Migration Assistant stuck with both wifi and time machine

dougbader wrote:

I bought a new Macbook Pro. Trying to migrate from Macbook Air. Migration Assistant seems to be stuck. I've tried 3x using the 2 computers connected by wifi (connected for several hours in each case and once overnight for about 9 hours) and now am trying to transfer via a Time Machine backup. There is nothing that says how much progress has been made. It says "Transferring your information" and "Looking for applications and documents to transfer ... (354,242 items processed)". That number hasn't changed for over an hour. This is getting really frustrating.

Q - " am trying to transfer via a Time Machine backup "

A - How is the TM Backup drive connected to the new computer ? If connected Directly to the machine ( no USB HUB ) it should transfer be very quick