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I just purchased a new 27" iMac to replace my 2010 model. I set everything up (except my Cloud account which I planned to do later) then began the Migration. So far, it has been running about 52 hours. I have some large photo files, but I have a feeling this is not normal. What should I do?
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
Please hold down the power button to about the process. Then, please follow the steps in Sep Assistant and Migration Assistant, if you are cabling the two computers together or using Wi-Fi that will almost always fail. If you do not have a Time Machine backup of the old computer, please create one. When you do follow the steps in Back up your Mac with Time Machine and use a high quality External Hard Disk such as a OWC Mercury Elite Pro.
Please hold down the power button to about the process. Then, please follow the steps in Sep Assistant and Migration Assistant, if you are cabling the two computers together or using Wi-Fi that will almost always fail. If you do not have a Time Machine backup of the old computer, please create one. When you do follow the steps in Back up your Mac with Time Machine and use a high quality External Hard Disk such as a OWC Mercury Elite Pro.
If you're using WiFi that's the reason. Far better and faster to create a TimeMachine backup and migrate from there.
When I started the process I didn’t get a choice. It appears to have transferred about ⅔ of the data. What do I do now? I can’t seem to be able to stop the process.
Migration Assistant
