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Can I transfer only specific files or folders through migration assistant?

can i transfer only specific files or folders through migration assistant

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Posted on Jan 4, 2020 6:54 PM

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Posted on Jan 4, 2020 8:19 PM

No. Migration Assistant does not selectively differentiate to the granularity that you are seeking here. Probably easier to drag those over yourself. If you don’t have a clone, you can either use Time Machine backup directly, or restore the entire old volume to a scratch storage device, and drag the files and apps from there.

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Jan 4, 2020 8:19 PM in response to boulderbrenda

No. Migration Assistant does not selectively differentiate to the granularity that you are seeking here. Probably easier to drag those over yourself. If you don’t have a clone, you can either use Time Machine backup directly, or restore the entire old volume to a scratch storage device, and drag the files and apps from there.

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