This is my first time moving data from a current laptop to a new one and I have a few newbie questions. And yes I did read the other like threads before posting:
1. I have ~1 TB of data that I need to move from current laptop (macOS 10.15.7) to my new one (Tahoe). Is it better to use Migration Assistant or Time Machine to do so, and, is there an advantage to one over the other? Should it matter, I hardly have anything on iCloud.
My original plan was to move things manually so that I can start fresh on the new laptop with a clean structure and cleaned up files. I’ve decided this is a crazy notion with that volume of data I’d be spending my life cleaning up. I’m looking for the least amount of headache and reliability. (From a systems perspective, while I’d love to get rid of whatever gunk my laptop has accumulated over the years that may be gumming up the works, I wouldn’t even know where to start to do that.) I had thought of having the Apple Store do the migration but would rather not for privacy reasons.
2. The only item that I may not want to transfer over is Apple Mail, as I might want to start Apple Mail net-new for a variety of reasons. If I transfer everything over except for Apple Mail and then decide I do want to move it to the new laptop, would I use Time Machine or Migration Assistant to do that? And what issues, if any, might I encounter if I migrate Apple Mail over on its own?
While my Time Machine back up should be good, in the off chance it’s not, I wouldn’t want to have to start migrating everything all over again. I’m not sure if Migration Assistant allows you to select one item to migrate without having to go through all of the users/admin settings?
Hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance for your help.
1. I have ~1 TB of data that I need to move from current laptop (macOS 10.15.7) to my new one (Tahoe). Is it better to use Migration Assistant or Time Machine to do so, and, is there an advantage to one over the other? Should it matter, I hardly have anything on iCloud.
My original plan was to move things manually so that I can start fresh on the new laptop with a clean structure and cleaned up files. I’ve decided this is a crazy notion with that volume of data I’d be spending my life cleaning up. I’m looking for the least amount of headache and reliability. (From a systems perspective, while I’d love to get rid of whatever gunk my laptop has accumulated over the years that may be gumming up the works, I wouldn’t even know where to start to do that.) I had thought of having the Apple Store do the migration but would rather not for privacy reasons.
2. The only item that I may not want to transfer over is Apple Mail, as I might want to start Apple Mail net-new for a variety of reasons. If I transfer everything over except for Apple Mail and then decide I do want to move it to the new laptop, would I use Time Machine or Migration Assistant to do that? And what issues, if any, might I encounter if I migrate Apple Mail over on its own?
While my Time Machine back up should be good, in the off chance it’s not, I wouldn’t want to have to start migrating everything all over again. I’m not sure if Migration Assistant allows you to select one item to migrate without having to go through all of the users/admin settings?
Hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance for your help.