Migration assistant fails to copy any of the apps/data from my Time Capsule to my M1. Is it compatible? Also, it fails a lot.

I backed up my MBPR 2013 to my Time Capsule.

Then I have tried to use the Migration Assistant to bring over everything over to my new M1 13" MacBook Pro.


The whole process has been a struggle; I have been at it for more than 24 hours.

The Migration Assistant fails silently.

The Migration Assistant keeps on spinning while looking at the time capsule

The Migration Assistant suddenly throws an authentication error 3 hours into the process.


When it does end, it fails to copy over the data. The Apps seem corrupted and will not Launch even with Rosetta 2.

So I am now not sure what else it did not do correctly.


Posted on Dec 9, 2020 12:31 PM

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Dec 14, 2020 4:01 AM in response to Rajesh Kanungo

Fixed: Apple's Customer support helped me after my struggling for 5 days.

Reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211983

  1. Turn on your Mac and continue to press and hold the power button until you see the startup options window. Select Options, then click Continue.
  2. When you're asked to select a user you know the password for, select the user, click Next, then enter their administrator password. 
  3. When you see the utilities window (shown here), choose Utilities > Terminal from the menu bar.
  4. Type resetpassword in Terminal, then press Return. 
  5. Click the Reset Password window to bring it to the front, then choose Recovery Assistant > Erase Mac from the menu bar. 
  6. Click Erase Mac in the window that opens, then click Erase Mac again to confirm. When done, your Mac restarts automatically.
  7. Choose your language when prompted during startup.
  8. If you see an alert that the version of macOS on the selected disk needs to be reinstalled, click macOS Utilities.
  9. Your Mac will begin activating, which requires an internet connection. When your Mac is activated, click Exit to Recovery Utilities.
  10. Perform steps 3 through 9 once more, then continue to the next section, below.


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