If you are transferring data from one Mac to another, it may help if you leave the Applications folder out of the migration process. Many users have reported having problems with the Migration Assistant when trying to transfer the Applications folder to another Mac. It seems that transferring applications is prone to causing the Migration Assistant to get stuck. Therefore, if you are experiencing this problem, try performing the migration again, but this time do not check the Applications folder when you get to the Select the information to transfer screen. You can always easily download the same apps on the new Mac from the Mac Store or from whatever other app store you got them on your old Mac.
I tried the migration assistant for the first time when moving to my iMac from 2018. I already had a user and the migration assistant created a second user. Which led to much fun with the base directory of the SVN client.
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In your paragraph on CCC, you did not mention that Bombich notes that a CCC backup is an appropriate source for migration assistant to use. Personally, I think that is important as it might be more convenient to hook up a small SSD backup to the new computer rather than having to connect two computers together and launching migration assistant on both. Personally, I have a bit more confidence with CCC backups than Time Machine for this purpose, as the auditing and verification tools and processes are FAR more transparent with CCC. Thanks for an excellent article. My new M1 Max 16 (64 gig, 32 core, 2 tb) arrives today and this article will prove very helpful. 2ff7e9595c
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