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when using migration assistant to transfer data from my iMac to my new MacBook Pro, will the data still be available on the iMac?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 12, 2021 3:06 PM

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Jan 12, 2021 3:19 PM in response to jahammell1980

jahammell1980 wrote:

when using migration assistant to transfer data from my iMac to my new MacBook Pro, will the data still be available on the iMac?

Yes of course.

The user data is copied, to the new machine, not copied and then deleted.

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