Pro drive and connected it to the Mac Studio...
  9. Buadhai

    Migration Assistant: New MBA - Migrate from which machine?

    I'm waiting for delivery on a new M1 MBA. I currently have accounts on an M1 iMac and a 2019 Intel iMac. I set up the Intel iMac as a new machine (long story) and migrated from the M1 iMac. This seemed to go well, but was mysteriously incomplete. Some applications weren't moved (I'm assuming...
    • Buadhai
    • Thread
    • migration assistant
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
  10. JohnMaldaner

    Setting Up New Mac Mini with old iMac Data

    I have a 2012 iMac that I am soon to replace with a M2 Mac Mini. I, back up my iMac with CCC and have been wondering how I'm going to get the data to the new setup. I have partitioned the HD on my iMac, one partition for me as the User and the other for my wife. The only thing she has on her...
  11. scandinavia3

    Migration Assistant fail on new MacBook Pro

    I tried to use the Migration Assistant on my new MBP, but it froze in the middle. I'm not sure how to proceed, and I'm beginning to think that the Migration Assistant messed up a bunch of things. I read somewhere that if I attempt to restart the MA, it will duplicate the user accounts. At this...
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    Method to harvest "Blocked Sender" list

    I'm in the process of setting up a new Mac without Migration Assistant. I've been looking for a method to locate the email addresses I've added to Apple Mail's Blocked Senders list so I can back them up and then restore on the new Mac.🤞 Unfortunately, the luxurious feature to export or copy...
    • nvrau
    • Thread
    • apple mail backup block sender export import migration assistant restore
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: macOS
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    MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 /Sierra) to Mac Studio-best way to migrate?

    Any experts in migrating from an ancient MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 with Sierra OS....) into Mac Studio (current)? What will be the best way? Can I use the Migration Assistance even though the old MacBook Pro is on Sierra? Would my MacBook Pro backup work? Shall I just copy my documents and...
    • altmac
    • Thread
    • mac studio macbook pro migration assistant sierra 10.12.6
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Mac Studio
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    Aldente affects migration?

    hi I buy m1 pro 16 MacBook and now I'm ready to migration Mac(m1 13) to m1 pro 16 MacBook. but I concerns about the AlDente when I used on my previous 13 inch MacBook Pro. I'm usually use clamshell mode, so I only limit charge and I'm not calibration about battery. so I worried about when I...
  15. MacConvert2007

    Need help to copy 2009 MacBook Pro to 2021 MacBook Pro

    I just got my brand new 2021 MacBook Pro with M1 Max, 64 GB RAM, 8 TB SSD. I’ve got Migration Assistant running copying my old 2009 MacBook Pro, 2TB hard drive to it (8 GB RAM, El Capitan OS) I’ve plugged them into each other with a Firewire 800 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter plugged into Thunderbolt...
  16. Lowggy

    Migration assistant

    I bought a 2015 MacBook Air that is running El Capitan. I can not get the migration assistant to work with my PC running Windows 10. I downloaded the proper version of the migration assistant, got my PC running in safe mode with internet on. My MacBook is spinning waiting for the PC to be ready...
    • Lowggy
    • Thread
    • macbook air migration assistant
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook Air
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    Upgrading Intel apps to Apple Silicon

    Hi guys. I am planning to switch to Apple Silicon Mac from my Intel Mac. I plan to migrate my data using Migration Assistant or Time Machine backup. My question is how will natively supported apps be migrated to Apple Silicon? Will I need to do it manually? By deleting Intel versions and...
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    Messed up migration from High Sierra to M1 Big Sur, please help

    Hello, please can you suggest me what is the best way I can fix a huge mess that happened when a very incompetent shop migrated the data from the hard drive of the old broken laptop to the new M1? (macbookair 8GB Ram, 512GB) What happened: old laptop was already messed up by someone who...
    • WilliamTyl
    • Thread
    • big sur 11.3 clean install macos m1 2020 m1 air migration assistant
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
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    Less free space on new Mac after migration?

    I just upgraded to a base model MacBook Air M1 from a 12" MacBook Retina, both with 256 GB's of storage. I used Migration Assistant to transfer my data from Mac-to-Mac and I now have an extra 40 GB's of used space on the new Mac. Has anyone else had this issue? If so, how did you solve?
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    Should I upgrade old machine to Big Sur before migrating to new M1 Silicon Mac

    Currently running Catalina on a MBP 2019 with the intent to migrate to an M1 Air very soon. Should I upgrade my Catalina MBP to Big Sur before doing Migration Assistant to the new M1 or will Migration Assistant on the M1 work ok moving data from a Catalina machine?
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