HT4413 Does Migration Assistant use a lot of internet data?

We're on a set limit and don't want to exceed it..
Anyone with prior experience would be greatly appreciated.

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Migration Assistant doesn't use Internet. If you want to use Migration Assistant via Wi-Fi or Ethernet, Migration Assistant uses the router to migrate data to the other Mac that has to be connected to the same router

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Does Migration Assistant use the most recent time machine backup?

About to transfer my old macbook pro harddrive to my new imac..and when im in migration assistant it allows me to select ALL applications (not individual ones unfortuantely) to transfer from my time machine backup...curious, does it transfer all apps I have ever had on all my backups? - there is probably 20 different backups. I have cleared a ton of useless apps off my MBP and did a fresh backup hoping those would be the only ones to get transfered?
Thanks

Only one version is transferred, the last saved one.

HT4413 Does Migration Assistant work on Adobe CS6 apps?

Just bought a new macbook pro with retina display. Really need to know if I can migrate my design apps from my old macbook pro to my new one.

You can migrate all or none of your apps. There is no way to only select your design apps.
Note, if you plan on using your same User name on both Macs, you should use Setup Assistant when you first startup your new Mac, instead of Migration Assistant.
Aslo note: Adobe CS6 apps can only be activated on one Mac at a time.

Does Migration Assistant move Mailbox (mail.app) IMAP data?

Recently I used migration assistant to move a user from a Lion machine to a Mavericks machine. I couldn't get it to work via direct ethernet (famous "1 minute remaining" bug) [1] so I migrated from a Time Capsule backup.
After migration the User's mailbox was initially empty, though the smart folder and standard folder configuration was as expected (Gmail IMAP setup).
Overnight the Mailbox refilled -- but Activity Windows suggested it was pulling data from Google, not from a local store.
It's as though Migration Assistant excluded the IMAP data [2], expecting it to be reloaded from source. (In this case it might have worked, but risky for several reasons). One expert I know says this is in fact how MA is supposed to work -- but neither of us could find ANY documentation.
Does anyone know if this is correct? Even better -- have you seen any documentation?
Thanks!
john
[1] In retrospect the source machine was configured for automatic logout and it's possible that the logout attempts confounded MA.
[2] Time Machine's standard exclusion plist suggests IMAP data IS backed up.

Does Migration Assistant Have "Drive Options"?

We're planning on acquiring a new iMac this upcoming week, one the has both the 256 GB SSD and the 2 TB HD.
We want to use Migration Assistant in association with our current iMac which only has a 1 TB drive.
Question: does Migration Assistant offer the user choices of where the files from the old iMac are migrated to on the new iMac?
More specifically, we want to put the applications on the 256 GB SSD and all other files on the 2 TB internal HD.
Will Migration Assistant allows us to do this?

Have a read here http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/SetupOther.html
Stefan

Does migration assistant move files or copy them?

I'm running Yosemite on a separate partition. I want to copy some of my information from 10.6.8, but I want to leave 10.6.8 intact, as it is still (and will remain for quite some time) my primary operating system. Does migration assistant move the information, or copy it?

It will copy info and won't delete anything from the originating drive. If you are just looking to copy some files, log back into the 10.6.8 and copy them to the user desktop account of the other drive.
If you are looking to migrate a user account, be aware that the account name will need to be different than the one you are currently using in Yosemite.

Does Task Scheduling use a lot of resources?

This is a curiosity question.
Instinctive I would say that task scheduling must use a lot of resources. Every fraction of a second the system must check the Task Schedule.
Does Task Scheduling use a lot of resources?

No it does not.
Windows uses task scheduling all the time without any impact on performance.
it is hard to find conceptual information on this, but it appears to me task scheduler does not check if there are possibly tasks that need to be executed each few miliseconds. Instead it sounds more logic taks scheduler waits for an interrupt to get
notified when conditions are met.
Think of it the other way around: mouse and keyboard also do not require much resources, allthough windows continuously needs to know whether a key is pressed or the mouse has moved. that is handled by interrupts. Aside of that, making a lookup (like checking
the current system time) does not use a lot of cpu time (even not miliseconds), given the fact modern cpu's do billions of operations per second (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructions_per_second)
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Does 'find your iPhone' use a lot of internet? My mobile data is running out ridiculously fast and I need it to slow down!

Does 'find your iPhone' use a lot of internet? My mobile data is running out ridiculously fast and I need it to slow down! Anyone has suggestions / info?

You should shut down all the apps running in the background and then reset your phone. Double tap the home button to open the multitasking drawer (iOS 6.X) or the multitasking screen (iOS 7.X) if you are on iOS 6.X press and hold one of the app icons and wait for the icon's to start to jiggle, just like when you want to delete an app. Tap the little x that appears in the upper corner of the icons. Repeat until all the icons are gone.
If you are on iOS 7.X once the multitasking screen is open swipe up on all the app images until they are all closed. Tap on the home screen to close.
Then press and hold both the Home and Sleep buttons at the same time and wait for the Apple logo to appear then release both buttons. The phone will restart itself.
If this doesn't help try doing a Reset All Settings reset, you will not lose any data or content or media. But you will have to reset any setting you turned on or off in Settings. This will reset all settings back to factory default. Settings => General => Reset => Reset All Settings.

RubyGems problem: Does migration assistant copy across xcode & Rubygems?

Migration assistant has finished copying across my data and I'm now trying to get my Rails apps running again (I was hoping that Migration Assistant would do the biz with RubyGems, etc). At the moment I'm trying to install all required gems, but struggling with hpricot due to the following error;
sudo gem install hpricot
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing hpricot:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb
can't find header files for ruby.
Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.8.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/hpricot-0.8.1/ext/hpricotscan/gemmake.out
Is this related to xcode or the version of RubyGems? What am I missing?

Pretend you're in charge of writing Migration Assistant for a minute. How are you going to magically know everything about every piece of software everyone could possibly install in various locations on their system? Would you even bother trying, or would you focus on moving the things that most normal people care about and just assume that anyone who knew how to install their own stuff on the command line can probably figure out how to do it again?

Iphone4 with IOS6 uses lots of internet data

Hi everybody,
my iPhone4 after IOS6 installation, waste a lot of internet data, even if i close all the applications.
In the last 2 months i went over my internet data limit, and i had to pay for the extra data.
Obviously, also battery life has dramatically changed...
I read that is ad issue related to a bug in iCloud.
Did anybody experience the same problem ?

Vegas,
Push notifications aren't active, they listen on an open connection, they don't poll/ping the server like you're saying...
Here's what goes on behind the scenes:
The server will initiates a connection to the phone through the registration system by Apple or a Certified Push Hub.
Hey iPhone, I have a notification and iMessage for you.
iPhone says, cool! Send it!
*recieved* Yay! thanks!
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When trying to watch a movie via apple tv how can you stop it having to download each time and using up all my internet data?

I have bought movies from itunes and now they are on my computer why is it that each time I try to watch the movie it re downloads and uses up all my internet data? How do I prevent this and make it so it just plays from my stored version on my computer hard drive? Please help.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Watch it from Computers > movies and not movies > purchased.

Troubleshoot Migration Assistant used internally to consolidate two SSDs?

Hi,
I'm on a Macbook Pro Mid-2010, where I swapped out the optical drive for an extra disk. Now I have two SSDs, one 256GB with my OS and applications, and one 1TB with my user folder and media and everything else.
I aim to consolidate everything onto the big 1TB SSD. I backed up with Time Machine, then booted into Recovery, and installed Yosemite onto the 1TB SSD. Then, I think it automatically goes into Migration Assistant, so I just set that to start (Applications and the rest) going from the SSD which previously ran OS X. It went to a screen that says "Transferring Your Information", with the blue time bar underneath. That loaded to completion pretty quickly. But now, it's just sitting on this screen and still says "Starting up..." above the blue bar. It's been like that for about 20 hours. Anyone experienced this? Should I keep waiting or did this process freeze perhaps? The mouse cursor still moves on the screen, so it's not completely frozen anyway.
It seems it should be relatively quick since it's transferring internally from hard drive to hard drive, where I thought the throughput would be even better than thunderbolt. Is it possible Migration Assistant is just somehow doing it over WiFi anyway because it doesn't know any better?
Thanks!

The easiest at this point would be to start over - use recovery (Command + R keys at boot up) to connect to Apple's servers (be patient - takes a while). Once you see the Utilities screen, choose Disk Utility to erase the drive. When done, choose to reinstall OS X. Now, when you get to the screen asking if you want anything moved over, then in your case, I'd say no at this point. Once you set up your iMac which will include you establishing your own Apple ID/password, you can then selectively port over files and such. You can use Migration Assistant in the Applications folder at that point (FWIW, you used Setup Assistant at the beginning?) - the annoying problem with that is that it will move stuff over using your old ID so you'll wind up with a lot of duplicates which then need to be sorted. That's one way, the other is that you move only the files you need (not involving Migration Assistant). Or, backup your files on an external drive and then move them back over once you have everything else reinstalled.
Please note: anything at all downloaded from the app store is tied to Apple ID used to obtain it forever and is not transferable, so if there are any applications, OS updates, or anything else involved, you will need to re-download or re-purchase using your own Apple ID.

HT4889 Am I wrong or does Migration Assistant not work in Mountain Lion (10.8.2) when migrating from a PowerPC running Tiger (10.4.11)? Apple really needs to get on the ball or face losing people buying their new desktop products.

The title alone speaks to my frustration about this issue.
Used the process that was recommended by Apple to migrate from my "Lampshade" iMac (PPC running 10.4.11) to the new iMac (Intel running 10.8.2) and I got bupkiss...
Just a spinning wheel (not beachball) and no drive recognized using Migration Assistant for both nor when using Target Mode on the iMac running 10.4.11 and Migration Assistant on the iMac running 10.8.2. Which is ironic, or more accurately oxymoronic, since the iMac in Target Mode (10.4.11) is recognized on the desktop of the iMac running 10.8.2 but not in the Migration Assistant. And before you can misdiagnose..it is not the Thunderbolt connection since I have the Apple recommended Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter and also used the Firewire 400 to 800 cable to expedite the transfer.
On a personal note...
I'm not bashing Apple for this...they are "head and shoulders" above the competition in what they do but I've been burned a few times so I feel I can share a small bit of loyal customer advice...I understand your iOS and mobile products hold huge sway in company focus and market-share but I find it a tad unwise to slack on the desktop applications. I don't recall any app for the iPhone/iPad family being made on the iPhone/iPad...only from desktop applications if I recall correctly. And how can I clearly "Move my Mac even further ahead" as your marketing states when I can't even migrate my files from my old Mac to my new one in a simple fashion as per your instructions?
I thank anyone in advance with an answer or even a workaround for this issue and please have a great day.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4889
Migration from Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger to OS X Lion
Migration from Mac OS X v10.4 computers to OS X Lion over your Wi-Fi or a wired network is not supported. However, if both Macs are equipped with a FireWire port, you can use Target Disk Mode to transfer your data:
Verify that both Macs are equipped with a FireWire port. Note that different model Macs may have different FireWire connectors, which will require an appropriate cable, such as FireWire 400 to FireWire 800.
On the Mac you want to transfer data from, Restart, and immediately hold the T key.
Wait for the FireWire logo to appear on the screen. If it does not, restart and try again.
Connect both Macs via the FireWire cable.
On the Mac you want to transfer data to, Open the Migration Assistant application.
Select the option "From another Mac, PC, Time Machine backup, or other disk" and click Continue.
Select the option "From a Time Machine backup or other disk" and click Continue.
Select your other Mac's volume, such as "Macintosh HD", from the list, and click Cont
EDIT: Actually I realize you did follow these directions and if your drive is seen on the new Mac it should work. You're entitled to free Apple support with the new purchase, I'd give them a call.

Exactly what settings does migration assistant migrate?

I am using migration assistant to transfer information to a new mac. My question is this: At the "Select Items to Migrate" screen you have the options of selecting Users, Applications, Settings, etc... Under the Settings Section, you can select/deselect "Time Zone" "Machine" and "Network." Exactly what settings in the Mac OS is transfered when you select Machine and Network? I know Directory Binding settings and computer name is transfered when you check "Machine." What else does "Machine" transfer? What network related settings are imported when you select "Network?"

Hold everything. I found my answer here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/11721764?messageID=11721764#11721764?messa geID=11721764
I used Google to search my terms and this one came up. It seems the search function on here is not as good as Google......as usual.

Migration assistant using up hard drive?

I recently got a new imac 24in with 320 GB hard drive . I used Migration Assistant to transfer my data and files from my old imac . My old imac had an 80 GB hard drive and had 20 GB free. My new imac (after the transfer) says I only have 206 GB free. How have I already used up over 114 GB of hard drive space when my old system only needed 60 GB? I really only wanted my iphoto library, itunes music and some saved documents. What should I do to recover some disc space?
Thanks.

This is down to a combination of several factors:Hard Disk Manufacturers. Who list hard disks in decimal notation rather than binary (and data is stored in binary).
(320 x 10003) / 10243 = 298.02GB
File System. The HFS+ file system takes up a small about of space, this is the way the computer looks up where to find data on the disk.
Software. Around 16 - 20GB is taken up with Leopard itself, iLife 08 (especially GarageBand), iWork trial etc etc.
So your iMac does hold 320GB but some of it has already been used. This is the same on any and every computer that you buy, it perhaps more obvious on new large hard disks. If does seem like you should have a few more GB free though so download Whatsize (link) to easily examine where that space is.
regards
mrtotes

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