Migration to Macbook air

I just bought a new MacAir Book and would like to transfer data from my old computer which OS do I download for the migration

Posted on May 13, 2021 12:30 PM

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tbirdvet

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May 13, 2021 12:54 PM in response to opalina2021

I suggest you make a Time machine backup of your old Mac. Then connect that to your new Mac and when doing initial setup select migration and the system will do the rest for you.

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