Since my other laptop is on Big Sur, I think that I can completely replace the Music folder from my new machine with the Music folder from the old one. So I’ll export those to mbox format and import them to the new computer. The only other thing to do is to export the archived mailboxes that are not on IMAP, and are local to my Big Sur laptop. Once I sign in to all of my Mail accounts (which are all IMAP), I should have access to all of my messages stored on the servers. I shouldn’t have to do anything there.īy my count, that really only leaves Mail and Music. In the past, that used to be a problem, but with iCloud Keychain sync, that should come right down with everything else in iCloud. I’ve replaced Google Backup and Sync, Dropbox and OneDrive with Resilio Sync to great effect. I don’t keep any documents of note in any other location. Next, I use Resilio Sync to keep my Documents folders from my various computers in sync, so I’ll install that and get back all of my documents and they’ll reside in my Documents folder.
Transferring to new macbook pro migration assistant serial numbers#
I use 1Password, so I’ll install it next, sign in there and I’ll have access to all of the serial numbers and paswords I need to install the rest of the software that’s not from the App Store. I can then use the App Store to get back all of the apps that I bought there. Since I use iCloud photos, I should get back all of my photos. Then, I’ll sign in to iCloud, and it should recover all of the items that are stored there. My thoughts are to start up the laptop, create a new account with a new password, then update the software to the latest version.
(I know if things go sideways, I can always start over and just use MA.) I’d like to try this without using Migration Assistant at all. Perhaps I’m being a masochist, but I’d like to do this migration completely manually. I’m migrating from my 2015 MacBook Pro running Big Sur. As the owner of a brand-new MacBook Pro 14" (as a Christmas present), I thought I’d query this group about migration.
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