Mac Migration issue

[bcburrows]

Hi

Thanks for anyone that can help with this. Just bought a new macbook pro. Decided to copy over only the old documents via migration assistant, thought I would re-install fresh copies of all my software. Used the migration assistant over wifi (forgot to buy a thunderbolt to ethernet cable). Problem is the process crashed with 1 minute to go (left it for about an hour at that point still saying 1 minute).

Can not find any of my files or folders, but when I look at my settings and storage I have 131 gigs of 'other stuff'. MBP only purchased yesterday fresh install of yosemite. My old documents would not have been more than a few gigs. Also tried cleanmymac2 but has not really found much.

Any ideas of what this mystery 131gigs is?

Thanks

 

[Fishrrman]

My opinion, and mine only:

If you are going to "reinstall fresh copies" of all your software, you don't need to migrate that.

And if your old documents total up to "not more than a few gigs", why don't you use a USB flash drive and just "copy them over manually".... ???

Final thoughts:
You might need Migration Assistant to "bring over" your email accounts and data (but even this can be done manually, if you do it carefully).

And -- DO NOT attempt migration via Ethernet. You want to do this "with a cable". It will make it MUCH faster, fewer problems...

 

[ElectronGuru]

Mac Migration issue

I migrate with new machines and even for os upgrades. But never with apps. Totally easy and reliable:

Erase the drive to start over
Install a fresh os
Migrate again, with a cable this time
Install your apps from scratch
Repair permissions

 

[bcburrows]

Appreciate the replies, however my issue is the 131gigs of unknown material on my new SSD. The transfer process is not the issue. I transferred via wifi only because I forgot to get a thunderbolt to gigabit ethernet cable, and as it was only files not a problem. I did not simply copy the files over because I could not - I had to use the time capsule for migration because the old hdd broke.

 

[Fishrrman]

OP wrote above:
[[ my issue is the 131gigs of unknown material on my new SSD ]]

Search for a free app called "Grand Perspective" which will show you how the space on your SSD is being used...

 

[glenthompson]

My opinion, and mine only:

And -- DO NOT attempt migration via Ethernet. You want to do this "with a cable". It will make it MUCH faster, fewer problems...

Ethernet is a cable. Did you mean WiFi? My gigabit Ethernet does migrations quite well. The only thing using wifi are the idevices.