How long does it take to move files to a new MacBook Air?

I am using Migration Assistant to move files from my older MacBook Air with 120 gb of data on it to my new one that has a 500 gb hard drive.
The Assistant has been working for over 4 HOURS and still just says that it is "preparing" to move files. Thus it seems that nothing has actually been transferred yet?
How long should this process take? Is something actually happening?
Any help will be appreciated.

Using Setup Assistant on a clean install to an external USB 3.0 drive, it took about 20 minutes to import about 150 GB worth of apps, documents, data & users.
I've only used Migration Assistant once, about two years ago. It was messy, but still I don't recall it taking too long. It's too bad you didn't use Setup Assistant on the very first boot. It is vastly superior. I've used Setup Assistant maybe two dozen times on fresh installs for dev work, and it works quite fast and clean.

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How long does it take to transfer files from Windows to Macbook Pro

Hi guys
I just got a macbook pro (not the one with retina display)
I have all of my files on my windows and just started to set up my mac using the windows transfer program, but it is taking a really long time. The estimate time remaining jumps between 30-35 hours. This is over Wi-Fi. I have read that it is faster using an Ethernet cable, I think I have one that is pluged into connecting both computers, but it isn't speeding anything up.
What should I do? I don't want to leave either computer on for such a long time. (is there anything I should put my Mac on so it doesn't overheat, its currently on a wood table).
Should I stop it? I dont want to ruin anything on the computer so soon. If so, how do I do it. I had already started to transfer files earlier today but accidently closed the Mac, which stopped the process and couldn't restart it again, so I turned it off since I couldn't find anything on the screen to stop it.
I have an external harddrive that was connected to my windows, would it be faster to hold the mac's power button, start the startup again and just connect the external harddrive?
Please help. Thanks in advance.

Wi-Fi is slowest. Wi-fi must fight interference and other environmental challenges that cables don't have to worry about at all.
Cabled Ethernet would be much faster. If your Windows computer has Gigabit Ethernet, it could actually be faster than FireWire.
msoho wrote:
I have an external harddrive that was connected to my windows, would it be faster to hold the mac's power button, start the startup again and just connect the external harddrive?
I would only abort if there is a safe way to (like a visible Cancel button), otherwise you may lose data.
Connecting the external hard drive to the Mac could work, but if the hard drive is formatted with the NTFS disk format, you must have extra software on your MacBook Pro that can read that. If the drive is formatted as FAT32, it should work since Macs can read (but not write to) that Windows disk format.

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Last time I did this it took approx 2 and a half hours for 220 GB...
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How long does it take to download mountain lion, with 2012 macbook?

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How long does it take for Verizon to activate a new device?

I got an iPad 4 for Christmas. Today I screwed up my courage and decided to go online and add a tablet to my Share Everywhere service. Went thru all the screens giving them the EMEI #, the SIM card number and all the other requested info. I got a line Area Code/Exchange#, but the rest of the phone number was blank. It's been about 15 minutes and no e-mail confirmation from Verizon, no LTE on the iPad, nothing has happened that I can see. I've got my order confirmation #. Is there something else I'm supposed to do to activate this stuff?
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How long does it take to download and install ios 7.1.2?

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How Long does it take for newly released movies to be available on iTunes

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I see you keep saying that vazandrew on different forums, but there is more going on here than dns settngs and available bandwidth..
i have my dns settings set to the local isp. get 8mbps through speed test.. more often than not i can download an HD movie immediately, and SD movie has no issues at all..
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my guess is it's the akamai network doing something stuipid.. this is a regular occurence and if you look deep enough, many people complain of the same issue...
the worst thing about apple is i cant get a refund.. the second worst thing about apple even though im a huge fan, there is absolotely no point me writing this because apples first point of call is to blame the end user and other enviromental factors, meanwhile covering their own ***.. I've spent the last 18 years of my work life building and supporting IT/IS infrastructure.. so im not a dumb ***.. this is an apple issue, plain and simple.. maybe time to switch to amazon or azure.

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Yesterday there was a question in the USALUG.org "How long does it take to do a dist-upgrade on your distro?"
This question was a good question, so I decide to make the ultimate test. I have a lot of computers standing here around, and remembered that on one of them was have already Archlinux installation. I was right, when I booted, the system check said me, that the system was 253 days not checked anymore. I got so excited that I forgot to check was it one of my 0.7.2 Gimmick or 0.8 Voodoo installations.
The Computer
Dell OptiPlex GX110
[jada@arch-02 ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 797.452
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat p se36 mmx fxsr sse up
bogomips : 1596.45
clflush size : 32
[jada@arch-02 ~]$
I used the following command for the update
$ time pacman -Syu
The Test
first update pacman
[root@arch-02 jada]# pacman -Syu
warning: current locale is invalid; using default "C" locale
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 23.8K 80.0K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
extra 310.5K 292.3K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
community 341.0K 295.8K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace mktemp with core/coreutils? [Y/n] y
:: Replace mpg321 with extra/mpg123? [Y/n] y
warning: bind: forcing upgrade to version 9.4.2-1
warning: cpufrequtils: forcing upgrade to version 002-3
warning: dnsutils: forcing upgrade to version 9.4.2-1
warning: flex: forcing upgrade to version 2.5.33-4
warning: opera: forcing upgrade to version 9.25-2
:: pacman has detected a newer version of the "pacman" package.
:: It is recommended that you allow pacman to upgrade itself
:: first, then you can re-run the operation with the newer version.
:: Upgrade pacman first? [Y/n] y
resolving dependencies... done.
looking for inter-conflicts... done.
Targets: libarchive-2.4.11-1 libdownload-1.3-1 pacman-3.1.1-1
Total Package Size: 1.19 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
libarchive 314.8K 253.4K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
libdownload 49.4K 97.9K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
pacman 855.2K 460.4K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%
checking package integrity... done.
cleaning up... done.
(3/3) checking for file conflicts [#####################] 100%
(1/3) upgrading libarchive [#####################] 100%
(2/3) upgrading libdownload [#####################] 100%
(3/3) upgrading pacman [#####################] 100%
>>> The makepkg.conf syntax has changed, please note the new format
>>> when merging the pacnew file with your old configuration.
>>>
>>> The pacman.conf default file has changed. Please update your
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>>>
>>> The location of sync DBs has moved from /var/lib/pacman/ to
>>> /var/lib/pacman/sync/ for several reasons. To delete older
>>> DBs, please run pacman -Sc and follow the instructions.
>>> You will also have to run pacman -Sy to refresh the sync DBs.
>>>
>>> abs is no longer included; please install the 'abs' package
>>> to use abs. You may need to edit abs.conf to re-enable repos.
[root@arch-02 jada]#
restart pacman 3.1.1 and update the packages
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:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 23.8K 80.3K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
extra 310.5K 261.1K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
community 341.0K 302.5K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace mktemp with core/coreutils? [Y/n] y
:: Replace mpg321 with extra/mpg123? [Y/n] y
warning: bind: forcing upgrade to version 9.4.2-1
warning: cpufrequtils: forcing upgrade to version 002-3
warning: dnsutils: forcing upgrade to version 9.4.2-1
warning: flex: forcing upgrade to version 2.5.33-4
warning: opera: forcing upgrade to version 9.25-2
resolving dependencies...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: bash will be installed before its glibc dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: readline will be installed before its glibc dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: ncurses will be installed before its glibc dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: db will be installed before its coreutils dependency
looking for inter-conflicts...
Remove: mktemp mpg321
Total Removed Size: 0.08 MB
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zenity-2.20.1-1
Total Download Size: 743.90 MB
Total Installed Size: 748.87 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
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readline-5.2-7-i686 271.5K 228.3K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
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xorg-xinit-1.0.7-3-i686 14.4K 56.9K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
xscreensaver-5.04-2-... 8.0M 655.2K/s 00:00:13 [#####################] 100%
yelp-2.20.0-3-i686 603.4K 356.7K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%
zenity-2.20.1-1-i686 1896.3K 546.6K/s 00:00:03 [#####################] 100%
:: Retrieving packages from community...
freetype1-1.3.1-4 119.9K 129.5K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
gkrellm-2.3.1-2 724.3K 411.1K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%
xmms-1.2.11-1 1945.1K 557.0K/s 00:00:03 [#####################] 100%
checking package integrity...
(349/349) checking for file conflicts [#####################] 100%
( 1/349) upgrading ncurses [#####################] 100%
( 2/349) upgrading readline [#####################] 100%
( 3/349) upgrading bash [#####################] 100%
( 4/349) upgrading kernel-headers [#####################] 100%
( 5/349) upgrading tzdata [#####################] 100%
( 6/349) upgrading glibc [#####################] 100%
(340/349) installing wavpack [#####################] 100%
(341/349) upgrading xine-lib [#####################] 100%
(342/349) upgrading xinetd [#####################] 100%
(343/349) upgrading xkeyboard-config [#####################] 100%
(344/349) upgrading xmms [#####################] 100%
(345/349) upgrading xorg-server [#####################] 100%
:: Could not detect nvidia-utils on system
:: Will attempt to use built-in libwfb
(346/349) upgrading xorg-xinit [#####################] 100%
(347/349) upgrading xscreensaver [#####################] 100%
(348/349) upgrading yelp [#####################] 100%
(349/349) upgrading zenity [#####################] 100%
real 56m46.062s
user 4m25.013s
sys 1m46.520s
[root@arch-02 jada]#
And for your tread question.
How long does it take to do a dist-upgrade on your distro?
one hour
real 56m46.062s
user 4m25.013s
sys 1m46.520s
After reboot the system loads all new applications with out any problem. Later I replaced the intel-video driver "xf86-video-i810 1.7.4-6" with the driver xf86-video-intel 2.2.0-2. No problems at all.
Archlinux rocks

JaDa wrote:Archlinux rocks
definitely. By contrast, here's a regular upgrade on my debian box -- out of the blue it's having some problem with one of the packages, and it's turning into a regular recursive nightmare.
root@moe:~ # apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
root@moe:~ # apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies...Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
exim4-base exim4-daemon-light
Suggested packages:
exim4-doc-html exim4-doc-info eximon4 libmail-spf-query-perl
The following packages will be upgraded:
exim4-base exim4-daemon-light
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 64 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/1391kB of archives.
After unpacking 8192B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: exim4-daemon-light: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
exim4 depends on exim4-daemon-light | exim4-daemon-heavy | exim4-daemon-custom; however:
Package exim4-daemon-light is to be removed.
Package exim4-daemon-heavy is not installed.
Package exim4-daemon-custom is not installed.
dpkg: error processing exim4-daemon-light (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
exim4-daemon-light
[ Rootkit Hunter version 1.3.0 ]
File updated: searched for 152 files, found 131
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@moe:~ # apt-get install exim4-daemon-light
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
exim4-daemon-light: Depends: exim4-base (>= 4.69) but 4.68-2 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
root@moe:~ #
It's so "delicate" and temperamental compared to the no-nonsense, straightforward approach of Arch. If one little thing is off, the entire system has a hissy-fit and won't do anything until you hunt the internet high and low searching for a solution, encountering all the debian hawks along the way who are ready to rip your head off at the first suggestion that debian isn't directly from god and could have a problem. Imo, Arch is the best linx distro hands down. Nothing else even comes close.

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