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Can i do migration assistant faster than on Wi-Fi

I’m doing migration assistant….and I’m on a 5G Wi-Fi connection…but it is going DOG slow at 1.7MB/s…it was at 2.9MB/s, but the speed just dropped drastically… and it was 17 hours left, but now it is 22 hours…


can i connect my MacBooks together with a cable…. USB-c?… to make the data transfer faster?

MacBook Pro 14″, 12.2

Posted on Jan 29, 2022 11:55 PM

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Posted on Jan 30, 2022 9:59 AM

I would use only a USB connection. Ethernet works, but not as fast. Wi-Fi should never be used. It often fails and your data can be corrupted. It's just too slow for these very large files.

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Can i do migration assistant faster than on Wi-Fi

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