migration assistant

Finally pulled the trigger on a 16" MBP to replace my trusty (but aging 2014 model). I haven't updated machines in a while and I'm trying to remember any true benefits from using Migration Assistant, and if it would even be worth it in my case. I'm a big fan of starting FRESH. I look at my...

I have a very slow internet connection at the moment, and I'm very short on time, so I don't want to upgrade my old MacBook Pro that is running Mojave to Catalina if that's not necessary for migrating to the new MBP (which is arriving today). If I want to use migration assistant, do I need to...

I want to restore my Time Machine backup from my now-dead iMac onto a new Mac Mini, but since I'd like to do this right the first time, I have some questions before I proceed. (I realize this should be a simple operation, but I'm just being cautious.) The Time Machine backup exists on a 1TB...

I found a lot of informations about this on multiple websites with different answers and sometimes outdated… So I wanted to clearly know exactly what files are migrated with Migration Assistant if every option is checked. My exact use case : I use HomeBrew for a lot of command line tools and...

Hello Opinions needed. Which is a better method to setup your new iphone 11? Using the built in migration tool to copy over all your data or restoring from an itunes backup. Advantages/ disadvantages? Is using the migration tool the same as setting up as new and manually installing all your...

Hello - I’ve got a lot of data stored in various apps...like Spotify, Pocket Casts, Good Reader and the like. I’ve read that the new (as of 12.4) iPhone Migration Tool will move ALL your data from your previous iPhone to your new one, assuming they’re both up-to-date (i.e. both on 12.4.1) with...

I'm transferring data from my iMac Time Machine backup to my new MacBook Pro using USB 3.0. It currently says it'll take 157 hours and 15 minutes, and it keeps going up and up (it was something like 72 hours just a few minutes ago). I just got distracted for a couple minutes and now it's up to...

Hi Just a cautionary warning for folk moving on from an old Mac using Snow Leopard or earlier to a new one on Mojave. The same may apply to later Mac OS too. I did the above on a new iMac, 3 weeks ago via Migration Assistant. Everything occurred without much ado and was successful. The shared...

Hi folks, My 2011 MBP is slowly dying and I have managed to create a time machine back up. It has a 1TB SSD and 1TB HDD instead of optical drive. All storage, pictures, music is on sata HDD and OS etc is on SSD. I have bought a replacement 2017 MBP which only has 128GB flash drive storage...

I have a mid 2011 Mini with a 250Gb SDD and 750Gb HDD. I plan soon to migrate to a new mini with either (i) a single internal SDD or (ii) a small internal SDD and a larger external SDD. I currently keep most of my stuff on the internal SDD but music and photos over on the HDD. I backup both to...

My parents have an old eMac running 10.4.11. No Time Machine. Can't update OS. They just bought a Mac Mini and I'm trying to use the migration assistant to transfer their apps/files, but the migration assistant on both can't seem to find each other. I assume they're doing it over the WiFi or...

Hi — I have a new iMac running High Sierra and I want to load it with the entire contents of my vintage 2009 MacBook Pro, from a Time Machine backup. But NOT from the latest backup; I want to select an earlier one from maybe a year ago, because I think the MacBook is infected with malware...

Hi, Imagine you a have a newly purchased Mac with the latest version of macOS and an old Mac that you configured nicely over time (i.e all System, Safari, Finder, etc. preferences configured to taste). Using Migration Assistant, will it blindly transfer everything from the older Mac to the new...

I ask for help to proceed with data migration from my old 2011 iMac to a new 2017 retina iMac. My doubt comes from the fact that the old iMac contains 2 hard drives, one 256GB SSD for OS and apps, and one 1TB HDD with relocated home folder inside, with documents and personal files; the new one...

Is it possible to use Migration Assistant over USB? To migrate from 13-inch MacBook Air (mid 2009), which has a single USB 2 (480 MBit/s) port, into a new MacBook Pro (mid 2017) 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo/2GB/128GB SSD, which has two Thunderbolt 3 ports. If possible, how to do it? Because I think that...

My current iMac is running 10.9.5 and is a 2009 i7, 1tb hard drive, 12gb ram with a self-upgraded AMD Radeon HD 6970m 2gb graphics card in it. The SuperDrive has gone bad on it and at one point I considered yanking it to an SSD drive but I have decided its time to retire this beast of a machine...

I'm upgrading to a better spec iMac and want to transfer all apps, files, settings, etc. What is the recommended method - I have a time machine backup and a SuperDuper clone of my old iMac. From the research it seems I have many options: - Migration Assistant from old iMac (using Thunderbolt...

i guess i cant use the thunderbolt 2 wire...i dont have a usb 3.0 male to male...i DO have a hub that i can use on the new macbook pro but i dont know if i have a wire that would fit the both macs at the same time that transfers data...? do i go thru migration assistant or is there some other...

Hello folks, I was waiting for the new touchbar MacBook Pro, but with this price, I decided to buy the "old" MacBook Pro, 13'' Retina display (just now, November). I'm moving away from a MacBook Air, dated from 2011. Now I'm at the Setup Assistant facing a hard question: should I use or not...

OK, I've read up on the migration assistant and it all seems relatively straightforward, but I will be transferring the apps and contents from a 2006 iMac (Lion) to a newer 2015 5K retina 27" iMac (OS unknown at this point). Any advice? Or help? I'm most concerned about getting my older data...