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Just got a new iMac and I’m trying to transfer information from my Mac mini using Migration Assistant. How long does this process normally take?

Just got a new iMac and I’m trying to transfer information from my Mac mini using Migration Assistant. How long does this process normally take?

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 18, 2020 8:14 AM

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Posted on Dec 18, 2020 8:57 AM

Using Wi-Fi over your local network is slow and unreliable. If you have a lot of data to migrate, you will be lucking if it ever completes at all.


Ideally the best way to migrate to a new Mac, is to connect the old Mac's Time Machine backup to the new Mac during the initial setup.

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Just got a new iMac and I’m trying to transfer information from my Mac mini using Migration Assistant. How long does this process normally take?

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