In the next few weeks, many of us will be setting up our new Macs. For some it will be one of the remaining Intel models, but for most it will probably be an Apple Silicon model. Whichever you have to set up, one of your most important tasks is going to be migrating all your settings, documents and apps from your previous Mac. This article looks at that process of migration: when to do it, and how.
When?
Most users perform migration when they first personalise and set up their new Mac. During that process, you’re invited to connect to your old Mac, a backup or another copy of a Data volume. It’s tempting to do that immediately, but there are often good reasons for leaving it until later. Among the most compelling is that most new Macs don’t come with the latest version of macOS installed, in which case it’s usually better to update macOS before performing any migration. I’ll be writing separately about that next week, particularly in the context of the new M1 Pro and Max models.
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