Peter Wadsack

Q: New MB <-> old MBP cabling problems

So to connect a new MB to an old MBP via cables is, at best, a kludge:  cable 1: USB-C to USB; cable 2: USB to Ethernet; cable 3 Ethernet.

This is a direct connection, not through the intranet.

With the old MB and old MBP, a single ethernet cable direct-connects, and all "just works".

With the new MB and old MBP, and the 3 cables, it most certainly does NOT "just work".

Logically enough, the MB sees is as a USB connection; the MBP as an ethernet connection in System Preferences - Network.

The connection would sometimes appear, then disappear, and so on.

 

Eventually, I "solved" this by assigning a fixed IP, using free addresses in the intranet, to each end.  Sometimes that made a slow connection, sometimes as fast as it should be [50 GB file in 10 min (which is why WiFi is not an option)].

 

Copying an iPhoto album, also ~50GB, also does not work - Finder simply quits on the transfer after a while.

However, zipping the album into a single file [still around 50GB after zipping], lets Finder copy it from MBP to MB.

 

The 'genius' at the local Apple store had no solution, and took a while to understand the DHCP-manual setting that I came in with.

 

There's got to be a better way ...

Posted on Apr 23, 2015 10:20 AM

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Apr 23, 2015 10:23 AM in response to Peter Wadsack
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    Apr 23, 2015 10:23 AM in response to Peter Wadsack
  • by Peter Wadsack,

    Peter Wadsack Peter Wadsack Apr 23, 2015 10:27 AM in response to Kappy
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    Apr 23, 2015 10:27 AM in response to Kappy

    That's a pointless comment.  Moving content is exactly what I described.  And the problems associated therewith.

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Apr 23, 2015 10:37 AM in response to Peter Wadsack
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    Apr 23, 2015 10:37 AM in response to Peter Wadsack

    Click on the link and see what Apple provided as suggestions instead of making a rude remark.

  • by Peter Wadsack,

    Peter Wadsack Peter Wadsack Apr 23, 2015 10:51 AM in response to Kappy
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    Apr 23, 2015 10:51 AM in response to Kappy

    I read all that long before I started this process.  Your comments are non-responsive. 

  • by Grane Duke,

    Grane Duke Grane Duke Apr 23, 2015 3:41 PM in response to Peter Wadsack
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    Apr 23, 2015 3:41 PM in response to Peter Wadsack

    Peter, the most Logical way to transfer your files from your old macbook pro to the new macbook will be to use USB method.

     

    Connecting the time machine drive by the USB cables to the new macbook is a much faster, uninterrupted and consistent way of transferring files.

    You will need this adapter to do that......

    http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av-multiport-adapter

    Its just a single adaptor by which you can charge you macbook and the same time transfer your files with USB.

    Note that you should have your Time machine backed up data on your time machine drive to transfer your old backup onto the new macbook.

     

     

    If you don’t need the hassle of cable than probably you can try WI FI transfer, but still here you will require a solid WI FI connection  and any interference between the two can stop the transfer and it can take several hours or even a day to transfer.

     

    The ethernet method is rather old and is inconsistent, requires more adapters and cables... Not worth it.....


                                                                                                   Long Story Short

     

                                                                                USE THE USB TRANSFER METHOD......

     

    Hope this helps......

  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Apr 23, 2015 7:19 PM in response to Peter Wadsack
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    Apr 23, 2015 7:19 PM in response to Peter Wadsack

    Do you have an external USB drive backup that you can use?