This limits the options you can use for ‘Setup Assistant’ to connect the two computers together…ġ.

Firewire is no good as the newer MacBooks do not have firewire. Ethernet is no good as the newer Macbooks do not have ethernet. Thunderbolt is no good as the older Macbooks don’t have thunderbolt.

Here are 5 options listed from fastest and simplest to slowest or most complicated….īuy an Apple Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter (they are approx $30). This gives your new macbook an Ethernet port and then you can plug in an ethernet cable from your old Mac directly to to your new Macbook. The ‘Setup Assistant’ on the new Macbook Pro actually tells you to connect to an Ethernet network, but there is no Ethernet port on the Macbook Pro!!! Personally I think it’s poor form on Apple’s part that they don’t include one of these adapters with every Macbook or Macbook Air, at least while we transition from Ethernet. If it’s boxing day, and you have your little Macbook Pro ready to go, but the Apple store is closed, then you can’t get a firewire to Ethernet adapter. You’ll have to try one of the next options! ETHERNET CABLE FOR MACBOOK AIR BEST BUY PRO If you have a time-machine backup you can simply connect the time-machine backup (USB or wi-fi) to the new macboook and ‘Setup Assistant’ can import from there. The next quickest way if you don’t have a Time Machine backup of your old computer would be to make one. Grab a USB drive and make a Time Machine backup, it might take 5-10 hours or so, but then you can use ‘Setup Assistant’ to import from the time-machine backup. For example I had a friend and it said it would take over 100 hours to do the Migration! If worst comes to worst, you can use an existing wireless network (eg a wireless router) and if you have no ethernet connection this is what ‘Setup-Assistant’ will try to use, but this may be very slow. If you do use a wireless network it will be best if it’s an Apple Extreme network or other very fast 802.11n network. ETHERNET CABLE FOR MACBOOK AIR BEST BUY SOFTWAREĪlso if you have any other computers being used on the network (which you probably do) then it will slow everything down.ETHERNET CABLE FOR MACBOOK AIR BEST BUY PRO.

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