Migration Assistant vs Mavericks = Problems?

Hello all,
I am trying to use Migration Assistant to transfer everything from my old Mac book to my new iMac 27".
Both have Mavericks installed.
Both have system preferences set to "never sleep".
But each time I attempt migration one or both computers go to sleep within seconds, and migration fails!
Any advice?

I had migration problems transferring data from old Mac Book Pro running Mavericks (10.9) to new MBP Running Mavericks (10.9).
The only solution that worked for me and have everything run correctly was to migrate from my Time Machine Time Capsule.
Here is what I did To Fix Migrate Problems From Old Mac To New Mac -
But Email Did Not Run Correctly after migration:
A. Process To Correct Migration Problems from old Mac Book to New Mac Book:
Set up computer and after it is set up then do steps 1 - 5:
1. Set Apple Preferences > Energy Saver > Put Computer to Sleep Never, Do Not Put Hard Drive To Sleep.
2. Use Disk Utility to verify and correct the source: Disk and Disk Permissions
3. Reset Pram: Restart Computer and Immediately hold down the Command, Option, P, R Keys simultaneously until computer chimes ring twice
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14222
4. Reset SCM (System Management Control): Shut down computer, then: Simultaneously hold down Shift, Control, Option, Power Button - for MacBooks Late 2009 and later
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
5. Run Migration Assistant (in Utilities Folder which is inside the Applications folder)
B. Email Problems After Migration - GRRR!
After Migration I had Email Problems with my email Sub Folders not being visible, all emails not viewable and could not access my iCloud Email Account.
I tried re-indexing mail by removing Envelop files from the Mail Data folder (path: Go menu, hold down option key, Library > Mail > V2 folder > Mail Data folder > 3 Envelope files (move to desk top).
Nothing worked.
C. Solution: I migrated data from Time Machine Time Capsule to my new Mac Book Pro. All worked correctly - Rejoice!
To Migrate from Time Capsule to new Mac:
Get an Ethernet to Lightning Adapter to connect Time Capsule to New Mac
You can use the Ethernet to USB adapter but Lightning adapter has much faster throughput.
1. Back up your old Mac using Time Machine
2. Connect your new computer to Time Capsule with ethernet to Lightning or USB adapter
3. Verify the Sparsebundle (backup data file) on Time Capsule using Disk Utilitiy
Path to Sparsebundle:
A. Using the Mac connect to Time Capsule go to Finder > Go Menu > Network > select Time Capsule, log into Time Capsule > select User > you will see Sparsebundle file
B. Run Disk Utility to Verify / Fix data
Time to back up data from New Computer to Time Capsule.
I am now running a new backup from new computer to Time Capsule via Ethernet to USB connector (would recommed using Ethernet to Lightning connection).
Backing up 126 GB. So far it has taken 6 hours to back up 7.8 GB. Estimated time to complete is 4 days.
Very slow. When I get my ethernet to Lightning adapter I will replace the USB wth Lightning adapter and would expect a much faster through put - UB2 maxes out at 42 MB per sec and Lightning is at least 5 times faster.

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