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I transferred the the new mac's info onto the new one.

When I was transferring my old macbooks info onto my new one I must've pressed the wrong buttons because I lost all of my information and now my new macbooks info is on my old macbook, All the data that was on my old mackbook was wiped clean. What do I do?

Posted on Jan 27, 2020 7:24 AM

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Jan 27, 2020 9:17 AM in response to JaySoni1

JaySoni1 wrote:

What can they do? Also is there anything else I can do or is all my data gone?


You never state how you moved your user? Try agian... not sure what else to contribute here.


Setup Assistant has proven to be the most trouble free way of setting up a new mac and pick up where you left off.


Set up your new Mac - Apple Support


After that How to move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support



Always advised to have robust backup plan. In this way if one approach fails you will always have options:

3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.


Boot clone https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10081

How to use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250

Use DiskUtility Restore feature https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/restore-a-disk-dskutl14062/mac


Jan 27, 2020 8:00 AM in response to JaySoni1

JaySoni1 wrote:

When I was transferring my old macbooks info onto my new one I must've pressed the wrong buttons because I lost all of my information and now my new macbooks info is on my old macbook, All the data that was on my old mackbook was wiped clean. What do I do?


Verify you are not logged into a new account that got set up.


From the > you can see who is logged.


Check your>System Preferences>Users & Groups and verify before you do anything drastic.

I transferred the the new mac's info onto the new one.

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