How to Transfer ALL DATA from Old MacBook to New MacBook (BEST WAY 2023)

What Mac do you use? 🤔

would this work on an older mac from 2013?

My old MacBook Pro (2015) doesn’t have a usbc slot 😢

I'm exchanging data between two macbooks, anything to keep in mind?

Explained perfectly. Thank you

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Hello Dion, I have a question for you. I have been using my new macbook for quite some time now, but I also want to get my data from my old macbook to my current macbook as another user, so my current data will not be deleted. Is this possible, or will my old mac's data completely take over with my cuurent data deleted?

Even the MacOs version it will transfer? For example: Let's say the old one is Mojave and the new one is Ventura.. the macOs of the new one will be Mojave after we transfer everything from the old one?

an excellent tutorial!! Thank you so much. My new laptop gets here tomorrow and as a 70 yr old lady I was concerned I wouldn't be able to get this done! I am much more confident now!

Do your photos also transfer ?

Explained perfectly. Thank you.

This was so easy to follow and highly appreciated the step by step - thank you!

thanks, super clear and helpful

Does this also transfer the saved signatures in Preview as well?

This video is amazing! My new MacBook will arrive tomorrow and I was sweating the transfer. I feel ready to take it on now! Thank you!

💕🔥 100% helpful, I didn’t need to refer to anything or have questions. Non-intimidating video which walks you through step by step. Thank you 🙏🏼 so much for making this ♥️

this possible between m1 pro and an old intel macbook pro

I’m migrating from a 512gb Mac to a 256gb Mac mini. Due to the smaller space how do I transfer applications and settings data (iCloud, mail settings etc) to the Mac mini but transfer the documents (photos, PDFs and other files) to and external drive? Can this all be done via migration assistant?

Exelent bro …. Great video

Will the older Mac’s OS being copied too or does it keep the newer Mac’s OS

Is it possible to transfer photos etc without wifi using a thunderbolt cable?

How would I do this if my old MacBook has a broken screen?

this is one of the very few videos on this topic where I have ZERO questions after watching it. So well done! So helpful!

Mine says “The selected source cannot be used for migration: This source contains a newer release of macOS. Your Mac requires an upgraded before you can migrate from this source.”

What should I do?

Thanks so much for the help. I thought I wasn’t gonna be able to transfer my info from my iMac 🖥️ to my MacBook Air.

Thank you so much!! This video answered ALL of my questions!!!

Great video. Thanks tons

What if you have already initialized the new Mac (with a single Admin account) and want to migrate several users from an old Mac over to the new machine? What of the procedure will be different than what you went over?

Hey so I’m just a little confused. I’m a software engineer and I have a Mac book I take to work and an iMac I keep at home but the thing is I did this and transfer the data on my Mac to my iMac as my iMac is the newest and when I make changes on one of them will it save on the other as well? They both use the same username and Apple ID. I want them to be perfectly synced as in if I were to make an edit to a setting or file on one it would save on the other. Is that possible?

Do the user name and password have to match?

Do you need to be on the same iOS version on both macs?

I use firefox and thunderbird email with my macbook pro going to new macbook pro will thunderbird transfer with the data transfer?

Be aware that you have to disconnect your old Mac from iCloud before you start cleaning it up. I didn't know that they were linked. I deleted off the old and it did the same to the new. I lost files because of this.

There is a discrepancy in size on a a major folder.
Old MacBook 420gb in Pictures
New MacBook 300gb in Pictures.
But I double checked each and every picture file, identical 🤷‍♂️ I don’t know

When transferring the data, does that also include purchased photo editing software like Lightroom or Luminar Neo etc?

Very Helpful, Thank you.

Hi my old macbook air has some virus files but i am not sure though when ever i open safari it automatically opens new tabs on its own. But when i transfer my old macbook air files to new m2 which will arrive soon, will those probable virus files also transfer by this process?

Does anybody know what the heck "SYSTEM DATA" is ?! It's taking up 80GB on my SSD and I have no idea how to manage or erase it lol.

Thank you so much!!!!!! My M2 is arriving in an hour and this video saves lives! (time is life indeed :p

Thank you so much! I followed your video and it worked!

Can I use a usb a to usb c to my other Mac? I have a 2015 MacBook Air and am transferring to a 2017 MacBook? I have a terrible internet connection and it’s gonna take hours to transfer

Can I transfer only for document and files? which one I mark for do that?

Does this transfer all users as well, or only the one that you had the migration assistance open in? And if it’s all users, can I simply transfer data from one user?

Any notable differences from switching to the m2 from the m1?

Thank you for sharing! How about the Mac OS system? My old iMac has Catalina. The new iMac should have the latest OS system.

My passwords didn’t transfer

I have mini iPad 6 USBC cord that connects to charger. Can I use it like a Thunderbolt connection?

Thanks bro u frigin LEGEND❤