Setting up laptop as 2nd computer - use migration assistant?

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Setting up laptop as 2nd computer - use migration assistant?

Hi there,

I'm about to acquire a macbook pro that I want to use as a second machine. I have a 27" iMac at home that I will continue to use in many ways as my primary machine. I don't want to migrate everything over (e.g., not all my photos or all my music), but I'd like to use many of the same applications (MS Office, Omnifocus, 1Password, Launchbar, etc) and obviously use my same iCloud credentials. Should I be using migration assistant to set up the new machine or should I go with a more manual process? If manual, anyone have any suggestions about how best to do this?

Posted on Aug 28, 2014 6:24 AM

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joe_73

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Aug 30, 2014 9:12 AM in response to Joe Faber

Hi Joe Faber,

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!

In your situation I would recommend using Migration Assistant to just migrate your applications only. If you want to move specific files as well, I would suggest moving those manually after you migrate the applications. The following article is a great resource for running Migration Assistant.

OS X: How to migrate data from another Mac using Mavericks

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5872

You can customize the type of information that you want to transfer. For example, if you only want to transfer a portion of an account, click the disclosure triangle next to the user's icon, and deselect anything you don't want to migrate.

Have a great day,

Joe

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