How long does it take to migrate one TB from an old Mac to a new one?

How long does it take to migrate one TB from an old Mac to a new one?

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 25, 2021 4:20 AM

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Posted on Jan 25, 2021 6:37 AM

Hi —-110—,


That much data with a Migration will definitely take over night, especially over WiFi. If you plug the Macs in to each other, it might go a little faster, but still expect the Migration to be 20-24+ hours. You can refer to Move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support. However, this may not be documented, but sometimes you can connect an ethernet cable between the to Macs for the process to go faster.


Hope this helps!


Cheers,


Jack

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Jan 25, 2021 6:37 AM in response to —-110—

Hi —-110—,


That much data with a Migration will definitely take over night, especially over WiFi. If you plug the Macs in to each other, it might go a little faster, but still expect the Migration to be 20-24+ hours. You can refer to Move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support. However, this may not be documented, but sometimes you can connect an ethernet cable between the to Macs for the process to go faster.


Hope this helps!


Cheers,


Jack

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