HT4796 My computers have been saying less than a minute remaining for like 3 hours now, any suggestions?....

Does anyone know anything about this??
Thanks

I have left the machine for 24 hours, and then restarted the donor Laptop. The new laptop now tells me that migration is complete but when I reboot it is clear that nothing has happenned.
So I have plugged inthe USB drive used for the time machine backup and I am migrating from that. Estimated time - 58 minutes.
What a waste of three days!!

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Update your iOS device.
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