Questions tagged [migration-assistant]
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Difficulties moving MS Office LTSC License —> new Mac
I'm tripping over a small problem with my colleague's laptop and I'm looking for what I'm missing. How do I dig out the supportive components that validate the license? The version works just fine; it'...
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Why does Migration Assistant get stuck?
I've tried transfers from MacBook Pro (2021) to MacBook Air (2025) and nothing works. Time Machine failed (supposedly not enough space, which doesn't seem right.) Wi-Fi was too slow. USB-C took nine ...
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Unable to Log In After Using Migration Assistant on New Mac
I recently used Migration Assistant to transfer my data to a new Mac. During the process, there was a message indicating that a few files didn’t transfer (which I don’t need). I was prompted to set a ...
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Why is the size larger in Migration Assistant than in Finder or `du -sh`?
Running Migration Assistant to transfer my files to new mac. Going from M1 Max (macOS 12.6) to M4 Max.
Both Finder (size and size on disk) and du -sh of the home directory reports around 500GB, which ...
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Migration assistant without quitting apps
I need to setup another macbook as quickly as possible, so I'm planning to use Migration Assistant with thunderbolt 4, which should take about 30 minutes from what I've heard. However, I cannot close ...
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Transfer profile data from old Mac to new without the "garbage"?
I recently transferred the profile I use from my old Mac to a new one.
Thanks to Migration Assistant and Thunderbolt everything went smoothly and fast. That is until I realised all the "garbage&...
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Update brew-installed applications when migrating from Intel Macbook to Apple Silicon [duplicate]
Just yesterday, I've migrated from a Macbook Air from 2015 (with Intel-based processor) to a Macbook Air with M1. I've used the migration assistant for this and was pretty surprised that everything, ...
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Migration Assistant not working
I have two M1 MacBook Pros running 14.2.1. I am trying to transfer the data from one computer to the other using Migration Assistant.
I have tried connecting via the wireless network. I have tried ...
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What is the _messagebus user group and can I delete it?
I recently migrated to a new Mac running Ventura, and it looks like it migrated three user groups. I've figured out what the first two are and am going to delete them, but I can't figure out what the ...
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Migrate to Ventura and put one user's home directory on a different drive
I just bought a new Mac Mini to replace my old one. I have a user account I'd like to migrate, but there isn't space on the new Mac Mini's internal hard drive. Can I migrate that user so that their ...
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Parental controls still enabled under Ventura after using Migration Assistant from an El Capitan machine; Screen Time is off
My son was using an old Mac Mini running El Capitan. Parental Controls were enabled on this machine.
Recently I bought him a newer Mac Mini. It's running Ventura. I migrated all his data from his old ...
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I want data from two older comps transferred/merged onto my new M2 Max under one user
I just used Migration Asst. to transfer from my older Macbook Pro (Late 2013) to my new 16" M2 Max. All good. Now I want to transfer (ADD) the data from a Time Machine backup of a Macbook Pro M1 ...
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How do I install Big Sur on a machine running Mavericks?
I just erased an MBP 2014 that had been running the latest Big Sur to factory settings in preparation for migrating from another MPB running Big Sur, following the instructions provided by Apple. But ...
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Migration Assistant ignored Thunderbolt connection
I’m migrating from an MBP 2014 running Big Sur to an MBA M2 connected via Thunderbolt (via Apple’s T3-T2 adapter and Apple’s Thunderbolt cable), but Migration Assistant is using Wi-Fi.
How do I force ...
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Switching from MacBook Pro Intel to MacBook Pro M2-Max
I have a MacBook Pro Apple silicon M2-Max on order to replace my MacBook Pro Intel.
I have a few questions:
When I try to restore my system from the Time Machine backup, will my applications continue ...