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Migrating to new (old) machine
I've used SuperDuper! to restore hard drives, but whenever I've migrated to a new machine, I've set it up from scratch. That's a lot of work.
I'm trying to figure out the most efficient way to migrate to a new machine such that I end up with the same operating environment as the current machine, with least post-migration setup work. And without screwing anything up (e.g. iCloud). The SuperDuper! FAQ says don't do this, but gives as the reason the (valid) risk of cloning with an macOS version earlier than what the target machine supports. That shouldn't be an issue here, because (sadly) "new" iMacs are actually 2017 models, which originally (and still?) came with macOS 10.12.4 Sierra. Sierra is up to 10.12.6 now. Resources:
One alternative would be to do the clone before anything else. And/or, using the external drive as an intermediary: clone old iMac to drive, boot new iMac from that drive, clone from drive to new iMac. Since the migration is Sierra to Sierra, and Fusion drive to Fusion drive, APFS shouldn't be a factor. Since I've never tried this before, and so far haven't found hints for successful migration via clone, any advice would be appreciated. |
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