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Migration Assistant – what is "Other files and folders" ?

We just migrated a user account from a 2012 Mini with Catalina onto a M1 Mini with Sequoia, using Migration Assistant (via WiFi, selecting ONLY that user account) and it went smoothly. One question, though, is that MA offered to transfer some mysterious “Other files and folders” which we declined. Any idea what on earth those would be?

Mac mini (M1, 2020)

Posted on Nov 18, 2024 1:15 PM

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Nov 18, 2024 2:56 PM in response to Al Cellier

Al Cellier wrote:

We just migrated a user account from a 2012 Mini with Catalina onto a M1 Mini with Sequoia, using Migration Assistant (via WiFi, selecting ONLY that user account) and it went smoothly. One question, though, is that MA offered to transfer some mysterious “Other files and folders” which we declined. Any idea what on earth those would be?


Anything that does not fit neatly into defined categories.

Migration Assistant – what is "Other files and folders" ?

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