Hello,
I have purchased Mac 2018 and migrated my data using migration assistant. All went well except that I cannot log in to my new Mac. It is not a problem of password because the spinning wheel is going for ever after I put my password. When I am trying a wrong password, it tells me it’s a wrong password but when I the correct one, it keeps loading for ages. Any advice?
MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)
Thanks Luis, I followed option 1: "Command-R: Start up from the built-in macOS Recovery System. Use this key combination to reinstall the latest macOS that was installed on your system, or to use the other apps in macOS Recovery". It reinstalled the OS but kept all of files and I managed to log in successfully.
Since the issue is resolved now, do you think I should leave it here or I should delete all files and recover OS again so that I have a clean OS?
Thanks Luis, I followed option 1: "Command-R: Start up from the built-in macOS Recovery System. Use this key combination to reinstall the latest macOS that was installed on your system, or to use the other apps in macOS Recovery". It reinstalled the OS but kept all of files and I managed to log in successfully.
Since the issue is resolved now, do you think I should leave it here or I should delete all files and recover OS again so that I have a clean OS?
Maybe you activated FileVault, and it is somehow taking time to decrypt the drive before letting you in? How long have you left it with the spinning wheel?
Also: did you migrate everything or just the account(s)?
Migrating stuff that is too old may cause trouble if the OS is newer than what you had before.
Also, please tell us the mac model and OS version of this mac.
oudai17 wrote:
Thanks Luis, I am not sure if I activated FileVault. I don't think so. I left it overnight and it stayed loading. I migrated everything.
My old mac is 2013 ( Mac High Sierra 10.13.6) and my new one 2018 (macOS 14.0, Sonoma)
Thanks a lot
There is quite a jump from High Sierra to Sonoma. There were probably many third party modifications (kernel extensions, agents, daemons) that may not work correctly in Sonoma.
You should really have just imported the user accounts and nothing else.
I'd try to restore a clean OS from Recovery, and then migrate only the accounts.
Not necessarily, but since the problem seems to be due to all that old cruft migrated, you should first erase and then install a clean system; and then migrate ONLY the user accounts.
You can use Migration Assistant, as before, except that instead of checking all the boxes, you should check your user account(s), and not applications, not settings, nor other files.
This wau, you will get a clean and performing Mac, as it is supposed to be.
Then you can gradually install the applications that you really need, from the App Store or the developers sites.
To start from Recovery:
Use macOS Recovery on an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support (CA)
Thanks Luis, I am not sure if I activated FileVault. I don't think so. I left it overnight and it stayed loading. I migrated everything.
My old mac is 2013 ( Mac High Sierra 10.13.6) and my new one 2018 (macOS 14.0, Sonoma)
Thanks a lot
Thanks again. I appreciate it. How would you restore a clean OS from Recovery while i cannot access the new Mac? And any suggestion for migrating my files? I could?
Thanks
Oudai
Thanks, will the recovery delete all the files and apps I migrated from my old mac?
If it is working well now, I would not erase the system. Keep your Time Machine backups up to date, so in case something goes wrong you will be prepared.
Unable to log in after migrating my data to a new Mac
