Hi. I am new to Macrumors forum. New to Macbook! I am a lifelong computer Windows user, moving off Windows. I just setup my new Macbook Air. That went well. I have an Ipad and Iphone, so everything is the same as on Icloud. I downloaded the Migration Assistant to move my windows data - all I want is My Documents and Pictures. I did not want to duplicate/copy all the Windows data/files to the Mac.
When I selected what I wanted to move on the assistant, the next screen brought up a panel with my Windows account name and asked me to create a password for that account to set up on the Mac. I don’t want to do that, I already have a Mac account. Is there any way move only my documents and photos? I ordered a USB-C SSD for Time Machine backup and can format that has ExFat to move the data manually, will that work? (of course, it will be reformatted APFS for Time Machine). I thought of using Icloud or OneDrive (MS365 is loaded it on the Mac). But my documents is 35gb!!! I would not leave my data stored in the cloud either, only while moving it. That didn’t seem too appealing to me. I am just trying to find a way to move my data, can someone help me? I don’t understand the implications of what the Migration assistant is asking me to do in creating a new account and I don’t want to do that, unless I know what will happen. thank you!! Donna
When I selected what I wanted to move on the assistant, the next screen brought up a panel with my Windows account name and asked me to create a password for that account to set up on the Mac. I don’t want to do that, I already have a Mac account. Is there any way move only my documents and photos? I ordered a USB-C SSD for Time Machine backup and can format that has ExFat to move the data manually, will that work? (of course, it will be reformatted APFS for Time Machine). I thought of using Icloud or OneDrive (MS365 is loaded it on the Mac). But my documents is 35gb!!! I would not leave my data stored in the cloud either, only while moving it. That didn’t seem too appealing to me. I am just trying to find a way to move my data, can someone help me? I don’t understand the implications of what the Migration assistant is asking me to do in creating a new account and I don’t want to do that, unless I know what will happen. thank you!! Donna