Migration Assistant Not Working

bowjest · #1 November 4th, 2009, 03:02 PM

My wife has a new MBP 13" and I'd like to transfer her data from our year old MBP 15" onto the new 'puter.

I've tried following the steps outlined here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3322

But it never gets beyond Step 4 (where it's trying to see other Macs on the wireless network).

We don't have the same revision of the OS (the 15" has 10.5.8 whereas the 13" is a brand-new Snow Leopard), so is this the problem for some reason?

Thanks in advance for your help.

ElDiabloConCaca · #2 November 4th, 2009, 03:31 PM

Step 4 states:

Quote:

Read the Introduction screen, then click Continue.

Do you mean step 7 or some later step? Or are you talking about step 4 of the Migration Assistant dialog on your Mac's screen?

Have you tried with a Firewire cable?

djackmac · #3 November 4th, 2009, 05:17 PM

Invest in a 400-800 firewire cable. Will transfer much faster and with alot less headache.

bowjest · #4 November 5th, 2009, 12:35 PM

Hi, Diablo, thanks for your reply.

Sorry, I meant to say the problem exists between steps 6 & 7: I select to transfer the data wirelessly between the two Macs (look for a Mac on my network) and it prints a code key to the screen.

But at this point, the little timer wheel spins round and round, but never says it has found another Mac on the network, so it just fails.

Both Macs (13" and 15") work happily on the wireless network and we can see each other in our respective Finder windows on the far left side.

Unfortunately, the only Firewire cable I have is for connecting a Mac to our Lacie backup drive. I don't have one that will connect between two devices.