Transferring Files For Old Mac

 

  1. Next, start Migration Utility on your old Mac, which again can be found in Applications Utilities. When the program launches, click “Continue” and your old Mac will log out of the current account. Select “to another Mac,” then click “Continue.” Now you’re ready to head back to your new Mac.
  2. On Old Mac: Go to ‘Migration Assistant’ Click ‘Continue’ Select ‘Transfer to another Mac’ from the options of how you want to transfer data.

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Tip: For fastest migration, connect your old computer to your iMac with a cable, such as a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) cable. If you used Time Machine to back up your files from another Mac to a storage device (such as an external disk), you can copy the files from the device to your iMac. See Back up and restore your Mac. How to do it: Use some removable technology such as a Zip disk, SyQuest disk, CD-burner, or external hard drive to move the files. Connect the drive to the old Mac, transfer the files to the disk, then connect the drive to the new Mac and reverse the process. Apr 24, 2020 When asked how you want to transfer your information, select the option to transfer from a Mac, Time Machine backup, or startup disk. Click Continue. On your old Mac: If you started your old Mac in target disk mode or are migrating from a Time Machine backup, skip these four steps. Open Migration Assistant. Click Continue.


To transfer or copy a project from Mac #1 to Mac #2 you must create a new library on an external drive (formatted Mac OS Extended, journaled) that is connected to Mac #1, and then copy your project into the new library. You then plug the external drive, usually a USB thumb drive, into Mac #2, where the library and the project in it can be accessed. Mac #2 must have the exact same version and iteration of iMovie as the one in which the project was created.


Here's a link that will explain how to work with multiple libraries:



-- Rich

Jul 6, 2017 2:58 AM


Migration Assistant copies all of your files from your old Mac to your new Mac so that you don't have to copy them manually.

  • If your files are currently on a PC, follow the PC migration steps instead.
  • If you're moving content from a Time Machine backup, follow the steps to restore your Mac from a backup instead.

Get ready

  1. Install all available software updates on both computers. If your old Mac isn't using OS X Lion or later, and your new Mac isn't using OS X Mavericks or later, follow the Mountain Lion migration steps instead.
  2. If both computers are using macOS Sierra or later, place them near each other with Wi-Fi turned on. If either one is using OS X El Capitan or earlier, make sure that both are on the same network.
  3. On your old Mac, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Sharing. Make sure that a name appears in the Computer Name field.

Use Migration Assistant

You're now ready to use Migration Assistant to move your files from the old Mac to the new one.

On your new Mac

  1. Open Migration Assistant, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. Then click Continue.
  2. When asked how you want to transfer your information, select the option to transfer from a Mac, Time Machine backup, or startup disk. Then click Continue.

On your old Mac

  1. Open Migration Assistant, then click Continue.
  2. When asked how you want to transfer your information, select the option to transfer to another Mac. Then click Continue.
Transferring Files For Old Mac

On your new Mac

When asked to select a Mac, Time Machine backup, or other startup disk, select the other Mac. Then click Continue.

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On your old Mac

If you see a security code, make sure that it's the same code shown on your new Mac. Then click Continue.

On your new Mac

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  1. Select the information to transfer.
    In this example, John Appleseed is a macOS user account. If it has the same name as an account already on your new Mac, you're prompted to either rename the old account or replace the one on your new Mac. If you rename, the old account will appear as a separate user on your new Mac, with a separate home folder and login. If you replace, the old account will delete and then replace the account on your new Mac, including everything in its home folder.
  2. Click Continue to start the transfer. Large transfers might need several hours to complete.
  3. After Migration Assistant is done, log in to the migrated account on your new Mac to see its files.

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