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Hi,
I just bought a new Mac Mini. Now I'm trying to transfer the data of my old Mac to my new Mac with Migration Assistant. However, I only have one monitor. How can I connect both Macs to this monitor because I can hardly transfer data while not seeing anything, or can I?
Thanks for your help.
Mac mini, macOS 10.12
Hi,
Not possible to connect two mini's to one monitor, however, you can connect another monitor to the mini. So, you would need two monitors (1 for the old and 1 for the new) to complete migration.
Or, you can try Time Machine backup which is usually a lot quicker. Just will need an external drive.
How to use Migration Assistant
Use Time Machine to Backup and Restore your Mac
Hi,
Not possible to connect two mini's to one monitor, however, you can connect another monitor to the mini. So, you would need two monitors (1 for the old and 1 for the new) to complete migration.
Or, you can try Time Machine backup which is usually a lot quicker. Just will need an external drive.
How to use Migration Assistant
Use Time Machine to Backup and Restore your Mac
Another option might be Target Disk mode.
If you have two Mac computers with FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, you can connect them so that one of them appears as an external hard disk on the other. This is called target disk mode.
Transfer files between two Mac computers using target disk mode - macOS User Guide
Start the old Mac in target disk mode (reboot holding the T key. You probably won't even need a monitor for that, but if you do, then disconnect the monitor from the old and connect it to the new and continue with your file transfers from the old Mac.
depend on the monitor really
I have 1 monitor which has 2 hdmi ports and 1dvi port and 1subD vga port
my mac is connected to the dvi port
my xbox is connected to 1 hdmi port
and a windows pc is connected to the other hdmi port
i switch between the active input source on the monitors on screen display
Thanks for this info. I will try that.
You’re very welcome!
Many thanks for that info, will try that.
You're welcome. 👍🏽
Thanks. My monitor has two HDMI ports. I tried to connect the two Macs there, but it didn’t work for some reason. However, I will try one of the other ports. Thanks again.
How to connect two Mac Minis to one monitor?
