If your files are currently on a Windows PC, follow the PC migration steps instead.
If your new Mac is using OS X Mountain Lion v10.8 or earlier, follow the Mountain Lion migration steps instead.
Quit any open Windows apps. Open Windows Migration Assistant, then click Continue. Start up your Mac. Setup Assistant automatically opens the first time you turn on your Mac. If you’ve already set up your Mac, open Migration Assistant, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. Download Apple Migration Assistant for Mac to fix an issue with the Migration Assistant application in Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
Check software, settings, and power
Install all available Apple software updates on both Mac computers. Install any updates for your third-party apps as well.
Make sure that your old Mac is using OS X Lion or later.
Make sure that your old Mac has a computer name: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Sharing and check the Computer Name field.
Connect both computers to AC power.
Connect the computers to each other
If both computers are using macOS Sierra or later, just make sure that they're near each other and have Wi-Fi turned on. If either is using OS X El Capitan or earlier, connect them to the same network using Wi-Fi or Ethernet.
Or connect them using target disk mode and the appropriate cable or adapter. Then start up your old computer in target disk mode.
Or connect your new Mac to a Time Machine backup of your old Mac.
Use Migration Assistant
I received an iPad (3rd Gen) for my 13th Birthday. Eager to get started, I used my mother's Apple ID as I thought I was still too young (13 is the youngest you can be to have an Apple ID). I have now created an Apple ID of my own and want to know if I can transfer the Apps bought on it to my new ID.
This app is great and easy to use - it worked very well for uploading and super fast for large video file out of my iPad Pro 2018 to my PC. However I temporarily had a problem (now solved) because could not upload 5GB file from PC to iPad (smaller files worked) because it was making the web browser (Edge from MS on Windows 10) reload the app.
For information about what you can transfer or about transferring information from a Mac or a disk, see Transfer info to Mac from another computer or device. Note: During a Windows migration, you can use a wireless connection coming from a device using Soft AP software (a software enabled access point) to access the internet.
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On your new Mac:
Open Migration Assistant, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
Click Continue.
When asked how you want to transfer your information, select the option to transfer from a Mac, Time Machine backup, or startup disk.
Click Continue.
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On your old Mac: If you started your old Mac in target disk mode or are migrating from a Time Machine backup, skip these four steps.
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Open Migration Assistant.
Click Continue.
When asked how you want to transfer your information, select the option to transfer to another Mac.
Click Continue.
On your new Mac:
When asked to select a Mac, Time Machine backup, or other startup disk, click the appropriate icon.
Click Continue. You might see a security code.
On your old Mac: If you started your old Mac in target disk mode or are migrating from a Time Machine backup, skip these two steps.
If you see a security code, make sure that it's the same code as on your new Mac.
Select the information to transfer from the backup.
Click Continue to start the transfer. If you have a lot of content, the transfer might take several hours to finish.
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In the example above, John Appleseed is a macOS user account. If you transfer an account that has the same name as an account on your new Mac, you're asked to rename the old account or replace the one on your new Mac. If you rename, the old account appears as a separate user on your new Mac, with a separate home folder and login. If you replace, the old account overwrites the account on your new Mac, including everything in its home folder.
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After Migration Assistant is done, log in to the migrated account on your new Mac to see its files. If you're not keeping your old Mac, learn what to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your old Mac.