I want to transfer ONLY my documents from a MacBook Pro to my new iMac which doesn't support my old Microsoft Office. How would I go onto my laptop and put the documents into the cloud so my new Microsoft 365 program can access them?

I want to transfer ONLY my documents from a MacBook Pro to my new iMac which doesn't support my old Microsoft Office. How would I go onto my laptop and put the documents into the cloud so my new Microsoft 365 program can access them?

Posted on Dec 21, 2020 7:53 AM

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Dec 21, 2020 8:01 AM in response to Haldanish

When you buy a new Mac the easiest, quickest and most reliable method is to simply connect the old Mac's Time Machine External Hard Disk to the new Mac using a USB cable before you turn on the new Mac. When you start the new Mac for the first time it will startup Setup Assistant (SA), SA will get to a point where it asks if you are migrating from another computer, select Yes  and follow the on-screen prompts and it's done! It is THAT simple.

 

If you have already done SA on the new computer then simply connect the Time Machine External Hard Disk using a USB cable and launch Migration Assistant (MA) which is located in Applications - Utilities - MA. Then follow the on-screen prompts.

 

The ONLY difference between MA and SA is MA will create a new user account that you need to log into.


Both SA and MA migrate applications (not 32 bit apps) , data files, settings, it does not migrate Mac OS itself. Some professional apps such as Adobe and Microsoft apps may require re-installing their apps as they will not allow them to be migrated. As long as you kept the security keys for installing their apps, it is not a big deal.


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I want to transfer ONLY my documents from a MacBook Pro to my new iMac which doesn't support my old Microsoft Office. How would I go onto my laptop and put the documents into the cloud so my new Microsoft 365 program can access them?

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