Migration Assistant M1 MacBook Air to M1 MacBook Pro

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Migration Assistant M1 MacBook Air to M1 MacBook Pro

I'm attempting to migrate data from an M1 MacBook Air to an M1 MacBook Pro. I've connected the computers to each other using the USB-C cable that came with the Pro. I've gone through the steps to boot the Air into recovery options and been able to use the "Share Disk" feature.

On the Pro I can see the Air in Finder in the Network section, but when I try to open the data from the Air I get the message "The operation can’t be completed because the original item for “Macintosh HD” can’t be found."

When I open Migration Assistant on the Pro, it just spins and never finds the connected Air to migrate the data.

Both drives have FileVault enabled, but I unlocked the drive on the Air in order to enable disk sharing.

Any thoughts, or something I'm missing?

Thanks

Posted on Mar 19, 2021 11:54 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 22, 2021 7:22 AM in response to jeremy_v

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for your reply. I was able to migrate the data. It turns out I wasn't reading instructions carefully. When using migration assistant from M1 to M1 the Migration Assistant app needs to be opened on the source Mac also, and the option "To another Mac" needs to be selected. It did not require booting to safe mode.

However I'm still having an issue with the Share Disk mode. I cannot access the data from a source M1 Mac as described in my original question. I confirmed that both Macs are running macOS 11.2.3. When I navigate to source Mac in the Network section of Finder, I try to "Connect As" and sign in as a user on the source computer, and it appears nothing happens. The label in Finder still states that I'm connecting as Guest. And when I click to open the data from the source "Macintosh HD" I get the error described in my original question.

Any further troubleshooting help would be great.

Thanks

-Nick

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Answer 2

jeremy_v

Community Specialist

Mar 21, 2021 8:45 AM in response to NickKuczwarskyj

Hello NickKuczwarskyj and welcome to Apple Support Communities. It appears you are having some difficulty migrating data between two Macs.

How to move your content to a new Mac

As outlined in that article, making sure both Macs are running the exact same version of macOS (i.e., the same "dot version") is the first step in troubleshooting this. Also, some users have reported that starting the source Mac in safe made may be effective in cases such as this.

Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac

Cheers.

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