Best way to move stuff from Old MBP to New MBA

dojoman · Jul 13, 2012, 10:26 AM

Can I use the cloned drive from MBP and basically wipe out everything on my MBA and dump it? I was afraid doing this way can cause some problem since they are different hardware.
Or Migration Assistant is the better route???

KPOM · Jul 13, 2012, 10:34 AM

I'd go with Migration Assistant since your older MacBook Pro won't have the drivers that are in the build of Lion that ships with the MacBook Airs. I've used that to migrate with my last several purchases.

When Apple finally ships the Thunderbolt Firewire 800 adapter, the process might be smoother, but it would work over Wi-Fi, or through an enclosure if you are able to take the HDD out of the MacBook Pro.

abuleban · Jul 13, 2012, 10:37 AM

reinstall Lion, then migration assistant from a time machine backup via USB, works the best.

dojoman · Jul 13, 2012, 11:06 AM

Ok I will try that but would I have to re-enter applications serial? And Parallel for Windows would still be intact?

Jul 13, 2012, 10:26 AM	#1
dojoman In Time-Out Join Date: Apr 2010	Best way to move stuff from Old MBP to New MBA Can I use the cloned drive from MBP and basically wipe out everything on my MBA and dump it? I was afraid doing this way can cause some problem since they are different hardware. Or Migration Assistant is the better route???
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Jul 13, 2012, 10:37 AM	#3
abuleban macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Korea	time machine reinstall Lion, then migration assistant from a time machine backup via USB, works the best.
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Jul 13, 2012, 10:34 AM	#2
KPOM macrumors 604 Join Date: Oct 2010	I'd go with Migration Assistant since your older MacBook Pro won't have the drivers that are in the build of Lion that ships with the MacBook Airs. I've used that to migrate with my last several purchases. When Apple finally ships the Thunderbolt Firewire 800 adapter, the process might be smoother, but it would work over Wi-Fi, or through an enclosure if you are able to take the HDD out of the MacBook Pro.
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Jul 13, 2012, 11:06 AM	#4
dojoman Thread Starter In Time-Out Join Date: Apr 2010	Ok I will try that but would I have to re-enter applications serial? And Parallel for Windows would still be intact?
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