My migration to a new Mac via wifi has been going on for 34 hours. The internet speed is super slow right now, which I assume is from the download, but should I stop and transfer the data another way? The mac that I am moving data from is super old and has been getting increasingly slower over he last few weeks.
iMac, macOS 10.13
After this amount of time it's really a tough call, but yes starting over would require a tough job of clearing out what has been transferred, or erasing everything on the ew one & starting over.... & if it's due to a failing HDD on theold one, you might never get anymore data off of it.
I you do decide to start over be sure to run Disk Utility's Disk 1st Aid on at leat the old one.
One other possible way of transferring is ...
Transfer files between two Mac computers using target disk mode - Apple Support
Open Activity Monitor, in the Disk & Network tabs, does it show activity still?
After this amount of time it's really a tough call, but yes starting over would require a tough job of clearing out what has been transferred, or erasing everything on the ew one & starting over.... & if it's due to a failing HDD on theold one, you might never get anymore data off of it.
I you do decide to start over be sure to run Disk Utility's Disk 1st Aid on at leat the old one.
One other possible way of transferring is ...
Transfer files between two Mac computers using target disk mode - Apple Support
Open Activity Monitor, in the Disk & Network tabs, does it show activity still?
Tough to tell, if the drive is dying on the old one you might just ave to hold your breath, but...
How are you transferingnow? Wifi, Ethernet, USB?
If you have a Time Machine backup you can connect that to the new one to Migrate from.
I am transferring thru WiFi. I guess the better question is, should I stop it and connect via cable? & if I do, would I have to do any thing to the new mac, clear and start over or just hook up and go from there? I have never time machine saved.
Apple support never even suggested another option other then wifi for migrating info.
Super slow migration to new mac
