Migration assistant is one of Apple’s most valuable utilities. I’ve used it frequently over the years to migrate my user accounts, applications, etc. between two Macs and I’ve never had any problems ...

Apple has issued an update to Migration Assistant for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, allowing Leopard users to transfer data, settings and applications to new Macs running Mac OS X Lion. Issued on Wednesday, ...

There may be times when the OS X installer will present an error and prevent you from upgrading your current OS installation. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 ...

Migration Assistant in macOS has matured to an effective and rapid way to transplant the brain of one Mac to another. I recently migrated from an M1 Mac mini to a Mac Studio using a Thunderbolt 4 ...

Many PC users migrating to Mac OS X store their emails and other personal organization data (calendars, contacts) in Microsoft Outlook. Although setting up new email accounts is relatively simple, it ...

Migration Assistant is the easiest way to transplant the heart and soul of one Mac to another. While it used to be fragile and frequently failed or required multiple attempts, I’ve found it ...

PC owners jonesing for the new MacBook Pros (or any future Mac, we suppose) would do well to take a quick look at what’s coming down the pipeline with Mac OS X Lion. Mainly Migration Assistant’s PC-to ...

Meh. My new OS install process is like this: 1. Carbon Copy Cloner to my HDD, making a 1:1 image of my disk onto an external drive No need for the massive article. Call me crazy but I've never used ...

Late 2008 MBP running SL migrated to new 2011 MBP. Just did a straight firewire transfer of data. It's been VERY VERY unresponsive under the new MBP. Created a test user and all is well and fast under ...