Hi, Both methods will work fine. Whether you use Migration Assistant or an up-to-date Time Machine backup. If you are setting up a new computer and you have the up-to-date Time Machine backup, the new computer will end up exactly the same as the old one including all files and settings. Similarly, if your older computer is still working normally, all files and settings can be migrated upon initial setup or after the fact. If done during initial setup, your new computer will end up exactly the same as the older one, just like from Time Machine. If you choose to use Migration Assistant after the fact, it will depend on what you select to migrate. In both cases, though, the Migration Assistant will guide you through the process whether you use ethernet to ethernet, Firewire/Thunderbolt or WiFi. As Mark mentioned, though, using WiFi will work but likely be considerably slower than other methods.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Dec 2, 2014, at 02:17, Andrew Lamanche <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > I may soon be having to use the migration assistant so I was very interested > in your experience of having done so. Can you outline the steps required to > connect thee two macs via ethernet cable? I have a notion that one of them > has to be started in a particular mode. Is this true? > > Many thanks > > Andrew >> On 2 Dec 2014, at 07:55, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Lisette, >> >> I have never made nor used any time machine backups so cannot speak to how >> it works. >> >> However, when I purchased my new Mac, a couple of months ago, I simply >> connected it to my old Mac and the migration assistant worked perfectly, the >> first time. >> >> Since then I have used the Migration Assistant several times and each time >> it worked flawlessly. Once I connected the two Macs via Ethernet cable and >> once, I connected them via FireWire cable. Of course, I could have simply >> let them talk to each other via WiFi but doing so would have taken much >> longer to complete the transfer. >> >> Good Luck, >> >> Mark >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lisette Wesseling >> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2014 9:57 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Migration assistant question >> >> Hi folks, >> Just wondering which method of copying data from one mac to another is most >> efficient or most likely to get everything across properly? I have a time >> machine back up, with everything checked. Is it best to use this time >> machine back up with migration assistant, or try to do it by connecting both >> macs up together. I want to try to get my VO settings and all other >> programme settings across, plus iPhotos I have imported and obviously iTunes >> and all my documents. >> Any advice gratefully received as I prepare to buy a new Mac and deal with >> the headache of getting it set up the way I like. >> Thanks >> >> Lisette >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
