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1. MY PASSPORT FOR MAC TARGET INSTALL
2. MY PASSPORT FOR MAC TARGET UPDATE
3. MY PASSPORT FOR MAC TARGET PRO
4. MY PASSPORT FOR MAC TARGET SOFTWARE
5. MY PASSPORT FOR MAC TARGET MAC

Fine for charging your devices but not for the kind of data transfer you’re doing.

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC TARGET PRO

Like your iPhone, iPad and yes, even your MacBook Pro are Thunderbolt 2 spec cables. Unfortunately, the USB Thunderbolt cables you get in the box with your Apple devices. The first thing to look at is the USB cable you’re using. You’ve got your cable running between both your Mac’s and it won’t work.

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC TARGET MAC

When you are trying to do a Mac Migration Assistant over USB. Is your Mac USB file and folder transfer dead from the word go? Migration Assistant On Your New Mac Not Running Over USB? And you may want to go for a more reliable way of transferring your folders and files. You’ll find that migration takes hours and hours and hours over WIFI.Īnd you could think your Migration Assistant has stopped and broken but it’s just taking a long time.Įqually your WIFI could have dropped out. When you’re migrating everything from your old Mac with a large internal drive. Check that both your Mac’s are on the same wireless network.Īnd that they can see each other on the network.Ĭonfirm that you can AirDrop from one to the other. Just click on the picture of your old Mac. And your source Mac should come right up on the screen over WIFI. Then click continue.Ĭheck back on your new computer’s Migration Assistant screen. On the next screen where you pick how you want to transfer your information. Then click to start Migration Assistant.Īfter you have put in your admin password. Leave that Migration Assistant screen up and running. When Migration Assistant seems broken on your new Mac.Īnd Migration Assistant sees nothing. Start Up Migration Assistant on the old Mac. Make sure it’s the same one you used on the old machine. And you’re prompted to put in your Apple id. Then your transfer won’t work.Ĭheck System Preferences > Security and Privacy. So, it’s not accepting incoming connections. If you’ve got it set to very strict settings. Migrating over WIFI often just doesn’t work for many of these reasons.īut bearing all that in mind here are some things to get your WIFI transfer working.

And even if you believe your router is fast, it might not be as quick as you think.Ĭheck out this document on the different ways of migrating with Migration Assistant. The thickness of your house walls affects how strong or weak your WIFI signal is. And your wireless migration process to stop and die. Your other neighbor’s machines and devices producing radio waves. You may experience frequent interruptions from nearby WIFI networks. If you live in a small apartment with thin walls. WIFI seems convenient because all your Apple devices use it. Your Migration Assistant doesn’t work properly when you’re trying to transfer files over WIFI. Mac Migration Assistant Not At All Working Over WIFI? You’ve done all these things aok on your new Mac? And your Migration Assistant is really not working … You’re ready to read on. And clicking on Migration Assistant there. You start Migration Assistant by going to the Applications folder on your new Mac. If your older Mac is running OS X Lion – MacOS 10.7.5 or earlier.īecause the transfer process with those operating system versions is different. Then check your new Mac is on OS X Mavericks – 10.9.5 or later to run Migration Assistant.Īnd your source Mac. If the new to you Mac isn’t running the latest, bang up version of MacOS.

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC TARGET INSTALL

But new to you then you may want to clean install MacOS on that Mac.īut if you want to keep the version of MacOS that Mac is running then just check.

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC TARGET UPDATE

Plus, if after you’ve logged in you see a message to update your MacOS on your new Mac.

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC TARGET SOFTWARE

Then run through the Apple Setup Assistant software program first. If you’re moving to a brand new out of the box Mac. Ready to run Migration Assistant.įor Migration Assistant to run you’ll need MacOS up and running. You run Migration Assistant on the Mac you’re transferring your files and folders to.Īnd start up Migration Assistant once you’ve logged into your new Mac.Īnd that means you need to have your new Mac – your destination Mac. Be Sure All Your Windows Apps Are Closed.Ĭheck these things first on your new Mac.

Plugging out and plugging back in your Ethernet cable. It's best to start off with a 1GB Ethernet cable.