Upon completing data migration to a new macbook air, I restarted the laptop as a part of the process. However, the screen is stuck in the apple logo. Is this step supposed to take such a long time? Its been about 10 hours already.

I have tried forcing a restart and the safe boot start up but its still on the same screen!

Hi GreenchiliNM,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities! I understand that your computer is only booting to the Apple logo after running migration. You have done a great couple of troubleshooting steps already by trying a restart and trying to start in safe boot. I suggest you continue with the steps in the following article starting with the Reset the NVRAM / PRAM section and working down.
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2570
Reset the NVRAM / PRAM
Shut down your Mac. If necessary, hold your Mac's power button for several seconds to force it to power down.
Reset the NVRAM / PRAM.
If the gray screen issue persists, go to the next section.
Thanks for reaching out,
-Joe

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