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shsong
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Q: what is the HDD capacity used in a new macbook air out of the box?

I tried migration assitant to transfer data from my old macbook air through wifi to my just purchased new macbook air and it took 3 days yet still not done. I finally aborted it. But the MacHDD system disk shows 20GB is still in use. I don't know if some of the aborted old migration data still occupy the disk. Thus this question.

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jul 5, 2012 4:49 AM

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shsong

Q: what is the HDD capacity used in a new macbook air out of the box?

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  • by dwb,

    dwb dwb Jul 5, 2012 9:29 AM in response to shsong
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    Jul 5, 2012 9:29 AM in response to shsong

    Yes, Migration Assistant successfuly copied files and aborting didn't erase them. As you've learned, WiFi is not the best way to migrate. I assume you are migrating from computer to computer. You could connect the two with an Ethernet cable and that will be a lot faster. If you are using TimeCapsule as your source you can also connect the computer to it with an Ethernet cable.