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Szeya
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Q: How many hours (maximum) does it take to migrate 400  GB from one MacBook Pro to another MBP using Ethernet connection?

How long do I need for migrating data from old MBP to a new MBP?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Aug 13, 2014 10:32 AM

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Szeya

Q: How many hours (maximum) does it take to migrate 400  GB from one MacBook Pro to another MBP using Ethernet connection?

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  • by Tom in London,

    Tom in London Tom in London Aug 13, 2014 11:55 AM in response to Szeya
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    Aug 13, 2014 11:55 AM in response to Szeya

    The fastest way would be to connect the two computers over Firewire, start the new MBP in Target Mode, and either clone the whole hard drive from the old MBP or only copy across the things you need. Doing it that way would take about 1-2 hours depending on how much stuff you're copying.

     

    Ethernet would be a lot slower.