Transfering- copying documents from IMac to MacBook Pro  - Migration Assistant or High Speed File share cable- which would be faster?

I started Migration Assistant to copy documents from my IMac to my new MacBook Pro - it started off saying "About 53 hours and 40 minutes remaining" to "About 64 hours and 47 minutes remaining" - I have a High Speed File Share Cable - should I have used that?

If you mean a FireWire cable, yes.
Your best bet is to start over.  See the green box in Problems after using Migration Assistant

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