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Jul 7, 2012 6:20 PM in response to goodbonfireby Jiri Krecek,★Helpfultry to connect both to the router via ethernet, instead of using wifi
try the migration assistant again.
low speed of wifi probably killed it
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Jul 7, 2012 6:26 PM in response to Jiri Krecekby goodbonfire,The new macbook pro doesn't have an ethernet port, though.
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Jul 7, 2012 6:30 PM in response to goodbonfireby AnaMusic,Some Excellent Information here from Pondini...
Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its backups, or a PC
Transferring files from one User Account to another
Using Migration Assistant on Lion
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Jul 7, 2012 6:33 PM in response to goodbonfireby Jiri Krecek,Ouch! I forgot.
I assume forking out the $$$ for the Apple's USB to RJ45 adapter is not an option?
IF you know exactly what you want to move (files only) you could connect to the computer directly and move files over in Finder.
IN system preferences on the old mac enable remote login under sharing section and connect to it from the retina MB in FInder - COMMAND_K will connect to server - try to type the IP address of the old MB
I connect between our macs all the time to transfer large files on our home wifi.
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Jul 8, 2012 9:22 AM in response to goodbonfireby aut0maticdan,If you have an external USB drive around, you could do a time machine backup from the old macbook and then do the transfer off that backup on the new macbook pro.
Your old machine is a Macbook Air?
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Jul 8, 2012 2:37 PM in response to goodbonfireby goodbonfire,Hi there- I ended up using Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my data onto a USB 3.0 hardrive, then used migration assistant to transfer data from the hardrive onto the macbook. I think Jiri... was correct that the wifi options were not working.
Thanks everyone!
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Jul 23, 2012 8:10 AM in response to goodbonfireby Steve Mouzon,I bought the thunderbolt/Ethernet adapter and have both my 2009 MBP and new Retina MBP hooked up directly with an Ethernet cable. Didn't connect via LAN because it might slow down the transfer. Transferring now, and it's about 10x as fast as wifi
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Jan 12, 2013 9:14 AM in response to goodbonfireby VolantorMan,Just connect the two Macbooks using USB cable.
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Jul 29, 2014 6:02 PM in response to VolantorManby Kronkvist,Unfortunately using USB to connect two macs wont help much. Wintel machines yes, but not macs. Instead Ethernet, FireWire or Thunderbolt will work just fine, depending on which ports are available on the specific macs. Also, in most cases both FireWire 800 and – above all – Thunderbolt are way faster than any presently available USB standard.
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Jul 29, 2014 6:24 PM in response to goodbonfireby Network 23,Good that you got it figured out in a reasonable way. Although wireless migration is supported, there is no doubt that compared to all of the other options available, wireless would be the slowest by a wide margin.