Questions tagged [migration-assistant]
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How does migration assistant work?
I'm considering using Migration Assistant to transfer everything from an old backup of my system to my current system because there are files that went missing when I upgraded my old system to El ...
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Migration Assistant estimated time remaining keeps climbing
I'm trying to move my files, applications, and system preferences from a Early 2015 Macbook Pro to a 2019 MBP. Here are the steps I followed:
Got an external hard drive and used it for Time Machine ...
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Run iMac from external SSD - Transference Process
I've purchased a Samsung external SSD with the intention of using it as the boot disk. I've formatted it Mac OS Extended (Journaled), and I've been told that I can 'restore' it from the Time Machine ...
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If Migration Assistant is interrupted, will it resume from where it left off?
I stopped my MA and started it again and the new estimated spaces to transfer are different (I took a picture before the first attempt). Just want to make sure that’s what’s happening, and not that ...
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Add Time Machine files to an existing account with Migration Assistant
I have a Time Machine backup from Mac A (now retired), containing 4 accounts worth of data. I would like to add the data from one of these accounts to an existing account on Mac B (replacement for Mac ...
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Migration assistant fills disk before finishing
I'm trying to migrate 200GB to an older MacBook pro. Both are running High Sierra. Migration Assistant tells me 270GB will be unallocated after the migration. It continues to fail. In all cases it ...
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Can’t restore from Time Machine on Mojave
I’m on the latest Mojave. Tried full restore from the backup and caught an error. (“error: -5000” while the restore process was copying a _MASReceipt/receipt file from one of the apps.)
Tried ...
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Chances Migration Assistant will improve performance of Air-2011?
I need to improve performance of my Macbook Air mid-2011.
I'm considering to re-install MacOS from the scratch using Migration Assistant for that purpose. I recently migrated from original 256GB SSD ...
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Transfer Mac Mail POP3 Email account to new MAC
I want to move to a new Macbook. However, I have a POP3 email account on Mac Mail with some old emails that I would like to migrate to a new Macbook which are no longer on the mail server. Would Apple ...
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How to fix corrupt or missing os system fonts in high sierra
I did a clean install of my mac from a usb key. Following that, everything worked perfectly in high sierra. Then, i used migration assistant to restore from my latest time machine backup. Following ...
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How to restore time machine from a backup earlier than the latest one [duplicate]
Imigration assistant forced me to restore my latest time machine backup which corrupted my clean installed high sierra with all fonts becomming question marks with boxes around them. My hope is that ...
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Migration Assistant errors occur while transferring information "Migration unexpectedly quit. Please try again later.”
Migration Assistant errors occur while transferring information "Migration unexpectedly quit. Please try again later.”
Source of backup:
iMac 24" mid-2007
macOS El Capitan 10.11.6
Backup drive:
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MIgration Assistant from HFS+ (case sensitive) to APFS (case sensitive)
I have a new 2018 MacBook Pro, OS X Mojave 10.14.2, hard drive formatted as AFPS (Case-sensitive) and an old 2009 MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite, hard drive formatted as HFS+ (Case-sensitive, Journaled). ...
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Apple Mail won't login after Migration Assistant transfer
I recently used Migration Assistant to bring data to a new Mac Mini from a Time Machine backup on my old Mac. After finishing, I am unable to connect to my mail account as it gives the error "unable ...
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Why Migration Assistant does not migrate browser cookies?
If Migration Assistant migrates the entire hard disk content, it should include the browser cookies as well.
But my new machine did not have cookies; I was signed out of all web applications.
Why is ...
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How can I migrate my data from my Macbook Pro 2010 to a Macbook 12-inch 2016?
How can I connect a Macbook 12-inch 2016 to a Macbook Pro 2010 in target disk mode to migrate my data with Migration Assitant? The Macbook has a USB-C port and the Macbook Pro 2010 has Firewire 800 ...
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Migration Assistant Reports failed files, Prompts repair errors: No Documents transferred, High Sierra
I have a 2017 Macbook Pro and a 2018 Macbook Pro. The target machine has a bigger SSD than the source, so I know it's not a space issue.
I ran Migration Assistant on both machines and the process ...
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How can I modify a backup? [closed]
I'm backing up my mac from a Hard Drive that someone gave to me, but I don't have enough space on my Mac. How I can delete files that I don't need to be backed up (when I try to delete it says The ...
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File and directory permissions while migrating a Mac using Target Disk Mode
I am getting a replacement Mac today and I am concerned about the reliability of the Migration Assistant in High Sierra. Both times I've used High Sierra's Migration Assistant there have been timeouts ...
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Can I run migration assistant multiple times for multiple computers?
I have 2 old macs with data that needs to be moved to 1 new mac. Can I simply run migration assistant twice, moving the data into the same user account on the new mac?
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Issue with Move to iOS android app to migrate to iphone
I'm trying to migrate some data from an old Samsung phone running Android 4 to an iPhone 5s running iOS11.
The issue I'm stuck with is that when I setup the iphone and select move data from android, ...
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Which cable should I choose to do data transfer between a 12" MacBook and a 2017 MacBook Pro via target disk mode by Migration Assistant?
This is a quick image showing my cables and MacBooks.
I got a new MacBook Pro 13" with Touch Bar (A1706) and now I need to transfer all my data from my old 12" MacBook (A1534) to it. While Migration ...
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What's the easiest way to selectively copy applications and their settings to another machine?
I'm looking for something like Migration Assistant, but which will let me choose which apps I want to copy/transfer.
I want to transfer some apps and their settings/preferences from one machine to ...
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Reformatted Hard Drive & Transferring Over User Data and Apps
I tried to upgrade to High Siera but it crashed in the middle and totally messed up my Mac. I tried everything under the sun to fix it, be it Tech Tool, Drive Genius, Disk Warrior. Disj Utilities. ...
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Macbook Flashing Question Mark backup
I had the unfortunate luck of getting the infamous flashing question mark folder when I booted up my 2012 macbook pro. I have never used timemachine before, so I can't call backups. So i've been ...
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High Sierra reboot loop after data migration
I've installed a new SSD on my Mac Mini 2014. So I have a new SSD connected via PCIe and the old OEM HDD via SATA.
I've installed a fresh copy of High Sierra on the new SSD and seems to work well. ...
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Migration Assistant failing with strange password issue
One of my bread and butter jobs for clients is replacing bad/old disks in their Macs. I have a standard procedure:
Install new hard disk
Install latest possible OS and create account called "Admin"
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can i use migration assistant to migrate files to a secondary drive?
new (old) mac, came with a 2tb drive for files and data, and a small 250gb SSD drive for only the OS.
i have installed new version of sierra into that drive, now using Migration Assistant from a Time ...
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Migration Assistant from Carbon Copy backup?
My Mac has died and I'm considering whether to fix and restore to the same hardware or get a new one and import data.
The TL;DR: Do you know if Migration Assistant will take a bootable external disk ...
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Do Mac installs become progressively more 'crufty' by using Migration Assistant? [closed]
I'm on my sixth Mac since purchasing my first in 2006. I've used Migration Assistant on every upgrade. In between upgrades, I've installed and removed lots of programs, changed lots settings, added ...
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Fastest way to migrate data from Late 2016 13" MacBook Pro to 2009 Mac Pro
I'd like to use Migration Assistant to migrate data from a Late 2016 13" MacBook Pro to a 2009 Mac Pro. The only connection options I see possibly working are gigabit ethernet or USB.
I'm not sure if ...
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Is migrating using a Time Machine backup the same as using the old Mac in target disk mode?
If I migrate to a new Mac using Migration Assistant, when it prompts about connecting a source disk, is using a fresh Time Machine backup equivalent to using my old Mac in target disk mode?
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Yosemite migration assistant locks on start, no way to boot anything else
I have a 2011 MBP Yosemite development 2011 machine that will not upgrade cleanly to Sierra, too many weird tools installed there I suppose. So I got another MBP from the same era, wiped the drive, ...
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Can't login after migration assistant. No access to other account
I was given a Mac with that had an administrator account and an account for myself (with full admin rights). Using the migration assistant, I copied everything from my old computer, however it ended ...
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Migration Assistant not recognizing ethernet
I am currently migrating from a MacBookPro to a desktop.
The desktop is running Sierra and the MacBookPro is running Yosemite. The desktop is a late 2013 (I think) and the MacBookPro I'm not sure. (I ...
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Reuse Time Machine backup drive after migration to new machine
I'm going to be migrating to a new machine in the new few weeks/months, and want to avoid something that happened during my last migration.
I used Migration Assistant and a Time Machine backup to ...
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Swap data, profiles, app on two Mac with Migration Assistant
I make it easy: I have two MacBooks, all the data in MacBook A have to migrate to MacBook B and vice versa (so all the data in MacBook B have to migrate in macbook A as well). I want to do it with ...
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Migrating Active Directory accounts from one Mac to another using Migration Assistant
Is it possible to migrate Active Directory network accounts from one Mac to another with Migration assistant? They don't show up in Migration Assistant; only the local accounts do.
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How should I copy OS X server environment to another machine for update?
I have a server running Server.app (3.2.2) on Mac OS X 10.9.5. It hosts File Sharing, Mail, VPN, Websites, DHCP, DNS, and Open Directory etc. It also hosts phpBB3 bulletin boards.
Because the OX ...
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Can't see old time machine backups
I've installed a new HDD in my iMac, so i reinstalled OS X. I used migration assistant to set back only the settings. I also wanted to set back some other folders, but since my new HDD was smaller ...
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Migration Assistant between two Macs: Yosemite and El Capitan
Is it possible to run Migration Assistant between two Macs with different versions of the OS X (Yosemite and El Capitan)? In my case, I'm looking to transfer some user accounts and apps from old Mac ...
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New drive + new OS, but will Time Machine restore old OS?
I have a 2011 MacBook Pro and it was running OS 10.7. I use Time Machine regularly. Just had the harddrive replaced with an SSD and OS 10.11. If I restore from Time Machine instead of Migration ...
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Most efficient way of migrating selected elements of user account and selected applications to a new mac
I will have to transfer my user account and some other stuff to a new mac and I am currently considering what would be the most efficient way of doing that. The list of things I would like and wouldn'...
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El Capitan and old iPhoto backup
Migration from time machine back up. OS of old and new El Capitan)
What will happen with all my photos in iPhoto of the back up? Will they be transferred with migration, or should I first install ...
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Moving data from Mid-2010 iMac to Late 2015 iMac
I just ordered a new 27" Late 2015 iMac. I'll be moving my data from a 27" mid-2010 iMac. What's the recommended medium for the migration?
I know how to use Migration Assistant, but the old iMac has ...
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How to selectively copy parts of my Time Machine backup onto my new OS (Yosemite)?
I'm working with a 2013 iMac running with the newest Yosemite. There was something wrong on my system which required that I erase the internal HD and do a clean install. Fine. But when I use Migration ...
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Migration Assistant completely broken on Yosemite?
I have a 2013 MacBook Pro with a 500GB SDD. It has been backed up on a regular basis to two different external disks - one is a 4TB Thunderbolt HDD, the other a 4TB WD Black drive connected via a USB ...
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Can I migrate power mac g5 settings and apps to a power book g4?
I would like to know because I am planning on purchasing a power book g4.
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Migration assistant unexpectedly quit
I am trying to transfer things from a Macbook Air to a Macbook Pro Retina. I start up Migration assistant on both and proceed with the initial steps, selecting the source laptop from the target ...
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transferring data to new Macbook Pro
I just got a new Macbook Pro, and even though I have been using Time Machine and I could use the Migration Assistant, I've accumulated so many files throughout the years that I thought it would be ...
