Hi Folks,
Can anyone please explain to me what content is likely to be transferred from an old MacBook to a new one if one uses Migration Assistant to transfer information?
Thank you in anticipation.
Shehu
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Select Items to Migrate:
Next is the selection for what you want to transfer. You'll see four checkboxes, some with "disclosure triangles" (they may not all appear until the "Calculating..." is done) you can click to expand them:
- •Users
- •Applications
- •Settings
- •Other Files and Folders
(The Continue button may not be enabled until it completes "Calculating" all the sizes.)
These are mostly "all or nothing" selections.
In most cases, just leave everything selected, and click the Transfer button (as soon as it completes calculating all the sizes). Migration Assistant will then transfer everything selected.
from:
http://oldtoad.net/pondini.org/OSX/MigrateLion.html
.
Select Items to Migrate:
Next is the selection for what you want to transfer. You'll see four checkboxes, some with "disclosure triangles" (they may not all appear until the "Calculating..." is done) you can click to expand them:
- •Users
- •Applications
- •Settings
- •Other Files and Folders
(The Continue button may not be enabled until it completes "Calculating" all the sizes.)
These are mostly "all or nothing" selections.
In most cases, just leave everything selected, and click the Transfer button (as soon as it completes calculating all the sizes). Migration Assistant will then transfer everything selected.
from:
http://oldtoad.net/pondini.org/OSX/MigrateLion.html
.
You'll be given the option of choosing what gets transferred while running it.
(156915)
Migration assistant can be re-run at any time and with different selections. It is possible your old drive is having difficulties, and items need to be read many times in hopes of getting good data eventually.
Try again, and choose smaller chunks. If there is one category that does not seem to work for you, you may have to attempt to transfer those files manually.
Thanks man.
Please I am having issues with the old MacBook Pro as it is taking more than an hour to load the option of what I want to transfer. Easily I can quit and return to do it later but the challenge I have is the new MacBook Pro has no option to quit or return me to where I started from - any suggestion? Alternatively, will I be doing anything wrong if I use the power button to shutdown the computer and restart it? Will doing so (assuming no harm) return me to back to the same place or a fresh start?
Thanks for your time and assistance as I am really stock.
Best
You're the best Niel! I appreciate. Needed to know I will have this option before embarking on a wild goose chase.
Best
Migration Assistant
