Photos missing during migration from MacBook Pro to iMac 27, and other concerns
Yesterday I used Migration Assistant to transfer all the contents from my MacBook Pro (13 in 2016, macOS Monterey 12.0.1) to my new iMac (27 in, 2020, macOS Monterey 12.0.1) .
I had expected that everything would be the same as on my MacBook Pro so I could format my MacBook Pro after the migration for other use. However I found I was wrong. I actually need to set up some apps to use them and adjust some features like screen saver etc..
And then I found that only a very small portion of my photos were successfully transferred to the new iMac. This is very confusing because based on the hard disk space usage I can tell all the data have been transferred. I believe those missing photos are on the new iMac. My question is where to find them?
I tried to recover the data from the time machine but the new iMac cannot recognize it.
And then I started having more concerns. Since photos are missing I wonder if other data are missing too. I don't have time to check on it because I have about 350GB data on my computers, so I cannot format my MacBookPro just in case I have to recover data from it in the future.
Thank you for reading. I have a lot of questions here. I appreciate any advice or suggestions.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.12