1. It is my long standing opinion, that the best thing to do when setting up a new computer, Mac or Windows, is to make a clean start, and never setup a new Mac using a Time Machine backup. This is especially true when moving from an Intel Mac, to a Mac with an M1 processor. I believe that you should move all of your important documents to your iCloud drive, where they will be available from the new Mac, once you sign into your AppleID, and access your iCloud drive. Then, I would begin the process of installing your applications using the most up-to-date installers available. I know this is a slow process, but I strongly believe that making a clean start with a new machine, is the wisest and most prudent approach to setting up a new machine.
2. Signing out and deauthorizing your old Mac, is the absolute last thing you do before wiping the drive, and resetting the old Mac. I strongly recommend that you get the new Mac setup and functional, before beginning the process of decommissioning your current/old Mac. HTH. - Brad - On Dec 4, 2021, at 22:26, Kevin Gibbs <kevj...@gmail.com> wrote: while I'm at it, at what point should I deauthorize my old Mac? Before or after the transfer? Should I use wifi or cable? On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 10:12:53 PM UTC-6 Kevin Gibbs wrote: Guys, My new MBP should be arriving on Tuesday. I’ll be replacing my 2010 Mac mini with this killer box. What’s the best way to migrate all the data from one machine to the other. I have TM on the Mac mini and I have a pretty decent wifi situation here. The Mac mini runs High Sierra. The new box runs Monterey, I presume. I’m imagining that I should be able to get everything down to the new MBP by signing into iCloud with my credentials and having everything populate that way except for the documents folder and certain other apps like Sibelius, Komplete Kontrol and other Music specific apps which would have to be installed separately from the wireless iCloud migration. Similarly, I imagine the contents of my Documents folder would have to be moved by way of an intermediate portable drive. Am I on the right track or completely messing up? Thanks for any guidance. It’s been ten years since I faced this sort of thing. Thanks, Kevin -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/45b471f3-8320-48c6-bc04-6e3c3f078520n%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/45b471f3-8320-48c6-bc04-6e3c3f078520n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/2E0A5FF8-C066-4F7A-9F00-949562E52123%40swbell.net.
