Issues with transferring data

btb22 wrote:

My computers are just "looking for the source" and stuck in the first step of finding the data on the migration assistant, is this normal, how long should I be waiting?

Try a different backup and compare your results..

Migration Assistant.

How to move your content to a new Mac Move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support

Are both computer able to get on your local Wi-Fi network? Or have you placed them "near each other", i.e., within 10 feet of each other? do you get a verification code on either computer?

On your new Mac, can you see the old computer in Finder, if you click on the name of the new Mac, then "Network" ??

If you have a Time machine backup of the old Mac, and can connect that you your new Mac, that is just as good as the original. ANY connection method will suffu=ice, even old USB-2 connection.

Otherwise, on the old Mac, use:

system Preferences > sharing > File sharing

and enable sharing the entire drive to all Admin Users.

When you go to make the connection, you will need the username and password of an Admin User on the OLD Mac to authenticate for access to the old Mac files.

did you launch Migration Assistant on the OLD Mac as well, and tell it to transfer your information?

on the new computer, that thing in the lower left that says" other server" what happens when you click on that?

so what is the IP address of the old Mac? you can find it in

system Preferences > network

-OR- try Restarting the old Mac, then Restarting (or Shutting down and Restarting) the new Mac.