Migrating to a new mac

When using migration assistant; is a thunderbolt cable faster than migrating via WIFI?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on May 26, 2021 11:00 PM

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Ronasara

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May 27, 2021 10:54 AM in response to raspberryaddiction

Yes, it's really too much data for Wi-Fi, which is much, much slower. And using Wi-Fi can sometimes cause data corruption.

BDAqua

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May 27, 2021 9:03 AM in response to raspberryaddiction

Yes.

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