Migration assistant stuck at 4 min. Help

Trying to transfer from MacBook Pro with Lion to new iMac. Stuck on 4 mins for several hours. Says it is transferring application support files? What do i do?

akkaneko wrote:
I just got a macbook pro but there seems to be some problems with the migration assistant.
I used ethernet cables to connect my macbook pro to my macbook, and it transfered fine for about 3 hours. Right when I thought I was going to be able to use my macbook pro, it got stuck. It says "transferring files to support application" and below that "less then a minute remaining". What can I do?
PS. I'm running the newest version of leopard on my old macbook.
Thanks in advance.
Ignore the estimate and leave it alone, it can take longer than you imagine but it does complete, eventually.
Ethernet is not particularly fast at this task in my experience.

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