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My partner and I both own a Macbook Pro each (2015) which serve as our respective secondary devices. We decided to consolidate to just one new Macbook Pro 14" and would like to know the best way to migrate each of our content from our old laptops to the new one, ideally as two separate user accounts. Thanks for any input.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.4
You can run Migration Assistant multiple times. Probably the simplest method is to make a TimeMachine (or "clone" such as with Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper, TechTool Pro, etc.) backup of the "old" computer and then run Migration Assistant on the new computer and connect the backup from the old computer and instruct it to migrate over the user account (and only the user account) from that backup. You can run Migration Assistant multiple times if the backups are separately made on different Macs.
This process works smoothest if you don't have any user accounts on the new Mac with the SAME USERNAME as the one being migrated from the old Mac. (It is still possible to do this but it is simplest if you avoid that situation.)
In your situation, follow Leroy's instructions on using Setup Assistant on the very first boot up, migrate over one of your user accounts, and then you can run Migration Assistant an additional time to migrate over the second user from his/her backup separately.
You can run Migration Assistant multiple times. Probably the simplest method is to make a TimeMachine (or "clone" such as with Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper, TechTool Pro, etc.) backup of the "old" computer and then run Migration Assistant on the new computer and connect the backup from the old computer and instruct it to migrate over the user account (and only the user account) from that backup. You can run Migration Assistant multiple times if the backups are separately made on different Macs.
This process works smoothest if you don't have any user accounts on the new Mac with the SAME USERNAME as the one being migrated from the old Mac. (It is still possible to do this but it is simplest if you avoid that situation.)
In your situation, follow Leroy's instructions on using Setup Assistant on the very first boot up, migrate over one of your user accounts, and then you can run Migration Assistant an additional time to migrate over the second user from his/her backup separately.
ani krishnan wrote:
My partner and I both own a Macbook Pro each (2015) which serve as our respective secondary devices. We decided to consolidate to just one new Macbook Pro 14" and would like to know the best way to migrate each of our content from our old laptops to the new one, ideally as two separate user accounts. Thanks for any input.
Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac - Apple Support
to move to a new machine, is using the Setup Assistant on the initial boot of a brand new machine— you have one shot here. Set up your MacBook Pro - Apple Support
Migration Assistant.
How to move your content to a new Mac Move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support
If I use the Setup Assistant on the initial boot of my new machine to migrate one of my old machines, am I understanding you correctly that I cannot use the Migration Assistant again for an additional user account on the new machine?
Can I migrate content / users from two separate macs into one new mac?
