When transferring the contents of Data volumes, or individual accounts, use Migration Assistant rather than copying or restoring. Here’s how.
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Changes to keychains, volume structure, Time Machine, Migration Assistant, and the security command tool that have only recently come to light, six months later.
Tahoe 26.4 broke the copying of login keychains. Apple has at last explained how you can copy them successfully, and what backup software needs to do. Explained in full.
If your virtualiser allows you to run 2 macOS VMs at the same time, and to give them different MAC addresses, it’s easy to migrate from one to the other as explained here.
It’s time to review old kernel extensions, and uninstall those no longer needed. Here’s how to do that, using uninstallers or manually.
Setting a new (or pre-owned) Mac up can be quick and easy when you use Migration Assistant. When is best, what should you migrate from, and do you need iCloud to help?
When and how to use Migration Assistant to move apps, settings and documents to a new or previously owned Mac. Also how a Mac can claim an old Mac’s backups.
Most backup apps make snapshots, so why not use those instead of conventional backups? Because of the weaknesses of snapshots, as explained.
Coping with 64-bit code, APFS, the different CPU, the SSV, System Settings, Recovery Mode, and how to get the best from migration and sharing in iCloud.
Rather than migrating some files to a new Mac, they were copied to an external drive. But some of them couldn’t be opened because of ‘permissions’. Here’s why and how to fix it.
