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Originally Posted by Dave
Use a wired network connection?
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MBA: No ethernet jack. I could go get the USB->Enet dongle, but, I *do* have the Time Machine backup.
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Originally Posted by FFL
I've always found the Migration Assistant via networking to be somewhat flakey, and stick with Time Machine backups whenever I can't use Firewire.
I'd repair permissions on the G4
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Did. Also Disk Utility disk verify which was clean.
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and then update its Time Machine backup (maybe even repair permissions on the backup if you can),
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Did that too.
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then wipe the Air's drive and start over from scratch (if for no other reason, than just the sheer fun of using the Air's mega-cool USB restore drive) and use the Mig. Asst. on the first boot with the Time Machine drive.
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Hmm. Haven't tried a full rewipe. Will do, thanks.
With the TM backup migration, the total time was about 25min, as opposed to the WiFi 10+hrs.