I read some previous posts about this problem, but Mig. Asst. doesn't seem to agree that it can move HFS+ files to a newly-formatted disk using APFS. The previous posts didn't seem to take that issue seriously-should I just drag and drop the files and folders by hand?
Mac Pro
Are you running MA on both ends?
I'd format the APFS to HFS+ Journalled, migrate, then let the OS handle the conversion to APFS later.
You always run Migration Assistant on the new OS, not the old. It's a "pull" type operation, not a "push" type. So that means MA should be run on the Mojave new install.
Good luck.
Well, I forgot the case where you have two macs -- in that case you would need to run migration assistant on both I think. But still the MA on the new system is in control and only pulls stuff from the other system as it needs it.
Good luck...
BDAqua, have you actually tried it? I find that once a disk is formatted APFS, that option is the only one available in Disk Utility. HFS+ is no longer on the menu. And how do I "let the OS handle the conversion to APFS later."? I can't turn up any way to do that without wiping the disk. The only way I have found around this can of worms is to drag and drop files and folders from my HFS+ backup to the APFS target disk. I'd rather use a more systematic method., like Migration Assistant, which knows where all the bodies of code are buried, and where to re-interr them on the target disk. But that isn't an option, thanks to Apple. Am I missing something here?
No I haven't. What OS version are you on? I'm on 10.13.6
I only have one SSD & I'm not about to let it be converted to APFS.
I imagine you saw this before?
Well, OK. I tried it, and got nowhere. There may be ways around the problem that I am not aware of, but it appears that, once I formatted the SSD to APFS, there was no way to down-format to EFS+. I presume that the fact that I can't down-format from an APFS disk (or SSD) indicates that the controlling volume is, in fact, formatted as APFS. I don't know any sure way to inquire of a disk how it is formatted, although there may be one. Like you, I am working in 10.13.6, on a Mac Pro, so I want to set up one drive with Mojave, which I've done now. But I still have all of my backup files on HFS+ drives, which Migration Assistant refuses to touch. At least, the High Sierra Mig. Asst. refused. I shouldn't include Mojave in that. I'll finish and try it from Mojave. Who knows?
I wonder if us Windows® to Format it would then allow us to format it HFS+ ?
Migration Assistant refuses to repopulate a new APFS disk from an HFS+ Clone backup.
