Migration Assistant taking forever

I am using the migration assistant to transfer data from my 24" iMac 2.8ghz, to my new 27" 2.8ghz i7 and it is taking forever. So far it has been 24 hours. And everytime I look at the screen there is a different time amount left.
If I wanted to, how would I stop the migration assistant?

HI Diane,
Force Quit the Migration Assistant app.
Here are ways to force an application to quit:
Choose Apple menu > Force Quit, select the application in the list, and click Force Quit.
Hold down the Command and Option keys and press Esc. Then select the application in the list and click Force Quit.
Hold down the Option key and press the application’s icon in the Dock.
Carolyn

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Sure.
Your router should have (at the least) three Ethernet ports and you can use a cable to directly connect to your router, rather than using WiFi. Your PC most certainly has an Ethernet port where you can plug the cable from the router.
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I'm trying to use Migration Assistant to migrate between two similar G5 iMacs running Tiger 10.4.11. I did a clean OSX install and all updates on one, and am trying to migrate the one user and files from the other iMac (it has a flaky graphics card, so I want to use the other, healthier one instead).
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Second, I have a 2011 MacBook Air and it does have a single thunderbolt port. Pre-2011 may have been the mini display port.
Finally, and the reason I stumbled onto this, the thunderbolt connection works wonderfully fast but there's some kind of bug in migration assistant that defaults to the wifi connection if both machines are connected to the network, even if you have a thunderbolt cable connected. I'm transferring a 2011 MacBook Air to a new rMBP and just discovered this issue. I connected with the thunderbolt cable, it estimated around an hour for about 80gb of data then inched closer to 36 mins as the estimate.
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The thunderbolt cable being worth the extra money or not is I suppose a matter of opinion but for me it's got plenty of other uses to justify the price and certainly made this transfer a lot faster. I just wish migration assistant wouldn't default to wifi without any kind of indicator.
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C!

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Okay so I just got a new MacBook and I'm setting it up. I decided to not download all of my files to iCloud drive and its taking forever to load to the next page. Is this normal for it to take so long? After all I didn't even download my stuff?

why is it taking forever to load!?

The files you are loading into the new computer are by wi-fi? If you have no other option
that may be OK but slow. A faster method would be Ethernet cable from internet router
or modem, instead of wireless. Most of the setup process can take some time.
What are these files? Where are they now?
Do you have a backup on-site, & not online?
Did you check to see if the operating system was updated as part of the setup before use?
The Software Update can locate later parts to the as-shipped system, that may be needed.
Other upgrades or new apps are through the Mac App Store, some through App Store, etc.
As part of the setup, you could use a migration assistant if you have a backup from the old
computer or have other files saved in an external hard drive to import.
Hopefully your process won't be drawn out too long...
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