How long should the migration take?

I am transferring from my iMac to a new MacBook Pro. How long should this process take?

iMac 27″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Nov 28, 2021 4:10 PM

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Sonicray

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Nov 28, 2021 4:51 PM in response to Allimarconi

Mine took 45min over thunderbolt 3 cable. However, it depends on how much data you are going to transfer between the 2 Macs....

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