Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I migrated my data from the Base Model Mac Mini to the Mac Mini Pro
using Time Machine and my external home drive. Worked great, I show you how.
Zike Drive 20% off code: "MSZ666" shrsl.com/4sdeo
Orico NVMe 2Terabyte 10% off "4LANCE10" amzn.to/4eZBF77
Thunderbolt 5 is here for Mac Mini M4 Pro
Acasis TB 501 Pro enclosure go.sjv.io/xLNxjx
Acasis 21-1 HUB Thnderbolt 4 go.sjv.io/MAN4vM
One thing I don't talk about in the video is I am actually running a 4T raid 0 with two Zike drives and getting over 6000MBs faster than the internal storage but YES I KNOW It is very
Risky.... so far so good. With Time Machine backups every hour I am not too worried :)
0:00 Opening
0:29 Zike Drive for external user home folder
1:04 Time Machine backup for migration of the internal Macintosh HD data
1:40 Setup Booting into the Mac Mini Pro for the first time
1:49 Migration Assistant using Time Machine backup
2:20 Select Macintosh HD data
3:02 External drive data will not be copied
3:57 Start migration from Time Machine backup
4:18 Mac Mini M4 Pro Reboots and attache external home drive
4:35 Log into backup user account on the internal drive
4:54 Don't sign into Apple Account yet
5:12 Users and Groups shows both internal and external user accounts
5:29 External user account is already set for the proper patch to the external drive
6:16 Log into the external user account
6:26 Log into Apple account with external user
7:13 A few quirks
7:40 Symbolic links in system folders do not get backed up to Time Machine
8:04 Outro
#macmini #zikedrive #migrationassistant Check out all my links and storefronts! beacons.ai/macsoundsolutions
Disclaimer: Some links may be affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you — thanks for supporting the channel!
I migrated my data from the Base Model Mac Mini to the Mac Mini Pro
using Time Machine and my external home drive. Worked great, I show you how.
Zike Drive 20% off code: "MSZ666" shrsl.com/4sdeo
Orico NVMe 2Terabyte 10% off "4LANCE10" amzn.to/4eZBF77
Thunderbolt 5 is here for Mac Mini M4 Pro
Acasis TB 501 Pro enclosure go.sjv.io/xLNxjx
Acasis 21-1 HUB Thnderbolt 4 go.sjv.io/MAN4vM
One thing I don't talk about in the video is I am actually running a 4T raid 0 with two Zike drives and getting over 6000MBs faster than the internal storage but YES I KNOW It is very
Risky.... so far so good. With Time Machine backups every hour I am not too worried :)
0:00 Opening
0:29 Zike Drive for external user home folder
1:04 Time Machine backup for migration of the internal Macintosh HD data
1:40 Setup Booting into the Mac Mini Pro for the first time
1:49 Migration Assistant using Time Machine backup
2:20 Select Macintosh HD data
3:02 External drive data will not be copied
3:57 Start migration from Time Machine backup
4:18 Mac Mini M4 Pro Reboots and attache external home drive
4:35 Log into backup user account on the internal drive
4:54 Don't sign into Apple Account yet
5:12 Users and Groups shows both internal and external user accounts
5:29 External user account is already set for the proper patch to the external drive
6:16 Log into the external user account
6:26 Log into Apple account with external user
7:13 A few quirks
7:40 Symbolic links in system folders do not get backed up to Time Machine
8:04 Outro
#macmini #zikedrive #migrationassistant Check out all my links and storefronts! beacons.ai/macsoundsolutions
Disclaimer: Some links may be affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you — thanks for supporting the channel!
