I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data transfer
at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to the new one.
Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter". How
useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on how
I should go about this?
Thank you.
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data transfer
at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to the new one.
Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter". How
useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on how
I should go about this?
Thank you.
On 15/01/2022 13:57, Jim_Higgins wrote:
On 1/15/22 8:23 AM, Jim_Higgins wrote:
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data
transfer at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to
the new one. Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C)
Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter".
How useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on
how I should go about this?
Thank you.
That article seems to be the same, what did I miss?
Jim
You missed that Apple recommends a diect transfer from one computer to
the other - "place them near each other with Wi-Fi turned on."
Your TimeMachine back-up is irrelevant. No cables are needed!
HTH
On 1/15/22 8:23 AM, Jim_Higgins wrote:
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data
transfer at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to the
new one. Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C)
Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter".
How useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on
how I should go about this?
Thank you.
That article seems to be the same, what did I miss?
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data
transfer at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to
the new one. Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB?C)
Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB?C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter".
How useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on
how I should go about this?
Thank you.
That article seems to be the same, what did I miss?
Jim
You missed that Apple recommends a diect transfer from one computer to
the other - "place them near each other with Wi-Fi turned on."
Your TimeMachine back-up is irrelevant. No cables are needed!
HTH
I did that once before long ago and it took a LONG time. Is it wrong, or slower, to use cables? BTW, thank you for the correction.
On 15/01/2022 15:37, nospam wrote:
In article <sruoba$7ip$1@dont-email.me>, Jim_Higgins <gordian240@hotmail.com> wrote:
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data
transfer at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to >>>>> the new one. Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB?C) >>>>> Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB?C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter". >>>>> How useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on >>>>> how I should go about this?
Thank you.
That article seems to be the same, what did I miss?
Jim
You missed that Apple recommends a diect transfer from one computer to >>> the other - "place them near each other with Wi-Fi turned on."
Your TimeMachine back-up is irrelevant. No cables are needed!
HTH
I did that once before long ago and it took a LONG time. Is it wrong, or >> slower, to use cables? BTW, thank you for the correction.
do not use wifi for migration, ever.
do not use ethernet either, although that is marginally tolerable.
by far, the fastest method to migrate is from a time machine backup, a clone backup, or the old mac in target disk mode, whichever is most convenient and most up to date. get the appropriate cable and enjoy
your new mac.
Hold on!
*YOU* are "just some bloke on the Internet" - some say a Troll!
The Apple article is recent - Published Date: January 10, 2022 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204350
Whyever should Jim do as YOU say as against what Apple recommends?
In article <sruoba$7ip$1@dont-email.me>, Jim_Higgins
<gordian240@hotmail.com> wrote:
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data
transfer at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to
the new one. Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB?C)
Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB?C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter". >>>>> How useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on >>>>> how I should go about this?
Thank you.
That article seems to be the same, what did I miss?
Jim
You missed that Apple recommends a diect transfer from one computer to
the other - "place them near each other with Wi-Fi turned on."
Your TimeMachine back-up is irrelevant. No cables are needed!
HTH
I did that once before long ago and it took a LONG time. Is it wrong, or
slower, to use cables? BTW, thank you for the correction.
do not use wifi for migration, ever.
do not use ethernet either, although that is marginally tolerable.
by far, the fastest method to migrate is from a time machine backup, a
clone backup, or the old mac in target disk mode, whichever is most convenient and most up to date. get the appropriate cable and enjoy
your new mac.
On 15/01/2022 13:57, Jim_Higgins wrote:
On 1/15/22 8:23 AM, Jim_Higgins wrote:
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data
transfer at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to the
new one. Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C)
Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter".
How useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on
how I should go about this?
Thank you.
That article seems to be the same, what did I miss?
Jim
You missed that Apple recommends a diect transfer from one computer to
the other - "place them near each other with Wi-Fi turned on."
Your TimeMachine back-up is irrelevant. No cables are needed!
In article <sruoba$7ip$1@dont-email.me>, Jim_Higgins
<gordian240@hotmail.com> wrote:
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data
transfer at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to
the new one. Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB?C)
Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB?C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter". >>>>> How useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on >>>>> how I should go about this?
Thank you.
That article seems to be the same, what did I miss?
Jim
You missed that Apple recommends a diect transfer from one computer to
the other - "place them near each other with Wi-Fi turned on."
Your TimeMachine back-up is irrelevant. No cables are needed!
HTH
I did that once before long ago and it took a LONG time. Is it wrong, or
slower, to use cables? BTW, thank you for the correction.
do not use wifi for migration, ever.
do not use ethernet either, although that is marginally tolerable.
On 1/15/22 9:30 AM, David Brooks wrote:
You missed that Apple recommends a diect transfer from one computer
to the other - "place them near each other with Wi-Fi turned on."
Your TimeMachine back-up is irrelevant. No cables are needed!
I did that once before long ago and it took a LONG time. Is it wrong,
or slower, to use cables? BTW, thank you for the correction.
do not use wifi for migration, ever.
do not use ethernet either, although that is marginally tolerable.
by far, the fastest method to migrate is from a time machine backup, a
clone backup, or the old mac in target disk mode, whichever is most convenient and most up to date. get the appropriate cable and enjoy
your new mac.
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data transfer
at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to the new one.
Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C)
Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter".
How useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on
how I should go about this?
Thank you.
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data transfer
at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to the new one.
Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter". How
useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on how
I should go about this?
Thank you.
On 15/01/2022 15:37, nospam wrote:
by far, the fastest method to migrate is from a time machine backup,
a clone backup, or the old mac in target disk mode, whichever is most
convenient and most up to date. get the appropriate cable and enjoy
your new mac.
Hold on!
*YOU* are "just some bloke on the Internet" - some say a Troll!
The Apple article is recent - Published Date: January 10, 2022 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204350
Whyever should Jim do as YOU say as against what Apple recommends?
On 2022-01-15 13:23:27 +0000, Jim_Higgins said:
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data
transfer at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to
the new one. Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3
(USB‑C) Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) to
Thunderbolt 2 Adapter". How useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on
how I should go about this?
Thank you.
My personal recommendation is never transfer anything in this sense.
You've got a brand new computer with a freshly installed MacOS.
Transferring all the old stuff across will give you a load of garbage
that you almost certainly never use and some of may not work at all
(old 32-bit apps for example).
My personal recommendation is never transfer anything in this sense.
You've got a brand new computer with a freshly installed MacOS.
Transferring all the old stuff across will give you a load of garbage
that you almost certainly never use and some of may not work at all
(old 32-bit apps for example).
The best option is to simply use the new computer, install fresh copies (perferably the latest version) of the apps you want, and then
*manually* transfer anything you find *really* need. If you selling or trashing / recycling the old computer, then make a backup copy first so
you can still access those old items should you need to.
This is especially true when moving from an old hard drive based Mac to
a new SSD based Mac, where you can often have a lot less storage space
on the system drive.
Between the same two devices, a cabled connection will usually be
faster than a wireless one.
As an example, I recently set-up a new computer for someone.
Transferring their email Conatcts list would have been a complete waste
of time - they had over 700, many of which were very outdated (their
mail host no longer even exists!).
Am 15.01.22 um 16:37 schrieb nospam:
do not use wifi for migration, ever.
do not use ethernet either, although that is marginally tolerable.
You are an anonymous Troll.
Read the article.
Worked several times for me in the past.
Did you reach the point where you know better than Apple?
On 2022-01-15 13:23:27 +0000, Jim_Higgins said:
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data
transfer at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to the
new one. Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C)
Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter". >> How useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on
how I should go about this?
Thank you.
My personal recommendation is never transfer anything in this sense.
You've got a brand new computer with a freshly installed MacOS.
Transferring all the old stuff across will give you a load of garbage
that you almost certainly never use and some of may not work at all (old 32-bit apps for example).
The best option is to simply use the new computer, install fresh copies (perferably the latest version) of the apps you want, and then
*manually* transfer anything you find *really* need. If you selling or trashing / recycling the old computer, then make a backup copy first so
you can still access those old items should you need to.
As an example, I recently set-up a new computer for someone.
Transferring their email Conatcts list would have been a complete waste
of time - they had over 700, many of which were very outdated (their
mail host no longer even exists!).
Don't forget Apple's Migration Assistant can be run after you're up and running.
In article <ss29nh$9j$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
But the size of the transferred files can also be another reason not to lazily transfer everything ... especially these days where Apple is now using internal SSDs instead of hard drives (trying to transfer a 1TB
hard drive to a 256GB SSD is going to be "difficult", even excluding
the actual OS system files).
anyone who buys a mac with 256gb ssd when they have 1tb to copy has
only themselves to blame.
the largest capacity is currently 8tb. it's not cheap, but some people
do want that much internal storage.
In article <ss2299$1p5$1@dont-email.me>, Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:
Don't forget Apple's Migration Assistant can be run after you're up and running.
it can, but that's almost always a very bad idea.
On 15/01/2022 19:49, Your Name wrote:
On 2022-01-15 13:23:27 +0000, Jim_Higgins said:
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data transfer
at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to the new one.
Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C)
Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter".
How useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on
how I should go about this?
Thank you.
My personal recommendation is never transfer anything in this sense.
You've got a brand new computer with a freshly installed MacOS.
Transferring all the old stuff across will give you a load of garbage
that you almost certainly never use and some of may not work at all
(old 32-bit apps for example).
The best option is to simply use the new computer, install fresh copies
(perferably the latest version) of the apps you want, and then
*manually* transfer anything you find *really* need. If you're selling
or trashing / recycling the old computer, then make a backup copy first
so you can still access those old items should you need to.
There's certainly an argument for doing this, especially if the machine you're transferring from doesn't have up-to-date apps. I did this going
from a Core2 Duo machine to an M1 Pro. Yes, the new machine is a bit
faster ;-)
Getting rid of cruft is nice. Very Marie Kondo.
Don't forget Apple's Migration Assistant can be run after you're up and running.
As an example, I recently set-up a new computer for someone.
Transferring their email Conatcts list would have been a complete waste
of time - they had over 700, many of which were very outdated (their
mail host no longer even exists!).
That's not a great example. You've saved copying maybe a megabyte tops of data?
But the size of the transferred files can also be another reason not to lazily transfer everything ... especially these days where Apple is now
using internal SSDs instead of hard drives (trying to transfer a 1TB
hard drive to a 256GB SSD is going to be "difficult", even excluding
the actual OS system files).
But the size of the transferred files can also be another reason not to lazily transfer everything ... especially these days where Apple is now using internal SSDs instead of hard drives (trying to transfer a 1TB
hard drive to a 256GB SSD is going to be "difficult", even excluding
the actual OS system files).
anyone who buys a mac with 256gb ssd when they have 1tb to copy has
only themselves to blame.
the largest capacity is currently 8tb. it's not cheap, but some people
do want that much internal storage.
Yeah especially from huge internal HDDs to tiny SSDs. :/
In article <Uv-dnT3OcZR-MHn8nZ2dnUU7-eOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Don't forget Apple's Migration Assistant can be run after you're up and running.
it can, but that's almost always a very bad idea.
Why is a very bad idea? I never had issues. I just don't copy everything.
it will create a new account, causing a mismatch in user ids.
In article <Uv-dnTzOcZSTM3n8nZ2dnUU7-eOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
But the size of the transferred files can also be another reason not to lazily transfer everything ... especially these days where Apple is now using internal SSDs instead of hard drives (trying to transfer a 1TB hard drive to a 256GB SSD is going to be "difficult", even excluding the actual OS system files).
anyone who buys a mac with 256gb ssd when they have 1tb to copy has
only themselves to blame.
the largest capacity is currently 8tb. it's not cheap, but some people
do want that much internal storage.
Yeah especially from huge internal HDDs to tiny SSDs. :/
they're not that tiny anymore. macbook pros start at 512gb.
Yeah especially from huge internal HDDs to tiny SSDs. :/
they're not that tiny anymore. macbook pros start at 512gb.
Still too small IMO. :P
I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data
transfer at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to the
new one. Apple Care+.
There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C)
Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter".
How useful would these two be?
Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on
how I should go about this?
Thank you.
nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
In article <Uv-dnT3OcZR-MHn8nZ2dnUU7-eOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
<ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Don't forget Apple's Migration Assistant can be run after you're
up and running.
it can, but that's almost always a very bad idea.
Why is a very bad idea? I never had issues. I just don't copy
everything.
it will create a new account, causing a mismatch in user ids.
Interesting. I migrated the old non-admin (made a new admin account
to start clean) accounts over and haven't seen any errors? When do
the issues come up?
nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:[...]
they're not that tiny anymore. macbook pros start at 512gb.
Still too small IMO. :P
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