HT204350 Why won't my MacBook Pro recognize the connected USB external drive when trying to 'Transfer Information to this Mac'?

I recently bought a second-hand MacBook Pro (mid-2010, i7, I'll call this New Mac).  I want to transfer my accounts and data from the first MacBook Pro (mid-2010, i5, I'll call this Old Mac).  I took a Time Machine Backup of the Old Mac, using an external USB drive.  After erasing the drive and installing Maverick on the New Mac, I attached the USB drive to the New Mac and began the setup. 
At the step "Transfer Information to this Mac", the Mac just gives me a nice spinning icon next to "Looking for source...".  Apparently it cannot find the USB drive.
How do I fix this?  I don't want to setup a new user on the New Mac, I want to migrate my old users from the Old Mac.

See if you can inherit the backup.
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Another option would be to clone your old Mac and copy the clone. That would leave your old Mac with a backup and you can start a new one with the new Mac.
Clone  - Carbon Copy Cloner          (Often recommended as it has more features than some others)
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