Upgrade from 2020 27” iMac to Mac Studio.

[cmcbhi]

I’m upgrading from my 27” iMac to an M4 Studio. Can I connect both directly through the RJ 45 jacks and use upgrade assistant?
I have Time Machine and Carbonite also. How would a clean install work? Would it be better?

 

[ondioline]

You'd use a Thunderbolt 3 cable, but yes you can use the Migration Assistant.

A clean install is probably for the best though. You just skip the migration step when you turn on your Studio, and then install/copy what you need. It isn't hard.

 

[cmcbhi]

Could I just install Lightroom Classic and let it pull ove all the images from mt iMac.

 

[picpicmac]

Can I connect both directly through the RJ 45 jacks and use upgrade assistant?

Yes.

But, the Thunderbolt ports will be faster.

 

[ondioline]

You need to use a TB3 for target disk mode specifically. You can use ethernet for rsync or whatever.

Transfer files between two Mac computers using target disk mode

You can connect an Intel-based Mac to another Mac using a USB, USB-C, or Thunderbolt cable, then transfer files.

support.apple.com

 

[DamonOrl]

I made the same upgrade and connected the two through an Ethernet cable. Didn’t take long to transfer. I’ve used TM backups in the past to transfer.
Btw, the speed difference is incrediable between the 2020 iMac and the M4 Max Mac Studio.

 

[xraydoc]

That'll be some upgrade!
Here's my M4 Max Studio's Browserbench score:

 

[Foxglove9]

I made the same upgrade and connected the two through an Ethernet cable. Didn’t take long to transfer. I’ve used TM backups in the past to transfer.
Btw, the speed difference is incrediable between the 2020 iMac and the M4 Max Mac Studio.

No issues using migration assistant from Intel to the Studio?

 

[DamonOrl]

No issues using migration assistant from Intel to the Studio?

None. I was a little concerned but everything worked. Even third party apps I had transitioned over without me having to get new versions

 

[shinseiromeo]

If I read correctly, isn’t it mandatory to do a clean install from an Intel Mac to M silicon?

With the speeds of the M series, I’m sure downloading a few apps and transferring data shouldn’t take that much time.

 

[shinseiromeo]

I made the same upgrade and connected the two through an Ethernet cable. Didn’t take long to transfer. I’ve used TM backups in the past to transfer.
Btw, the speed difference is incrediable between the 2020 iMac and the M4 Max Mac Studio.

How about a 2017 iMac 27 inch to the m4 max studio? Hah.

 

[cmcbhi]

I'm having difficulty installing Adobe Creative Cloud on the Studio. Message says that I have to install Rosetta to open Creative cloud on an Apple Silicon Mac. Difficulty/cannot download Creative Cloud from the Adobe site. Any words of wisdom?