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Configure your MacBook with Setup Assistant., Step 4

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Step 4: Configure your MacBook with Setup Assistant. The first time you turn on your MacBook, Setup Assistant starts. Setup Assistant helps you specify your Wi-Fi network, set up a user account, and transfer information from another Mac or PC. You can also transfer information from a Time Machine backup or other disk. If you're migrating from another Mac, you might have to update software if the other Mac doesn't have Mac OS X version 10.5.3 or later installed. To migrate from a PC, download the Migration Assistant from www.apple.com/migrate-to-mac, and install it on the PC you want to migrate from. After you start Setup Assistant on your MacBook, you can leave it midprocess without quitting, move to the other computer if you need to update its software, and then return to your MacBook to complete the setup. Note: If you don't use Setup Assistant to transfer information when you first start up your MacBook, you can do it later using Migration Assistant. Open Migration Assistant in the Utilities folder in Launchpad. For help using Migration Assistant, open Help Center and search for "Migration Assistant." Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go 13

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Chapter 1
Ready, Set Up, Go
Step 4:
Configure your MacBook with Setup Assistant.
The first time you turn on your MacBook, Setup Assistant starts. Setup Assistant helps
you specify your Wi-Fi network, set up a user account, and transfer information from
another Mac or PC. You can also transfer information from a Time Machine backup or
other disk.
If you’re migrating from another Mac, you might have to update software if the other
Mac doesn’t have Mac OS X version 10.5.3 or later installed. To migrate from a PC,
download the Migration Assistant from www.apple.com/migrate-to-mac, and install it
on the PC you want to migrate from.
After you start Setup Assistant on your MacBook, you can leave it midprocess without
quitting, move to the other computer if you need to update its software, and then
return to your MacBook to complete the setup.
Note:
If you don’t use Setup Assistant to transfer information when you first start
up your MacBook, you can do it later using Migration Assistant. Open Migration
Assistant in the Utilities folder in Launchpad. For help using Migration Assistant,
open Help Center and search for “Migration Assistant.”