Moving my stuff to a new air

[glen e]

MAY get a new one....can anyone show me a link on how to clone my stuff to a new air from my 2011 I have now? I'm on the road and don't have a outboard hard drive....

 

[jsolares]

MAY get a new one....can anyone show me a link on how to clone my stuff to a new air from my 2011 I have now? I'm on the road and don't have a outboard hard drive....

I think you could do it with a thunderbolt cable and Target Disk mode on the old MBA.

 

[glen e]

I think you could do it with a thunderbolt cable and Target Disk mode on the old MBA.

Thank you....but

Sorry, business user here...not good with this....is there somewhere I could get a step by step on this?

 

[glitch44]

Apple has an app for this: Migration Assistant

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889

 

[glen e]

Thanks...can I do this with a USB cable connecting them or do I need the thunderbolt cable....it's 50 bucks....

 

[LaWally]

Thanks...can I do this with a USB cable connecting them or do I need the thunderbolt cable....it's 50 bucks....

From the referenced Apple support doc from glitch44:

You can connect your Macs in one of four ways to transfer information with Migration Assistant:

FireWire or ThunderBolt
Wireless (Wi-Fi) or Ethernet
Time Machine backup or other disk

 

[glen e]

From the referenced Apple support doc from glitch44:

You can connect your Macs in one of four ways to transfer information with Migration Assistant:

FireWire or ThunderBolt
Wireless (Wi-Fi) or Ethernet
Time Machine backup or other disk

Saw that...but I have no idea how to use FireWire on an air.....

 

[EthanMiller]

To use FireWire, you'd need a FireWire to Thunderbolt adapter. Doing it through ethernet would be easier, but you'd need adapters for that too. There's no good solution.

I'd recommend seeing if it can do it through wireless, though it will be slow. Otherwise, you should get an external and do it that way. Afterwards, use the external as a backup. As a business user, a backup is really important.

 

[mitty]

Why not grab yourself a USB 3.0 drive of some description prior to your Air being Delivered. That's what I've done, I'm copying my iTunes, iPhoto and aperture libraries onto it now so that when I get the Air I can copy them straight back on to the SSD in a nice fast manner. Plus then I'll use the USB 3.0 drive for Time Machine backups for the Air.