For users who need to move from an old Mac to a new Mac, the best choice is to migrate over a wifi connection or wired connection using Migration Assistant. Unfortunately, not all users can complete the transfer job successfully.

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Migration Assistant makes it super easy to move data from your old Mac to your new one, either directly or from a Time Machine backup. You can connect two Macs with Thunderbolt, FireWire, or Ethernet, or even just using the same Wi-Fi network if you don't have one of these cables.
3 days later, migration complete. Seriously, Ethernet is the only way to go when you move from one Mac to another. Been there, done that. Wish that Apple would suggest Ethernet as the way to Migrate. Have as of yet to see a successful migration via wifi; and I have looked, Googled, searched the topic.
When asked how you want to transfer your information, select the option to transfer from a Mac, Time Machine backup, or startup disk. On your old Mac: If you started your old Mac in target disk mode or are migrating from a Time Machine backup, skip these four steps. Open Migration Assistant.
On your new Mac, select From a Mac, Time Machine backup, or startup disk. Select Continue. On your old Mac, select the option to transfer information To a Mac. On your new Mac, you should see a list of “sources” — essentially, things that can be migrated from. Choose the Mac with the user account that you’d like to transfer.

User story - Apple Migration Assistant stuck at one minute

'I just purchased an iMac and was trying to migrate from my early 2011 MacBook Pro to the new machine, using Migration Assistant over wifi. But the migration has been stuck at 'Less than a minute remaining' since 8:00 PM yesterday. And until now, it has been in progress for about 15 hours. Is there any fix?'

Different Migration Assistant stuck scenarios

Just like the above case, there are always some users report that Migration Assistant stuck while starting up, at the end or midway with different messages saying 20+ hours remaining, less than a minute remaining, looking for source, looking for applications and documents to transfer, preparing transfer user documents or looking for other computers.

Simple steps to fix Migration Assistant stuck and frozen

If you have happened to encounter a similar situation where Migration Assistant stuck and stopped working, here are some troubleshooting steps that you can try to get rid of this issue.

1. Try to use Target Disk Mode on the old Mac.

2. Unplug the ethernet cable from both machines and re-inserted it. Some users said the operation made the migration process resumed, re-synced, and finally completed.

3. Try to migrate everything except Applications Toast 7 mac download. , and then manually reinstall those you want on the new Mac.

4. Run a hardware diagnostics to check if there is a hardware issue on your Mac computer.

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5. Try to migrate from a time machine backup if you have an available one.

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Try reliable Migration Assistant alternative to fix stuck issue

Sometimes, you might fail to fix Migration Assistant stuck issue even after trying every possible solution. At this moment, we recommend you try EaseUS Mac backup software to manage the migration job from one Mac to another by disk cloning. It's an easy and practical approach to deal with Migration Assistant stuck problem.

1. Connect the new Mac to the old machine and launch EaseUS Mac cloning software.

2. In the From drop-down list, select the old Mac disk that you want to clone.

3. In the To drop-down list, select the new Mac hard drive as the destination disk where you want to save the duplicate.

4. Set up the disk cloning properties. Here, you are allowed to exclude files or folders if necessary.

5. Finally, click the Start button to execute the cloning operation.

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If migration doesn't work

If the steps above don't work as expected, check these things.

Quit other PC apps.
Use these steps to make sure no other applications are open on your PC while you're trying to migrate your data:

Press Alt-Tab to choose an open application.
Press Alt-F4 to quit the selected application.

Check your network connection. If your PC doesn't appear in the Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant window on your Mac, make sure they're both connected to the same network. You can create an isolated network by connecting a single Ethernet cable between your Mac and PC. If Migration Assistant on your Mac still doesn't list your PC, try disabling any Firewall software on your PC that might block network ports needed for Windows Migration Assistant to work. You can re-enable your firewall software after you're done migrating.

Disable anti-virus software. If Migration Assistant won't open on your PC, temporarily disable any anti-virus software on your PC and try opening Migration Assistant again. You can re-enable your anti-virus software after migration is finished.

If you're unable to use Migration Assistant to transfer your files from your PC to your Mac, you can also manually copy your important data to your Mac using an external drive or file sharing.

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Jan 1, 2017 11:45 AM