Firewire cable is best, but remember you need the same connections on both machines. So Firewire 400 to Firewire 400 and Firewire 800 to Firewire 800.
David > Thanks Sam. Would it be quicker to do it by "wire"? What sort of cable do I > need? > Regards > Derek > > Sent from my iPad > > On 7 Jan 2011, at 00:25, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Over a standard wifi network yes that's very normal, could take days if you >> have hundreds of gigabytes of data on your mac! >> >> Sam >> >> -- >> MacAmbulance >> Sam Mullen >> 07747778022 >> [email protected] >> >> On 6 Jan 2011, at 23:48, Derek Snoxall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am transferring data from my MacBook to my new MacBook Air, following the >>> directions onscreen, but it seems to be going very slowly. After six hours >>> the blue line has only progressed about one fifth of the distance. >>> >>> Is this normal or have I missed something? >>> >>> Regards >>> Derek >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
