SEE: MacBook Pro classic tangled up in plugs? Thunderbolt 2 Dock to the rescue (ZDNet) Thumb drives and external hard drivesĪpple users can always go low tech, and simply connect a thumb drive or an external hard disk to the old Mac. The same migration tool also supports the Gigabit Ethernet option mentioned earlier. The Apple Migration Assistant, which is capable of copying files as well as user accounts and settings between Macs, eliminates the need to manually move files, using such direction connections. Thunderbolt or FireWireĪnother file migration option available to Mac users is to connect the old and new Macs directly via a Thunderbolt or FireWire cable. While wired Ethernet connections are becoming an obsolete technology for many Mac users, including MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro consumers increasingly relying upon wireless connections, if both your old and new Macs possess Ethernet ports or you possess the required Ethernet adapters, another option is to transfer files between Macs using a fast Gigabit connection.

SEE: Terahertz wireless could help cover the planet with internet that's 10X faster than 5G (TechRepublic) Gigabit Ethernet To set custom preferences, open OneDrive from within the Applications directory, click OneDrive from the menu bar, and select Preferences. Several OneDrive preferences are adjustable, including configuring the application to automatically open at login. Then, the program will copy the files to the new Mac. Users need to ensure the correct files and folders are parked within the old Mac's corresponding OneDrive folder, install the application, and log in on the new Mac.

Once the application is installed and the user logs in to his or her corresponding Microsoft account, OneDrive can sync all files and folders within the OneDrive directory that's created within the user's Home folder with Microsoft's cloud service. Users can download OneDrive from the App Store. Similar to Dropbox, Mac users can leverage Microsoft's cloud-based file-storage service to migrate files to a new Mac.

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