HowTo migrate from iMac to Macmini

Hi
I just bought a new Mac Mini with 240 SSD + 750 HD storage memory.
I want to use migration assistent to move all data from my old iMac to this Mini Machine.
Of course, to less memory on SSD wich is marked as only choice to migrate data to.
What must I do to migrate all data from iMac to Mac Mini ?
Thanks
Jan

Tom in London wrote:
Then I would use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the entire HD of the iMac to the HD of the MacMini. While this is happening I would go to lunch.
Job done!
Job not done. Come back and barf your lunch, your machine is hosed.
1: CCC clones the OS X partition, he will wind up with a iMac's Snow (or Leopard) on the Mini with a Lion Recovery Partition.
2: Hardware drivers on the iMac OS X are not on the Mini, the Mini could have video or overheating issues, if it boots at all.
You can't clone any old OS X to different type Mac unless you have all the hardware drivers and Apple has tied those to certain disks, and the firmware won't boot from earlier OS X install disks.
In fact it's possible to get Snow Leopard on the new Mac Mini's but latest reports it runs at a reduced speed.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3264421?start=0&tstart=0

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