I got my M3 Pro yesterday. Gotta hand it to Apple with their Migration Assistant: I sat the new machine next to my M1 MBP, started the migration, and after 3-4 hours it coped everything (about 880GB) except for the authorization of the credit cards in my Apple Wallet. Logging into the new machine this morning, it was just like I left the old one: browser tabs still open, all the Terminal windows in their correct directories, etc. They really could not make it any easier to switch to a new machine.
That’s one of the most underrated pros of the Apple ecosystem: the ease of migration to new machines. Apple has made it incredibly easy to just make a mirror copy of your old machine into the new one. It even copies currently open browser tabs on iOS and iPadOS! For most people who aren’t looking for too closely, a newly setup Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch is almost indistinguishable from their old one because of how close of a carbon copy it is.
I have multiple Windows machines and keep Google Pixels on me just for variety/testing. The migration process isn’t as streamlined or good. It’s actually annoying and ends up being something I have to be concerned about when I get a new machine.
But for Apple devices? Migrating to a new phone isn’t something I even remotely worry about.
My M3 Max gets here tonight, my body is ready!
I got my M3 Pro yesterday. Gotta hand it to Apple with their Migration Assistant: I sat the new machine next to my M1 MBP, started the migration, and after 3-4 hours it coped everything (about 880GB) except for the authorization of the credit cards in my Apple Wallet. Logging into the new machine this morning, it was just like I left the old one: browser tabs still open, all the Terminal windows in their correct directories, etc. They really could not make it any easier to switch to a new machine.
That’s one of the most underrated pros of the Apple ecosystem: the ease of migration to new machines. Apple has made it incredibly easy to just make a mirror copy of your old machine into the new one. It even copies currently open browser tabs on iOS and iPadOS! For most people who aren’t looking for too closely, a newly setup Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch is almost indistinguishable from their old one because of how close of a carbon copy it is.
I have multiple Windows machines and keep Google Pixels on me just for variety/testing. The migration process isn’t as streamlined or good. It’s actually annoying and ends up being something I have to be concerned about when I get a new machine.
But for Apple devices? Migrating to a new phone isn’t something I even remotely worry about.