Q: Cleanest way to migrate date from old mac to new
Getting ready to purchase a new imac. Im wondering what route to take to more my data over. Id like to make sure the new machine stays as clean as possible and not carry over any potential issues. Does migration or setup assistant filter out unnecessary or even conflicting files? Is it better to move individual files and if so can i do this using Time Machine? I have both a time machine back up as well as CCC back up to choose from also.
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.66 GHz
Posted on Feb 4, 2015 12:34 PM
Use the Setup Assistant during your initial setup of the new computer. You will need to connect your old computer to the new computer to do this. You can do this using a current Time Machine backup of the old computer if you can connect the backup drive to the new computer. See Target Disk Mode and About Windows Migration Assistant.
Posted on Feb 4, 2015 12:38 PM