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Apple’s Windows migration tool can transfer more info in Mojave

Windows users looking for an easier time of switching to the Mac are in luck. According to a report at 9to5Mac, Apple’s latest operating system, macOS 10.14 Mojave, has a new Windows Migration Assistant. Originally spotted by a Twitter user, the new assistant will apparently bring over much more data than ever before, including user accounts, documents, email, contacts and calendar…

Credit must be given where due!

Apple, after a series of disappointments, impressed me quite a lot today.

Let’s first talk about the disappointments:

- The ‘phone app’ of my iPhone hangs! I think there’s no place where a company like Apple can hide for something as sloppy as this. A small sample survey that I did on this subject with people around me indicated that the problem is not isolated to my handset. (Apple - 0, LowestOrderSchmuck - 1)

- A teammate lost a day’s worth of work when Sierra’s first update came out. The system crashed and nothing would bring it back other than a complete re-install of the OS. I’ve been forced to stay on El Capitan even after more than 6 months of the latest version being out. I don’t think I have the nerves or the motivation to land myself in muck voluntarily.

Anyway, let’s put that negativity behind us and talk about the uber-cool migration tool that comes with apple by default - no third-party integration, no version mismatch issues, no spilling hot coffee on the vulnerable parts of your body - just the sheer joy of connect-click-migrate!

Just connect your new machine to your old one (over a wired or wireless network), open the Migration-Assistant in both the machines and follow the onscreen instructions. It is as simple as that! The most natural, unadulterated joy I experienced on Apple after a lifetime of pain and disappointment. (In case you are wondering why I am on a Mac in the first place, well, sometimes we have to go down the dirty path for a living!) The whole process took under 40 minutes and for my mac: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Oh yeah, before we close, if you migrate from an old machine to a new one and don’t intend to use the old machine, always try:

sudo rm -rf /