Back up data to a new Mac.

When you buy a new MAC, you can back up your data, to the new MAC.
You can do this process at very beginning when you first set up your new MAC or you can do later, at any time, by using Migration Assistant.
What are the difference by using the two procedures? What are the good and not good things?
Thank you

When you do it when you first setup the Mac, there is no chance of synchronization issues of old and new data.
If you do it later, you have to be careful to backup any essential data first to an external source before importing, as it may be overwritten in the synchronization process by accident.

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