Migration Assistant has crashed my MacBook

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Migration Assistant has crashed my MacBook

I have bought a new MacBook Pro and wanted to migrate everything from my old white MacBook 2010. I followed the instructions but my old MacBook essentially has crashed and every time I try to reboot it by pressing the power button, it logs in straight to the crashed Migration Assistant. I have tried doing the safe mode thing but it doesn't work. Essentially my computer is useless and I can't get back to a home screen. I have tried to reboot in safe mode about 30 times. My old MacBook has very little Memory left which may have something to do with it.

MacBook (13-inch Mid 2010)

Posted on Jan 15, 2016 2:36 PM

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Answer 1

lllaass

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Jan 15, 2016 3:34 PM in response to Brettfromrokeby

What OSX version on the old Mac?

Will the old Mac boot to Target Disk Mode?

How to use and troubleshoot FireWire target disk mode - Apple Support

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Answer 2

Jan 15, 2016 3:34 PM in response to lllaass

Can't remember the name but I last updated early last year I think so it is roughly a year old. It is not the very latest but the one before. Wouldn't boot to target did mode either however the instructions I found mentioned holding a button until the spinning wheel shows up however mine never shows up but the apple logo and a line that gets shorter as it gets closer to rebooting. When the line runs out it just always goes straight to Migration Assistant and is crashed. It won't allow a Command Option esc either.

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Answer 3

lllaass

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Jan 15, 2016 3:09 PM in response to Brettfromrokeby

Can you boot to Recovery? It requires OSX 10.7.5 or later

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314

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Answer 4

Jan 15, 2016 3:30 PM in response to lllaass

Yes however I can't choose anything. The Mouse hovers over things but pressing or tapping the trackpad on the computer does not do anything. I can't click on any of the option such as File Edit and the tab key just highlights the whole OS X Utilities box but not on separate options. I do have an issue with the trackpad on the MacBook where the press doesn't work but the tap usually does. Multi Gesture works as well. Is there anyway to do a factory reset or something that doesn't kill my hard-drive. Essentially all I want from this computer is about 300Gig of photo's and videos.

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