Migration assistant over wifi....

[SvK]

Hi all,

Just bought the "big dog":
rMBP 2.8 16gig , 768 ssd


Doing migration assistant for my settings, applications from my Mac Pro desktop.

sllllloooowwwww
showing "10 hours"

hahahaha

cant wait for it to finish.
so i can geek out , and stare in disbelief at how much CPU is in here( 6 core speed!!)

gonna run massive audio sessions.

woooott

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my bad just when up to 11 hours

oh man

 

[GimmeSlack12]

You got a laptop, go plug it in next to your other computer. WiFi is lame, unless absolutely necessary or too lazy. I avoid WiFi.

Go have another drink

 

[T5BRICK]

Cancel it and use Thunderbolt/FireWire/ethernet? I guess WiFi may be the only option if you don't own any adapters...

 

[KPOM]

[/COLOR]my bad just when up to 11 hours

oh man

Migration Assistant is convenient, but it isn't always quick. If you have an external USB 3.0 HDD, consider cloning your old drive and then hooking it up to your new Mac to run Migration Assistant. I did that in December and it took about 20 minutes to run, vs. the 20 hours or so that Migration Assistant wanted over Wi-Fi.

Also, if your old Mac has a Thunderbolt port, consider linking the old and new using Target Disk Mode. It will take minutes to migrate.

 

[SvK]

i got time...ill watch godfather trilogy ;-)

ohhh wait....thats my apple tv and thats on wifi too!!!

hahaha

 

[SvK]

Thanx for tips

just whining. macpro does not have thunderbolt, and im all tucked in and no ethernet adapter since the rMBP ahhem , does not have ethernet port...

ps: but its down to 8 hours now, so i assume it will translate to 3 real hours or so.
;-)

progress hahaha

 

[KPOM]

Thanx for tips

just whining. macpro does not have thunderbolt, and im all tucked in and no ethernet adapter since the rMBP ahhem , does not have ethernet port...

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD463ZM/A/thunderbolt-to-gigabit-ethernet-adapter

That said, Migration Assistant isn't that great over Ethernet, either. I prefer running it from an external HDD. Alternatively, you can get a Thunderbolt Firewire adapter and put the Mac Pro into target disk mode.

 

[SvK]

kPOM

ill pick up a TB to ethernet adapter tommorow.

That's when ill have to transfer 10s of gigs of orchestra
sample libraries

Thanks for advice.

best,
SvK