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Migrating user data between computers

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I am trying to transfer my data from a Time Machine backup on a 2TB SanDisk external drive to my new MacBook Air M4. Both Macs are fully up to date with macOS. Migration Assistant says the transfer ...
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I'm trying to find a way to create Time Machine backups that I can still browse in the future from machines that are not the one that created the backup (or from other users). My main issue it seems ...
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All users and data should be transferred completely with the help of the migration assistant from a Timemaschine backup; the Timemaschine backup is on external USB HD, is checked and works. In the ...
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I recently used Migration Assistant to transfer my data to a new Mac. During the process, there was a message indicating that a few files didn’t transfer (which I don’t need). I was prompted to set a ...
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I bought a new Mac M4 with Sequoia installed. I used Migration Assistant to move everything over from the old Mac running Mojave. Most everything worked, but the Stickies did not transfer. I found a ...
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I'm encountering a problem with account.apple.com when trying to migrate my account to an Apple ID. When I click the Continue button to accept Apple's privacy terms, I receive a 500 Internal Server ...
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Just moved from an X86 mac to an M3 and having some problems with the ~/Library/Python/3.12 directory. What I did so far: restored from Time Machine home only left /Applications/ behind, figuring ...
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Running Migration Assistant to transfer my files to new mac. Going from M1 Max (macOS 12.6) to M4 Max. Both Finder (size and size on disk) and du -sh of the home directory reports around 500GB, which ...
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I need to setup another macbook as quickly as possible, so I'm planning to use Migration Assistant with thunderbolt 4, which should take about 30 minutes from what I've heard. However, I cannot close ...
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I migrated from an phone 12 pro max to an iPhone 16 pro. Both phones are on iOS 18.0.1. I used the quick start method where you scan the orb. After migration, the count of videos, live photos, and ...
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Migrated from Macbook Air running Mojave, Mail version 12.4. to Macbook Air running Sequoia, Mail version 16.0. Opening mail pops up a window with the message "updating mail database" - this ...
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When new hardware arrives is there a way to migrate just a portion of data? exclude 3rd party apps and kernel extensions installed on the mac being migrated. I have some remnants of cisco vpn that I ...
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I'm facing a challenge in setting up my new MacBook Pro with the configuration from my older MacBook Pro, which is located at a remote site. Here's my situation: Remote MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018): ...
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Can I build a VM image from an old Intel Mac and run that in parallels or VMware or whatever on a new M3 machine? Old machine MacBook Pro, mid 2014 macOS Mojave Version 10.14.6 2.2 GHz intel Core i7 ...
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After migrating to MacPorts 2.10.0 via $ sudo port selfupdating Password: ---> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync MacPorts base version 2.9.3 installed, MacPorts base version 2.10.0 ...
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