Have mid-2010 MBP, buying mid-2018 MBP. Want to manually move just some of my apps/data to the new one. Old one runs El Capitan, new one Mojave. I need to know, before I buy the new one, how to do this. Any tips appreciated.
MacBook Pro
The built-in way to do that is on FIRST run with Setup Assistant, or later with Migration Assistant.
Their selector window looks like this one:
this is the Apple article on the subject:
How to move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support
The article includes references to Target Disk Mode, which may be possible if you have the right ports available.
if you can get both disks mounted at the same time, you can simply open TWO finder windows -- one of the old drive, one of the new drive, place them side by side on your screen, and drag and drop whatever you would like to copy across. [Once one Finder Window is open, just choose New Finder Window from its File menu to open another, the navigate to wherever you like.]
The downside of manually copying is that there may be quite a few settings files that would be left behind, as they are either hidden files or in hidden Directories, like the User's Library folder, ~/Library.
The built-in way to do that is on FIRST run with Setup Assistant, or later with Migration Assistant.
Their selector window looks like this one:
this is the Apple article on the subject:
How to move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support
The article includes references to Target Disk Mode, which may be possible if you have the right ports available.
if you can get both disks mounted at the same time, you can simply open TWO finder windows -- one of the old drive, one of the new drive, place them side by side on your screen, and drag and drop whatever you would like to copy across. [Once one Finder Window is open, just choose New Finder Window from its File menu to open another, the navigate to wherever you like.]
The downside of manually copying is that there may be quite a few settings files that would be left behind, as they are either hidden files or in hidden Directories, like the User's Library folder, ~/Library.
You can also try Target Disk Mode and access your old computer directly from the new one, and just coy things across.
See here: How to use target disk mode to move files to another computer - Apple Support
Yes you can do that with data. Just copy/move the files you want to the external drive. Then connect the external drive and copy/move the files to the computer. With respect to apps I always reinstall in a new computer due to hardware changes that may impact the app.
Yes, data is normally not a problem. BobTheFisherman's method also works with most apps, however you don't transfer the settings of those apps and not all apps are transferable like that.
When using 'Migration Assistant', I think most (if not all) settings of that app will be moved over too
the Chat guy at Apple tells me I can move everything, emails, photos, apps, etc, onto an external hard drive, then onto the new mbp, without using any special software. Does this seems right?
I want to move just SOME of the stuff on my mid-2010 MBP to the new one. o it's from El Capitan to Mojave. Where can I find instructions on doing that?
