How did I transfer items from my macbook pro hard drive to my new macbook air

I have a macbook pro and just bought a macbook air. How do I transfer applications and folders to my macbook air?

Hi glassjane,
Probably the quickest and easier way is to use Migration Assistant. Because the MacBook Air does not have an Ethernet or FireWire port you'd have to go WiFi-to-WiFi which based on the amount of content you have on your machine might be very slow, personally I wouldn't recommend it.
If you have the USB-to-Ethernet adapter for the machine you run connect the two machines via Ethernet and the process would be much faster.
About Migration Assistant - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4413
USB to Ethernet Adapter - http://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/product/MC704ZM/A

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