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Articles about migration assistant

In the Lap(top) of the Gods: The fascinating behavior of migratory Macs

by Kirk Hiner on Dec 17, 2008 at 07:51 AM

One of the things that has always surprised me about the Mac web is that computer migration doesn’t get more press. The ease with which you can move files and identities on Mac OS X is astounding, simply astounding. There’s just no way around that. When I think of how… Continue Reading »

Direct from Steve: Migration Assistant works over Ethernet.

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Oct 16, 2008 at 10:43 PM

The next in my unintentional “Direct from Steve” series deals with the lack of Firewire on the new MacBooks, and what is arguably one of the most important and useful applications on the Mac, Migration Assistant. I first wrote to Steve the following email: I’m sure you are getting tons… Continue Reading »

Migration Assistant over the Air

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Jan 29, 2008 at 01:54 PM

Macworld’s Jason Snell describes his experience with Migration Assistant on the MacBook Air. The Air is unique in that it has no FireWire port, and so the traditional method of using Migration Assistant, Target Disk Mode, is out of the question. Apple, of course, has a solution for this too.… Continue Reading »

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