My mac book fell asleep while migrating...now it is stuck. What am i supposed to do?

I was migrating information from my mac book pro to my new mini mac, and the power cord got pulled and my mac book went to sleep. It is stuck (after 5 and half hours) and i am afraid of shutting either off. What should i do?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
If you are transferring your files through Ethernet, FireWire or Thunderbolt, unplug the cable and plug it again.
If it doesn't work, you will have to turn off both Macs by holding the Power button and start the transfer again.
Before starting the migration, open System Preferences > Energy Saver, and set "Computer sleep" to "Never", so your migration won't get interrupted because one of the computers went to sleep.
Also, consider reading Pondini's articles about transferring files through Setup Assistant and Migration Assistant > http://pondini.org/OSX/Setup.html

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