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Migration Assistant Problems
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I have a new Macbook with 10.5.6 installed (refurbished, came with SL drop-in DVD) and I'm trying to migrate from a Macbook with 10.4.11. I went through the setup process, selected migrate and hooked up the computers via ethernet. After 5 hours with "less than a minute to go" I got an error that the network connection had been lost and it could not reestablish.
So I started over, wiping the new Macbook and reinstalling the OS, as well as running DiskWarrior and a permissions repair on the old Macbook. I also used a brand new ethernet cord. This time the transfer ran for 5 hours, then got stuck at "less than a minute" for over 8 hours, but no network error.
I did some Googling and found this: MacBook and MacBook Pro (Late 2008) and later: What to do if migration is unsuccessful However, I ran SU and I'm running the latest version of Migration Assistant on the old Macbook already.
I think my next step will be to go ahead and install SL, then try the migration again. Unless anyone here knows what to do ...
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Last edited by scattered; Oct 23, 2009 at 07:39 PM.
Reason: confusion of model names)
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Have you tried over firewire? Put the macbook in target disk mode, connect to MBP, and use MA that way.
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The Macbook Pro doesn't have a firewire port
The other option is over Airport, but that's not possible on my current network
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another option would be to image your MB drive to an external USB drive, then mount the image from your MBP and choose that for MA.
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There's no such thing as a MacBook Pro that doesn't have FireWire.
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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay 
There's no such thing as a MacBook Pro that doesn't have FireWire.
Sorry, I'm talking about the aluminum unibody Macbook. Ive been referring to it as 'pro' in my head to keep them separate, I didnt even realize I did that in the post
I'll go back and edit
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