13Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go
Step 4: Congure your MacBook Pro with Setup Assistant.
ThersttimeyouturnonyourMacBookPro,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Pro,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Protocompletethesetup.
Note: Ifyoudon’tuseSetupAssistanttotransferinformationwhenyourststart
upyourMacBookPro,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.”