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In article <ss2299$1p5$1@dont-email.me>, Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:

Don't forget Apple's Migration Assistant can be run after you're up and running.

it can, but that's almost always a very bad idea.

Why is a very bad idea? I never had issues. I just don't copy everything.
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In article <ss29nh$9j$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Your Name
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But the size of the transferred files can also be another reason not to lazily transfer everything ... especially these days where Apple is now using internal SSDs instead of hard drives (trying to transfer a 1TB
hard drive to a 256GB SSD is going to be "difficult", even excluding
the actual OS system files).

anyone who buys a mac with 256gb ssd when they have 1tb to copy has
only themselves to blame.

the largest capacity is currently 8tb. it's not cheap, but some people
do want that much internal storage.

Yeah especially from huge internal HDDs to tiny SSDs. :/
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In article <Uv-dnT3OcZR-MHn8nZ2dnUU7-eOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Don't forget Apple's Migration Assistant can be run after you're up and running.

it can, but that's almost always a very bad idea.

Why is a very bad idea? I never had issues. I just don't copy everything.

it will create a new account, causing a mismatch in user ids.
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In article <Uv-dnTzOcZSTM3n8nZ2dnUU7-eOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

But the size of the transferred files can also be another reason not to lazily transfer everything ... especially these days where Apple is now using internal SSDs instead of hard drives (trying to transfer a 1TB hard drive to a 256GB SSD is going to be "difficult", even excluding
the actual OS system files).

anyone who buys a mac with 256gb ssd when they have 1tb to copy has
only themselves to blame.

the largest capacity is currently 8tb. it's not cheap, but some people
do want that much internal storage.

Yeah especially from huge internal HDDs to tiny SSDs. :/

they're not that tiny anymore. macbook pros start at 512gb.
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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

In article <Uv-dnT3OcZR-MHn8nZ2dnUU7-eOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Don't forget Apple's Migration Assistant can be run after you're up and
running.

it can, but that's almost always a very bad idea.

Why is a very bad idea? I never had issues. I just don't copy everything.

it will create a new account, causing a mismatch in user ids.

Interesting. I migrated the old non-admin (made a new admin account to
start clean) accounts over and haven't seen any errors? When do the
issues come up?
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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

In article <Uv-dnTzOcZSTM3n8nZ2dnUU7-eOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

But the size of the transferred files can also be another reason not to
lazily transfer everything ... especially these days where Apple is now
using internal SSDs instead of hard drives (trying to transfer a 1TB hard drive to a 256GB SSD is going to be "difficult", even excluding the actual OS system files).

anyone who buys a mac with 256gb ssd when they have 1tb to copy has
only themselves to blame.

the largest capacity is currently 8tb. it's not cheap, but some people
do want that much internal storage.

Yeah especially from huge internal HDDs to tiny SSDs. :/

they're not that tiny anymore. macbook pros start at 512gb.

Still too small IMO. :P
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In article <ivudneQSsYLdn3j8nZ2dnUU7-L2dnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Yeah especially from huge internal HDDs to tiny SSDs. :/

they're not that tiny anymore. macbook pros start at 512gb.

Still too small IMO. :P

the largest is currently 8tb. it's not cheap.
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Jim,

I did something similar, and encountered an issue because the
backups/machines did not have exactly the same MacOs versions. Once
that was done, no drama.

el

On 15/01/2022 15:23, Jim_Higgins wrote:

I willl be buying a new M-1 24" Silver iMac and doing the data
transfer at home from a full Time Machine Backup of the old Mac to the
new one. Apple Care+.

There are two accessories I was looking at: "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C)
Cable (0.8 m)" and "Thunderbolt 3 (USB‑C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter".
How useful would these two be?

Has anyone had any problems doing this or do you have suggestions on
how I should go about this?

Thank you.

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The issue can come up when you install your new computer and use the
same user name as on the old one.

So, when setting up the new one I usually create a temporary account and
bang the other stuff from the old one more or less totally.

It may work properly if you only restore some stuff from the old
machine's account, but, see above.

There is absolutely nothing wrong to once in a while install a machine
from scratch and update your handbook (if any :-)-O) while you are doing
it so you keep up with changes. Patience is a virtue :-)-O

greetings, el

On 17/01/2022 07:33, Ant wrote:

nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

In article <Uv-dnT3OcZR-MHn8nZ2dnUU7-eOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
<ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Don't forget Apple's Migration Assistant can be run after you're
up and running.

it can, but that's almost always a very bad idea.

Why is a very bad idea? I never had issues. I just don't copy
everything.

it will create a new account, causing a mismatch in user ids.

Interesting. I migrated the old non-admin (made a new admin account
to start clean) accounts over and haven't seen any errors? When do
the issues come up?

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My M1 Airbook has 2TB which is quite enough for my travels :-)-O

el

On 17/01/2022 07:44, Ant wrote:

nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

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they're not that tiny anymore. macbook pros start at 512gb.

Still too small IMO. :P

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