[randax]

Hi all
About to start the process of moving (Docs, tunes, photos and Mail) files from my Mac Pro (has a firewire backup drive) and bluetooth, but no Airport card - to my new MacBook Air (have the CD/DVD portable drive).
Any thoughts on the best way to move 30 or 40 gbytes of data?
Burn DVD's?
No firewire desk mode - but is there anything similar with USB?
I presume Bluetooth would be too slow?
Other ideas?

[Cold Warrior]

Ethernet. Macs have auto-sensing ethernet ports, which means you can use a regular cat-5 cable (not just a crossover) to connect two Macs.

Turn on file sharing, connect them to each other via ethernet, and you should be able to see your Mac Pro.

This assumes you got the MBA ethernet adapter.

[Andy8]

Network via USB perhaps?

Assuming that both Macs have USB 2.0 you will get up to 480Mbps transfer rate between the two Macs.

Run the Migration Assistant to bring over what files you need.

[Big Mac]

There is no way to network two computers via USB. A USB hard drive can be used with MA, as that article discusses, but that's not between computers.

USB drive is the best option, then Ethernet, then WIFI. I don't think I'd trust a migration to a wireless connection.

[randax]

Thanks for the advice. I guess I'll be going down to the local Apple store for the ethernet adapter.