Will using a thunderbolt cable speed up the transfer of information from my old iMac w/ Time Machine backup to my new iMac?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13
In comparison to what? USB-A? If you have a TB ready device (or thee proper passthrough adapter if needed) and the port on the Mac matches the cable then yes it should.
But speed is not that big a deal with Time Machine. The initial backup will take longer because it's a full disk dataset. Subsequent backups will be more shorter in duration because TM will be adding to the set, not creating a completely new one. And it runs in background is takes minimal resources ... hardly noticeable.
In comparison to what? USB-A? If you have a TB ready device (or thee proper passthrough adapter if needed) and the port on the Mac matches the cable then yes it should.
But speed is not that big a deal with Time Machine. The initial backup will take longer because it's a full disk dataset. Subsequent backups will be more shorter in duration because TM will be adding to the set, not creating a completely new one. And it runs in background is takes minimal resources ... hardly noticeable.
Will using a thunderbolt cable speed up the transfer of information from my old iMac w/ Time Machine backup to my new iMac?
