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I am new to the Mac and am migrating data from a Win 10 computer. The Migration Assistant on my Mac is asking for the password which I don't have. Can anyone help, please?
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Original Title: Migrating from Win 10
Windows, Windows 10 (19045)
Unfortunately, you must have the Windows account password to use Migration Assistant — there is no way to bypass this requirement.
But you can still migrate your files without the password.
BEST SOLUTION FOR MOST PEOPLE
➜ Log into ANY admin account on the PC
→ copy files from C:\Users\<your username>
→ move them to the Mac manually.
This avoids all password problems and works 100% of the time.
Unfortunately, you must have the Windows account password to use Migration Assistant — there is no way to bypass this requirement.
But you can still migrate your files without the password.
BEST SOLUTION FOR MOST PEOPLE
➜ Log into ANY admin account on the PC
→ copy files from C:\Users\<your username>
→ move them to the Mac manually.
This avoids all password problems and works 100% of the time.
How to migrate data from Windows 10 to Mac without a password?
