Hi, The other replies I read are lacking a few key details or making assumptions. If you are getting a Macbook Air for example, it will not have an ethernet port so you cannot hard wire it to the Mac Mini.
You definitely want to use migration assistant. If it is a new Mac, you will be prompted to do this the very first time you turn it on. It will ask you if you have a old mac you'd like to use to set up this one and it will ask you where the data is. The options are from another Mac on the network, an external hard drive, or a time machine backup. If none of these are available at the time you first set up the Mac, you can do it after the fact, but I'd suggest having the plan ready before you get started. I won't go into the technical details but it has to do with the internal way MacOS keeps track of user accounts and permissions on the disk, that it is safer to do this migration upfront initially. So, I suggest you have this ready to go when you get the new Macbook. Sounds like The wired ethernet connection, may be your best shot if both have an ethernet port. If not, the second easiest method is to just clone your hard disk to an external USB drive and use that backup as your source for the new Macbook. You do have a backup, right? Surely you were not trusting the MacMini internal to always be ok, right? Smile. The wireless network option seems the worst, since it seems you do not have a router, but instead are using your iPhone. However, you can create a wireless network by turning your Mini into a router. It won't get on the internet, but you can at least connect locally from Mac to Mac via airport. This third approach would be my last suggestion. You do this from System Preferences/ Network. Finally, if the Mac is used, I'd wipe the entire drive and reinstall MacOS from scratch from either the CD/DVD/Flash or recovery partition depending on what Macbook you are talking about. Just do not attempt this procedure manually. Let the migration assistant do it for you. Good luck. --k On Mar 3, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Maria and Joe Chapman <bubbygirl1...@gmail.com> wrote: > HI guys. I might be getting a new macbook today or within the next couple of > days. what's the best way to transfer stuff from the mac mini to the > macbook? Can I just copy my applications folder etc? Is it possible to put a > copy of my iTunes library on a portable drive then transfer it to the laptop? > It's mainly the apps. At the moment I'm away from home so limited in the > data I can use so I don't really want to be downloading apps. > > thanks for any help. > > > Maria and Joe Chapman > bubbygirl1...@gmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
