Macbook Air M1 - Restore from Back-up or Set-up as New?

[lazyntired]

Hello everyone -

I'm really hoping to get a compelling reason to not set-up my Macbook Air as new. i have my old macbook copy (1TB) backed up to the cloud which includes apps/photos/music/messages/documents.

I had a few apps on my old Macbook (Microsoft suite & adobe suite) so I don't have too many to manually install and if I don't remember I probably don't use them enough and wouldn't mind re-downloading.

Am i missing something or should I be considering something else if I want just set-up as new?

Thanks!

 

[chscag]

Why not use the Migration Assistant after setting up your new M1 Air as new?

 

[jdb8167]

I set up my M1 MacBook Air as new but in most cases you can rely on Migration Assistant. I set up as new because my main computer remains my Mac Pro with 2 TB of SSD. The Air is a satellite. I use the Mac Pro as a file server and software build server. We'll see how it goes.

 

[DeanL]

Just use the migration assistant. I did and it's fine

 

[Zazoh]

I did new. All my stuff is in the cloud. Erased my Mac Mini and prepared for trade in. Once I made sure Zoom and Vm Ware Horizon ran fine.