Questions about migrating to new Mac Mini
Hi. I just ordered a Mac Mini from Apple's website. I bought it to replace an iMac I bought in 2007.
I will want to migrate the content of my iMac's hard drive to the Mini.
The iMac doesn't have any Thunderbolt ports and it only has USB 2.0 ports.
The Mini has two Thunderbolt ports and USB 3.0 ports.
I also have an external Firewire 400 drive that's connected to the iMac for Time Machine backups. I want to use this drive with the Mini too, so I also ordered the appropriate cables: a Fire 400 to 800 adaptor and also a Fire 800 to Thunderbolt adaptor.
So I'm wondering what's the best way to use Migration Assistant to transfer the data from my iMac to the Mini.
I'm thinking of connecting a firewire cable from my iMac to the Mini using the adaptors mentioned above. However, I read on Macworld.com (http://www.macworld.com/article/2016066/migration-assistant-thunderbolt-firewire -adapter-huh.html) that I will only be able to transfer the data from the iMac to the Mini via target disk mode ("From a Time Machine backup or disk")
My questions are:
Will transferring data via target disk mode work as well as the normal "From a Mac or PC" mode? Will the transfer be as smooth?
Or should I try connect the two computers in a different way? One other option mentioned in the Macworld article is to use a Thunderbolt to Ethernet cable. But it's $30 and I'd rather not buy the cable just for the one time of using Migration Assistant.
Would connecting a USB cable also work? If so, would it be better than the other options?
Thanks!
M
iMac (24-inch Mid 2007), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)