My new mac is stuck on "looking for source" in Migration Assistant.
My new MacBook Pro arrived today and I am so excited to finally have a new Laptop. I made it through the startup process okay, until i made it to the screen that says "Transfer information to this Mac." My previous laptop was a windows 7 HP brand laptop, so on the previous screen I had selected Transfer "From a windows PC". Then the screen read "looking for source" and it had said it for quite a while before I clicked the back button a couple of times to quit out. Also, I am a college student living on campus so I referred back to the packet that IT gave all the students at the beginning of the year to set up the wifi on my new Mac. I had problems setting up the wifi so I visited IT and they set it up for me. Then after I came back from IT I tried the Migration Assistant again. And unfortunately it is not working and my Mac is still on that same screen
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I just bought a new iMac today and I am trying to use Migration Assistant to move all my info on my Mac Pro to my new machine. The problem is that the Migration Assistant is getting stuck at the "Looking for source" step, trying to find my old Mac with no success.
Yes, I've searched for other posts about this issue and I've looked at a number of support.apple.com articles about this. The discussions closest to my problem all have some issue that isn't present for me. Here's a bit of information that may or may not be pertinent to what's going on:
One support article said that the source Mac had to be running at least OS X 10.6.8. My old mac is running 10.7.5.
Neither Mac is running with the firewall turned on.
I did not use Time Machine with my old Mac, and it is turned off on both Macs.
I have run Software Update on both Macs and everything is up-to-date.
I also tried setting up a wireless computer-to-computer connection. I created the network on my old Mac, and was able to connect just fine through Finder on my new iMac. Running Migration Assistant, however, I could not see my old Mac's network and, as for clicking on "Other Server" button in the Assistant, I can say I would know how to specify that network's address given the format afp://Server/ShareName/. For the sake of argument, let's say the network's name was "oldMac". I did try entering "oldMac" for "Other Server" and then "afp://oldMac" and neither of those worked.
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bobOk, more updates.
In my old Mac (Pro) I have several hard drives installed. I was able to create a Time Machine back-up to a non-system HD. I plan on removing this volume and putting it in an external enclosure as soon as I can find the right cables for that enclosure. Meanwhile....
I saw on one support doc an instruction to open Sharing on the source Mac (my old one, in this case) and make sure the machine had a name specified. I already had done that, but noticed that a specific name based on that was mentioned for other computers to contact it. For example, if my source machine is named "myOldMac", other computers could address is at "myOldMac.local".
I connected the two computers directly via an Ethernet cable and I ran Migration Assistant again. When I got to the "Looking for source" screen, I clicked the button for "Other Server" and entered "afp://myOldMac.local". This actually found my old Mac. I was prompted to enter the password for the account "root". I changed the name to my account's short name -- "raboyle" not "Robert Boyle" -- and entered the correct password and I actually got a list of volumes to access. In the list were: the hard drives (by volume name), the home folders of the user accounts, and the Public Folders for each user account.
I tried accessing both my boot volume and the home folder for my primary account, and proceeded to a screen with the following text: "Choose which backup to transfer information from:". The list provided, however, was empty. On the chance that it was looking specifically for a Time Machine backup, I then specifically chose the HD volume with the backup I had just created. Again, the list to choose where to grab my data from was empty.
So, at least I'm advancing a little bit beyond the "Looking for source" screen ... but then again, since I hit yet another roadblock I can't say whether I've taken one step forward or two steps back. -
Hello all,
I have just acquired a new MacBook which I want to set up completely fresh. The only data I really need to restore/copy to it, besides a few document folders, is the iTunes library from my existing iMac. The iTunes library has been backed up using time machine on the iMac (using a portable drive). I’ve heard it might be possible for me to plug the time machine backup into the new MacBook and then option-click the time machine icon in order to 'browse other backup disks' and then restore iTunes. Would this work and would all my devices still sync with iTunes? I’m just a bit nervous because apple has migration assistant and setup assistant for doing this sort of thing - I just really don’t want to use them because the only thing I want on my new MacBook from the whole of the time machine backup is literally the iTunes library. I don’t want to start restoring user accounts which you must do with the assistants.
Thank you.Thank you ever so much for the replies. Just one thing: the link you provided seems to discuss restoring individual items on the computer for which a backup has been made. On my macbook I can't click "enter time machine" which I'm guessing is because the time machine backup is for my old iMac (hence my comment about control clicking the menu bar).
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I got a new mac.. Want to tranfer from my old one.. I'm at the part where it says tranfer info to this mac... It just keeps looking for source! Getting irritated!
Have you tried Migration Assistant?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889
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Hi guys.
Similar problem here.
Setup Assistant or Migration Assistan can not see my external drive used for time machine backups.
The facts.
Downloaded Mavericks upgrade from App Store and made a bootable usb.
Booted from the usb and erased macintosh hd to make a clean install of the OS.
Made the fresh installation and when setup assistant appears my external drive on which i previously did all backups with time machine will not appear at all. Instead I get "looking for sources" with no success on seeing the external HD.
Same happens with Migration Assistant once logged in to the fresh OS.
The external HD is not recognised and won't come up.
I 've also tried the Restore Time Machine Backup option by booting from the bootable USB.
When I choose my external HD which now appears I get the message that no OS X system backups are available.
Meanwhile I can see and open the drive once logged into the OS and the backups on the drive seem ok. However I can't spot the applications folder. Only users folders.
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I am a brand new MAC user. I'm trying to transfer files, etc. from my PC to my new MAC. I am in "Migration" on Mac, have downloaded the software to do so on my PC, networks are both on, file sharing is on my PC...but on MAC I am stuck on "looking for Other Computers". What do I do. I am clueless with MAC as I am a totally brand new user, some things I find our self explanatory, but others I have no idea! I downloaded manual but it does not give troubleshooting as far as I can see.
Hello
try this
put your tow imac side by side then plug an ethernet cable between us , ethernet logo look like that
then on each imac desable wifi ( air-port )
go to system preferences -> network , you should see somthing like that
select from Configure IPv4 to MANUALY on both imac , then fill info for ehternet exactly as folow
for 1st Imac
for 2d Imac
then try launch again migration assistant , or use file sharing options on old imac
HTH
Pierre -
I'm hoping someone can help me get my source computer to find my target computer when running Migration Assistant. The source computer (late '08 macbook pro running OS X 10.7.5) gets stuck on "looking for other computers". But target computer (late '09 imac running OS X 10.7.5) finds source computer. Both show they are connected to same wifi network in System Preferences-network. Note: I have tried with both internet sharing on and off. Note: Source computer also can't find its external hard drive when plugged in. Related? Any ideas for either issue?
Ok, more updates.
In my old Mac (Pro) I have several hard drives installed. I was able to create a Time Machine back-up to a non-system HD. I plan on removing this volume and putting it in an external enclosure as soon as I can find the right cables for that enclosure. Meanwhile....
I saw on one support doc an instruction to open Sharing on the source Mac (my old one, in this case) and make sure the machine had a name specified. I already had done that, but noticed that a specific name based on that was mentioned for other computers to contact it. For example, if my source machine is named "myOldMac", other computers could address is at "myOldMac.local".
I connected the two computers directly via an Ethernet cable and I ran Migration Assistant again. When I got to the "Looking for source" screen, I clicked the button for "Other Server" and entered "afp://myOldMac.local". This actually found my old Mac. I was prompted to enter the password for the account "root". I changed the name to my account's short name -- "raboyle" not "Robert Boyle" -- and entered the correct password and I actually got a list of volumes to access. In the list were: the hard drives (by volume name), the home folders of the user accounts, and the Public Folders for each user account.
I tried accessing both my boot volume and the home folder for my primary account, and proceeded to a screen with the following text: "Choose which backup to transfer information from:". The list provided, however, was empty. On the chance that it was looking specifically for a Time Machine backup, I then specifically chose the HD volume with the backup I had just created. Again, the list to choose where to grab my data from was empty.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs1-8R4mwVE
Thanks,
MikeSo, the answer to the question was that TC lasted until 2000 tonight when I got back in, turned the laptop back on and got the backup failed message. It's now stuck on looking for backup disc again and so on for the next however many hours until it gives up. I have included a netstat again from a couple of minutes ago incase it throws any light on the subject. It seems to be at the moment that when the laptop goes to sleep, when you wake it up again it will fall over. I don't switch my laptop off, just let it go to sleep. This seems to be what causes the thing to fall over - it cannot handle the laptop dozing off!
I am wondering if moving the TC upstairs and plugging it into my iMac via ethernet might help? Would the TC be able to run wirelessly like this - i.e. not plugged into my router via ethernet, or does it require an ethernet connection to work? My thinking is that by having it ethernet cabled directly into the iMac, it would surely not be able to lose where the disc was, although maybe I would still have the same problems with my laptop backing up?
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10.37.129/24 link#9 UC 2 0 vnic1
10.37.129.255 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff UHLWbI 0 2 vnic1
10.211.55/24 link#8 UC 2 0 vnic0
10.211.55.3 0:1c:42:5c:7c:f3 UHLWIi 1 2 vnic0 1188
10.211.55.255 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff UHLWbI 0 2 vnic0
127 localhost UCS 0 0 lo0
localhost localhost UH 12 1236293 lo0
169.254 link#4 UCS 1 0 en0
tc24ghz.local 24:a2:e1:e9:41:d1 UHLSW 0 16 en0
192.168.0 link#4 UCS 6 0 en0
skyrouter.home 7c:3:4c:a2:85:c5 UHLWIir 65 1572 en0 1199
unknown 2:f:b5:7:e9:90 UHLWI 0 0 en0 1000
livingrmappletv 9c:20:7b:ac:65:6f UHLWI 0 116 en0 1200
michaels-air localhost UHS 0 11 lo0
bedroomappletv f4:f9:51:d9:8a:ef UHLWIi 7 2730 en0 1184
tc24ghz 24:a2:e1:e9:41:d1 UHLWIi 2 303 en0 1186
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Internet6:
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localhost localhost UHL lo0
fe80::%lo0 localhost UcI lo0
localhost link#1 UHLI lo0
fe80::%en0 link#4 UCI en0
fe80::223:12ff:fe1 0:23:12:1a:76:58 UHLWI en0
living-room-apple- 9c:20:7b:ac:65:6f UHLWIi en0
tc24ghz.local 24:a2:e1:e9:41:d1 UHLWIi en0
fe80::7e03:4cff:fe 7c:3:4c:a2:85:c5 UHLWI en0
michaels-macbook-a b8:8d:12:18:4c:60 UHLI lo0
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ff02::%lo0 localhost UmCI lo0
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I am considering buying a new MAC laptop to run LOGIC for composition and band live/recording, but which one is best as I do not want to spend too much money?
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Will I need adaptors and an interface?
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I am considering buying a new MAC laptop to run LOGIC for composition and band live/recording, but which one is best as I do not want to spend too much money?
Does it have a line in and how do you monitor sound?
Will I need adaptors and an interface?
Also, I am guessing as Logic only runs on MAC surely then they would not the best spec to recommend to run it?
I see all the upgrades as additional memory or a faster process?
Is a retina screen necessary, and why flash based storage against a 1TB hard drive, and a i5 instead of an i7
The main reason for this purchase is to play live and use backing tracks and record found sounds and make creative songs.
I hope you can provide some valuable feedback, as I am a longtime MAC user and see upgrades and changes happen regularly but the most important thing is the songs not the equipment.
I have £500 already and willing to add another 500 to 700 pounds, then software extra. -
I am trying to migrate from macbook to a new imac and the looking for source keeps spinning
I am trying to migrate from macbook to a new imac and the looking for source keeps spinning
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Please, need to get this fixed! Nokia MAPs work just fine but not HERE Drive.
I have latest updates on both the phone and my Here drive. I uninstalled the app, and re-loaded it yesterday from the app store. Same thing again. Thought it may be due to being inside of the building, went out, changed locations, drove a bit and nope still not working. It's stuck. I've left it running for more than an hour and no luck what so ever.
A colleague with Lumia 920 has the same problem.
Not question of having a case covering the antennas either, his does not have a case, I took mine off the case, and the result is still the same, looking for GPS.
Please get this fixed ASAP!
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