too large for migration assistant
My user data is too big to move from my old Macmini to new one so I copied it to external drive. But I can't seem to get it back with migration assistant. Any other more manual methods?
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My user data is too big to move from my old Macmini to new one so I copied it to external drive. But I can't seem to get it back with migration assistant. Any other more manual methods?
Migration Assistant need a proper backup to migrate from.
The best way, is to backup the old Mac Mini using Time Machine and connect that backup to the new Mac.
Another way, is to backup the old Mac Mini with CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper and connect that backup to the new Mac.
The worst and least efficient way, is to skip Migration Assistant and manually move you data from whatever you have copied to the external drive.
At this point, I strongly suggest grabbing another external drive and making a Time Machine backup of the old Mac Mini and use it to migrate to your new Mac.
Migration Assistant need a proper backup to migrate from.
The best way, is to backup the old Mac Mini using Time Machine and connect that backup to the new Mac.
Another way, is to backup the old Mac Mini with CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper and connect that backup to the new Mac.
The worst and least efficient way, is to skip Migration Assistant and manually move you data from whatever you have copied to the external drive.
At this point, I strongly suggest grabbing another external drive and making a Time Machine backup of the old Mac Mini and use it to migrate to your new Mac.
Your welcome! Yea' when you try and manually move things, they do not end up in the right places. Even if there is enough space on your current external drive, I still recommend getting another external drive to use just for Time Machine backups.
Thanks so much. I tried the manual method and nothing seems to work, so I will give that a try! Hopefully, I have enough space on my existing hard drive.
too large for migration assistant