Copy old macbook pro into Air

End of July I am travelling from Dubai to USA and will there buy a macbook air. Before I travel I want to sell my macbook pro. Once in USA I will travel for 4 weeks so I need to copy the old info from my macbook pro and reinstall it to my air while in US without the old computer. What is the best way?
I have time capsule at home. Can I export a time capsule copy to an external hardrive and bring only that one and ask the apple stor to help me instal it?

Since you have to get an external drive before you leave, I'd recommend that you directly back up the computer to the external drive. Because it is vital that this backup be good, rather than using TimeMachine I'd use SuperDuper! or CarbonCopyCloner. The advantage of these is that you've be making a bootable clone. After the backup you could boot the computer using the backup external and test your applications and data. It is less easy to verify a TimeMachine backup.
Once you get the new computer, whether you backed up with TimeMachine or cloned your hard drive, you can use the Setup Assistant to migrate your data and applications to the new computer. You can read about the Setup Assistant here.
It appears that you are going to be upgrading from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. Make sure your software is as up to date as possible - in particular be aware that any software that requires Rosetta won't run on the new computer. It would also be a good idea to disable the startup items in under your user account in Users & Groups tab of System Preferences just in case any of them are incompatible.

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Intel In Macs
Apple Guide to Universal Applications
MacInTouch List of Compatible Universal Binaries
MacInTouch List of Rosetta Compatible Applications
MacUpdate List of Intel-Compatible Software
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Because Migration Assistant isn't the ideal way to migrate from PowerPC to Intel Macs, using Target Disk Mode, copying the critical contents to CD and DVD, an external hard drive, or networking will work better when moving from PowerPC to Intel Macs. The initial section below discusses Target Disk Mode. It is then followed by a section which discusses networking with Macs that lack Firewire.
If both computers support the use of Firewire then you can use the following instructions:
Repair the hard drive and permissions using Disk Utility.
Backup your data. This is vitally important in case you make a mistake or there's some other problem.
Connect a Firewire cable between your old Mac and your new Intel Mac.
Startup your old Mac in Transferring files between two computers using FireWire.
Startup your new Mac for the first time, go through the setup and registration screens, but do NOT migrate data over. Get to your desktop on the new Mac without migrating any new data over.
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1. Set up a local home network: Creating a small Ethernet Network.
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MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)- What to do if migration is unsuccessful;
MacBook Air- Migration Tips and Tricks;
MacBook Air- Remote Disc, Migration, or Remote Install Mac OS X and wireless 802.11n networks.
Copy the following items from your old Mac to the new Mac:
In your /Home/ folder: Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites folders.
In your /Home/Library/ folder:
/Home/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder) /Home/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
Also in /Home/Library/Application Support (copy whatever else you need including folders for any third-party applications)
/Home/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder) /Home/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder) /Home/Library/Preferences/ (copy the whole folder) /Home /Library/Calendars (copy the whole folder) /Home /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder) /Home /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
If you want cookies:
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For Entourage users:
Entourage is in /Home/Documents/Microsoft User Data Also in /Home/Library/Preferences/Microsoft.
Credit goes to Macjack for this information.
If you need to transfer data for other applications please ask the vendor or ask in the Discussions where specific applications store their data.
5. Once you have transferred what you need restart the new Mac and test to make sure the contents are there for each of the applications.
Written by Kappy with additional contributions from a brody.Revised 5/21/2011

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