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I recently bought an M1 Mac Air, and used migration assistant to transfer my data from a Time Machine backup of my old iMac. After working with my MacAir for a short while, it became evident that Migration had not brought over any of my non-Apple applications. Why is this and how can I get the rest of my apps?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.5
Thanks for your help Barney. I finally tried running Migration Assistant again, just checking "Applications." It took about twenty two hours, but it worked! IL now have all my applications back, and Keychain seems to work too.
Thanks for your help Barney. I finally tried running Migration Assistant again, just checking "Applications." It took about twenty two hours, but it worked! IL now have all my applications back, and Keychain seems to work too.
I really don't know if they're compatible. I was using High Sierra on my iMac. I know that several of my applications had released versions that were incompatible with Hight Sierra, but I hadn't downloaded them. I didn't think I could. How can I tell if an application is compatible with Big Sur? Migration Assistant listed a few things it hadn't restored, but my apps weren't among them. If it didn't restore my apps, what was it doing for eighteen hours?
If the apps are 32-bit, then they are incompatible.
If your old Mac is still running, you can either look in System Information > Software > Applications or use this App: https://www.stclairsoft.com/Go64/index.html
Hi Barney,
Thanks for your help. I followed your advice and checked to see if my apps were 64-Bit. Well, some of them are, and some of them aren't. I haven't checked all of them yet, but one would think that Migration Assistant would have at least transferred the ones that are. Thanks again for telling me how to check.
Yrs,
Harold
Are they compatible with Big Sur? That should be the only reason to exclude them.
P. S. Another oddity is that while Migration Assistant transferred my e-mails, it didn't transfer the folders/mailboxes I use to organize them. These are not smart mailboxes.
P. P. S I can't seem to get keychain to work either, although it's turned on.
I’m not sure what to do about all of those issues. Sounds like something went wrong with the migration and I’m not sure how to go about running it again.
Just so I understand, you migrated the same user account, and only checked Applications?
Yes, that's right.
Thanks.
migration assistant non-apple applications
