Migration Assistant works...once

Got a new Macbook Pro, and need to transfer my accounts from my old one (2012 era). Ran Migration Assistant, it demanded I update the old one's OS; done. Ran it again, discovered that transferring files over wireless was a dumb idea (44 hours to transfer everything!). Bought a Thunderbolt cable, ran it again, this time forgot to prune down what to copy (since the old lappy's HDD won't fit in the new one's SSD). Migration Assistant says it was successful, but my account wasn't transferred, and now when I try to re-run it, it gets stuck on "looking for source". I'm guessing it's refusing to "see" the old laptop because it thinks it's already transferred info off of it?
I can mount the old laptop's drive in Target Disk Mode, in which case it shows up in Migration Assistant. But when given the choice of what to copy off of the drive, the "Documents & Data" section doesn't include my user account; just 0KB worth of "Other files and folders"!
My data is *right there*. How do I convince Migration Assistant to see it?

Okay, after further investigation, I turned up this article:
http://www.hardturm.ch/luz/2014/02/fixing-os-x-10-9-mavericks-migration-from-ext ernal-volume/
Which explains why Migration Assistant wasn't able to see anything when the old laptop was mounted in Target Disk Mode. Incidentally, this behavior is *deplorable*. Who thought it would be a good idea to unmount external drives before running Migration Assistant?
Anyway, I'm now finally managing to transfer data over. In another five hours I'll be able to see if it actually worked!

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Will Migration Assistant work with an external drive?

I'm upgrading the hd in my Powerbook and for various reasons have the new drive in an external enclosure. It's got a fresh OS installed and all I need to do now is copy all the data from my old drive that's still in the Powerbook to the new drive in the external enclosure. What's the best way to do this? I know I shouldn't just copy everything over and I got error messages using Disk Images. A friend suggested Migration Assistant but that only seems to want to work with complete computers, not external drives. I've got a G5 in the office too that I can employ if needed.
I want to keep all my settings and prefs intact as I'm told Migration Assistant will do.

As long as the Firewire hard drive is a bootable drive for Mac OS X it should work with the Migration Assistant. These two companies offer that kind of drive:
http://www.macsales.com/
http://www.cooldrives.com/
While it doesn't matter for the machines you quoted, if you choose to migrate to a newer Intel Mac, it won't work. This article explains what to do in that case:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=10
Also, there is no such thing as a "Fresh install". This tip discussions what installation options exist:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607614

Is Lion migration assistant working?

Hello,
I'm new to Apple products and have just purchase my first Macbook air! I'm attempting to migrate the files from my Windows PC with the migration assistant. It has been running close to 10 hours without any indicators. I would hate to stop the program if it is nearly complete.
So my question really is, "How do I know the migration assistant is working?".
Thank you,
TDL

Hi Larry,
I think a later version of MA is only needed if you use the slow.akward process of both Computers running different versions of OAX & via Networking.
A far better way is if both have Firewire, then Boot the Tiger Mac into FW Target Mode…
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
That way MA only needs to run on the newer Mac.

Cannot get migration assistant working from PowerBook to MacBook Air - what am I doing wrong?

Hello out there,
I am proud possessor of a new MacBook Air with Mac OS X 10.7. Up to now, I used a PowerBook with Mac OX X 10.4.11. Although the two macs - old and new one - are connected via the same WLAN network, I cannot get the migration assistant going. The two cannot find each other, although they are only 5 centimetres apart....what am I doing wrong? Do I need an update for the PowerBook? And if yes, which one? Or should I give up?
Thank you so much for your help, greetings from sunny Munich, Evelyn

Have a read here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4818.
Maybe you need this update for 10.4.11 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3174
You should also read this Basic Guide https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2295 from one of local Gurus.
Stefan

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.
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Migration Assistant problem: Lion to Lion does not work

Background:I have a 2 year old 15" MBP. I just purchased and tonight am setting up a brand new 27" iMac 2.7Ghz i5.
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I just talked to the Apple support and they suggested to try the migration using Time Machine. That's was also my idea this morning so I'm trying to do this now.
For the Apple support I add the repeating part from the console here:
25.07.11 23:44:01,106 MigrateTool: (SRV) ! (26) `o:incompatibleAppsInfoForPaths p:/Library/Screen Savers/3D Weather Globe Deluxe Edition.saver... [92] o:(null)... [0]'
25.07.11 23:44:01,106 MigrateTool: (PA!): failed to serialize result: (null)
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Migration assistant won't work

Hello,
Hopefully someone can tell me what I am doing wrong? I have a macbook 13" running os 10.5.8 and a macbook pro 13" running os 10.6.8
The hard disc on the macbook pro crashed so it was replaced and reinstalled. Now I wanted to use migration assistant to copy all my user data, photos, itunes library etc.... from the old macbook. I launch migration assistant on both laptops, get to the point where new laptop gives me a 6 digit code for the old laptop, enter the code, and then on both computers migration assistant just says "searching for other computers" and nothing else happens.....
I am sure this worked fine when I first got the macbook pro.... Or is there a significant difference between transfering data using the setup assistant versus migration assistant?
Pretty please help cause I'm loosing the plot lol
Eve-Line
PS for some reason the power cable on the macbook pro isn't connecting anymore so that's going back to the shop (lousy repair service yes). Does that influence migration assistant?

Ok problem solved itself.... still don't know why though. I upgraded to ox 10.7 (purchased before hard disk crash, so just reinstalled it) and now migration assistant works.... Thanks however for reading and trying to answer my question BDAqua

After using Migration Assistant, I don't have access to open my files

The Migration Assistant made me rename the account from my old computer, MacBook Pro, because it was the same as the one on my new computer, new unibody Macbook. It was my name! So I changed the old account to a variation of my name and then Migration Assistant worked fine. All of my documents, files, pictures, music, etc. is now there but in a folder named (the other name) and it says I don't have permission to open the folder!! If I log out and then back in as that other name, all of my files are there and accessible, but I want them all in one place! Under one login, not two. Please is there an easy way to fix this, because I never would have used this Migration Assistant if I knew it was going to clutter up my new computer with two accounts and cause login issues. Thanks in advance....

System settings should be copied across as they are embedded in the ~/Library folder (and sub-folders) which you would have copied across to the external drive.
Once you have copied all of the data into the preferred account name then you should be able to delete the one you don't want. It will ask you if you want to delete the corresponding <home> folder associated with that account. My advice would be to operate your preferred account for some time until you are convinced that you have gotten all your data the way you want it and then delete the other account only after you are satisfied that all is correct.
Chris

I am having problems with migration assistant (windows pc to Mac 2011) When I get to the 'Quit other applications' box and click continue, nothing happens. There are no other apps running - any ideas, please?

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Migration assistant sent info from my PC to my iMac as an entirely separate account...how do i merge them? one acct gets my email, and the old PC info is on a different login

i used migration assistant to transfer my info from my PC to my new iMac, but it created an entirely new account on the Mac with all my info. i can get email on the new iMac, but everything else is on the separate login (which i cannot access email on due to a missing password.). how do i transfer everything into the new iMac account?

Migration Assistant worked the way it was supposed to by creating a second account. When you turned on the Mac for the first time it started Setup Assistant, that was the best opportunity to migrate your data from the PC to the iMac and only have one user account. You can start over (recommended) or begin moving data from the new user account to the initial account that was setup when the machine was turned on. Please look over Pondini's instructions for transferring files from one account to another in:
http://pondini.org/OSX/Transfer.html
However I'd recommend starting over, Pondini discussed that somewhat in Lion Setup Assistant tips.

How to migrate when Migration Assistant isn't helping

I'm helping a friend move from her old MacBook (OS X 10.4.11) to a new MacBook Air (OS X 10.7.1). Her home directory on the MacBook is Filevault-protected.
The first thing that I tried was using Migration Assistant to migrate via wi-fi. However, the two machines just stall at the "searching for other computers" stage. Neither computer is ever able to see the other (I had a similar experience migrating a Snow Leopard MacBook Pro to a newer machine, making me think that wireless migration just doesn't work).
I tried on a non-Apple wireless network, and on a network using an Airport Express. I also tried having the Air create an ad hoc network, and connecting the MacBook to that. In all cases, Migration Assistant on the Air was not able to detect the Macbook and just stayed at "searching for other computers" indefinitely.
The Air doesn't have a Firewire port, so a Firewire connection is not an option. I believe that it's not possible to connect two machines using USB and have Migration Assistant work over the USB connection.
I don't have the USB-to-Ethernet adaptor, so Ethernet isn't an option. The MacBook is running OS X 10.4.11, so making a TimeMachine backup is not an option.
I used Carbon Copy Cloner to create a disk image of the MacBook's disk on an external drive, in the hope that Migration Assistant could import from that. However, Migration Assistant on the Air won't migrate user data from a Filevault-protected home directory.
It looks to me as if the best route is for me to remove Filevault protection from her home directory, image the disk to the external drive, and then migrate from that image.
However, my understanding is that disabling Filevault protection requires free space on the hard drive equal to the size of the protected user home directory (at least temporarily). There simply isn't that much space available.
Is there a way that I can duplicate the user's home directory to the external drive, removing FileVault encryption as I go? Or can I clone the user's home to the external drive, and then strip FileVault from the copy there?
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Hello all,
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Friends say Migration Assistant works seemlessly but this has been anything but.

bdd95 wrote:
Bought a new iMac 24" 2.66 GHz. Tried to run Migration Assistant via Firewire from old iMac (Power PC G4 OSX 10.4.11). Tried it in the initial set up but didn't work. Then tried it after initial set up of new Mac and was prompted that I needed to change the name of the account in order to migrate since the main account on my old and new computers was the same. Didn't seem like I had another option. Transferred data but it is stored in a separate account from the main one I used to set up the new computer, and I have to log out of the main account to the other account to see it. Is there any way to make these 2 separate accounts to talk to each other?
no.
Should I just forget the initial account and use the new account even though the computer is set up through the initial account?
yes. just delete that account and use the migrated one.
Should I just find a way to start over and restore factory settings?
Friends say Migration Assistant works seemlessly but this has been anything but.

Migration Assistant works...once

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