Migration Assistant questions
Been awhile since i've used Migration Assistant - Happy to be replacing an aging MacBook with a
brand new Air and just want to be sure i do things right, from the start. Haven't started the process yet...
I use this on the road for professional recording and don't want to start migrating anything from my main
Studio desktop if it's possible for the new Mac's system to 'inherit' any issues that are going on with the
OS install that I'm migrating from... for example - i have some glitchy instability with the desktop where the
Finder and certain Audio apps crash.
Am also trying to get any Apps that are registered/authorized with software producers onto my laptop
without encountering any 'can't install' errors. AFAIK I only get one 'shot' at Migration Assistant -
or is there a way i could re-do it if something is buggy in the new machine's OS.
Is MA 'smart' that way -- i just don't want to start the process til i'm totally sure i'm not going to bring anything
aboard that could cause System instability on the Air. Likewise want to avoid any needless 'bloat' that might
be brought about from one machine's OS to the new one - unnecessary hidden files, etc. I don't know enough
about the internals of the latest Mac OS to know how to avoid doing something i'll regret. OTOH, i believe i
get 90-day support on a new Mac so perhaps this is a question for an Apple tech?
Thanks for any thoughts.
Mike
MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), June 2013 1.3