migration assistant

I’m getting ready to replace my 2011 iMac with a new one. Lately, the iMac has been showing its age with lots of spinning beachballs and general slowdowns. When I switch over to the new machine, I want to clear out as much cruft as possible by NOT merely using Migration Assistant to copy the...

I will be upgrading soon to a new iMac and have the dilemma to either use Migration Assistant or do a clean install. I know that it is preferred to do a clean install as it does not ruin the new system with old the garbage I have collected over the years (and which might be the reason I'm...

I had a problem with migration assistant hanging with out completing when going from external drive time machine to new mac. I had to force quit and it seemed to not have worked, I now finally got it to complete but have found that Multiple user accounts have been created. I know which one is...

I had been trying to transfer everything from a Time Capsule (only a few month old) to a new iMac, but it seemed to get stuck near the end when it was transferring the applications. I risked it, and quit to see if anything had transferred - sure enough when I booted up the users from the old...

I am just transferring stuff from a late 09 iMac to a new one via Gigabit ethernet. It started off fairly briskly, at around 45MB/s, estimating around 2.5 hours. But it has now slowed right down to about 4MB/s, estimating around 25 hours. I don't suppose there's much I can do about it, but...