Tomorrow I will pick up new 2017 MacBook Pro (1TB SSD/16gb ram) at local Apple Store. Will ask their techs to transfer 100% of everything from my Oct/ 2012 MacBook Air(512 SSD, 8gb ram) to the new MacBook Pro(2017). Presumably I will leave it overnight and they will simply connect computers via Thunderbolt for fastest transfer. How may I be assured that, indeed, 100%/everything will be transferred? What should I do at home before taking MBAir to store? I have my MBAir backed up on an external hard drive as well. Need advice today if possible. Sorry for the late notice. Thanks in advance to all who can help!
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How transfer everything from old to new Mac?
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What are you looking to have transferred over? Migration Assistant using a Time Machine backup is capable of transferring over the entire contents of an older Mac to a new Mac, and even with a USB 3.1 spinning disk hard drive it's usually a reasonably fast process that requires minimal interaction from the User. You may have to re-enter some licensing information for Apps that are tied specifically to a system's hardware profile.
IIRC, even if they use Thunderbolt via Target Disk Mode, aren't the speeds still going to be limited to something like 1 Gbps?
IIRC, even if they use Thunderbolt via Target Disk Mode, aren't the speeds still going to be limited to something like 1 Gbps?
Even though you have it backed up onto an external hard drive, I would back up your critical files (documents, etc) in the cloud as well.