Migration tool transferring one minute remaining

Macbook core 2 duo Intel to MBP core 2 duo intel
migration assistant hangs at one minute remaining "transferring files to support applications, under one minute remaining."
Its been saying this from last night to this morning
I have done this 3 times.
Does anyone know why it is doing this or should I manually transfer.

I am having the same issue with my Mac Pro. I am trying to transfer data from a Intel iMac to the new Mac Pro and it freezes with 18 minutes to go. It has been at that point for about four hours now. I read a website that mentioned that this is caused by a spotlight bug and if you disable spotlight on the computer you are transferring the data from before you begin your migration you will not encounter the issue. The problem is that now that I am in the middle of the migration how do I stop it without corrupting the install. The last thing I want to do is re-install everything.

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