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What is the easiest way to transfer data from a desk top to a new Mac Book Air?

What is the easiest way to transfer data from a desk top to a new MacBook Air?

Posted on Feb 6, 2021 12:10 PM

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Read this link --> Move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support

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Extremely Slow Data transfer to USB from Macbook M1 Pro All, I am using Portronics usb-c to usb 3.0 cable to transfer my data from macbook pro M1 to usb and my data size is just under 2GB and still M1 takes about 2 hrs to copy files. The manufacturer has specified data transfer rate up to 5GB/Sec on usb 3.0 port but macbook is not delivering the expected performance any advise please? This is really bothering as my windows laptop is able to do the same task in few minutes.
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Read this link --> Move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support

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