I have a Mac mini but am interested in a new one. Does your price include transferring the data from my mini to the new one? Thanks. null

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mastrof3d · Accepted Answer

At the fist boot you will be presented with an option to import your old mac data or recover from a time machine backup. Just be aware Catalina no longer supports 32 bit apps, so most the older apps will not work unless they have updates for OSX Catalina.

Answered by mastrof3d 5 years ago

Westrock · Answer

MacOS makes this very easy. Use Time Machine and make a backup of your old Mac Mini to an external harddrive. When you setup the new Mac Mini, you will be asked if you are wanting to transfer data from an old Mac. The new Mini will transfer everything from the Time Machine backup and you will have a new Mini that is exactly like your old one (documents, programs will all be there). If you do not have a spare external hard drive, you can use Migration Assistant to copy between the computers while they are on the same network. But I would highly recommend using Time Machine.

You can also setup the new Mac Mini by itself (be sure to use the same Apple account) and then start up Migration Assistant and use the Time Machine backup to transfer your files. Instead of doing it at initial set up. 

Here is Apples documentation on Migration Assistant.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204350

MacManiac · Answer

I don't know of BB performs a data transfer (applications, etc). There may be software vendor restrictions and so on. However, when I got a Mac Mini, they did not transfer anything to it.

“I have a Mac mini but am interested in a new one. Does your price include transferring the data from my mini to the new one? Thanks.”

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