Migrating to a new MacBook Pro 16 inch M1
After the excitement of getting a new Macbook, the practical issues of moving all the applications, data and settings from an old Macbook is largely undocumented. Here’s what I did:
- The old Intel-powered Macbook Pro was updated to Monterey 12.0.1
- The new M1 Macbook Pro had 12.0 and needed to be updated. I created a temporary account and then used that to update it to 12.0.1 so the versions of the two Macs were identical
- Started the Migration Assistant app on both devices after connecting the two with a Thunderbolt 3 cable
- It took less than 15 minutes to transfer 200GB of data and the new MacBook was ready
- Before logging into the new Mac, sign out of a few licensed apps so they can be activated on the new one…
- Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, Photomechanic, PDF Expert
- Now login to the new Mac and re-authenticate into iCloud as required
- If you have apps that require extensions like Softraid and Rogue Amoeba, you’ll need to change the Security Policy to allow third party extensions to run. Follow the instructions after restarting the Mac while holding down the Touch-ID button
- Now re-login to the new Mac and login to the apps that you logged out of on the old Mac
I found an issue with the Spotlight index on mail messages. I had to disable and re-enable the index to get it all working.
Enjoy your new Mac!
Posted on Saturday, October 30th, 2021 at 5:07 pm. Filed under: Tech RSS 2.0 feed.
