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Transferring files to new imac

Friends,

I have a four year-old imac with a 3TB fusion drive. I'm planning on replacing it with a new imac with a 512GB SSD, and using external drives to store my data/files. I presume that I can begin off-loading my files to the externals from my old machine, and then when I get the new machine, download my various programs, connect the externals, and I'm good to go.

Is that correct? Am I missing anything?

Thanks!

Steve

The easiest way to accomplish this is to use Migration Assistant either from your old Mac, or from a Time Machine backup or clone.

How to move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support

Thanks, but is there any downside to manually copying my files to the external drive now and working from that drive on my current machine. Then, when I get the new machine, simply unplugging the external from the current machine and attaching it to the new machine?

Do you mean cloning the drive and working from that?

最後更新：2017-10-12 21:47:48

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