Windows Migration Assistant

Windows Migration Assistant is an application utility for Windows which allows a user transfer their content and setting from a PC to a Mac.
==Description==
The following types of information are transferred from the user's PC to Mac:
*Email, contacts, and calendar information (Windows 7 and later):
**Appointments from Outlook are transferred to the Calendar app.
**People from Outlook or Windows Mail are transferred to the Contacts app.
**Exchange, IMAP, and POP messages and settings from Outlook, Windows Live Mail, or Windows Mail are transferred to the Mail app.
*Web browser settings:
**Bookmarks from Internet Explorer, Safari for Windows, and Firefox are transferred to Safari.
**The homepage of the user's default web browser is transferred to Safari preferences.
*System settings:
**Language settings, location settings, and custom desktop pictures are transferred to the user's System Preferences.
*Pictures are transferred to the user's Home folder, which the user can later add to the Photos app.
*iTunes content (for OS X 10.9.5 or later):
**Audiobooks are transferred to the Apple Books app.
**Music is transferred to the Apple Music app.
**Podcasts are transferred to the Apple Podcasts app.
**Videos are transferred to the Apple TV app.
*Other files:
**Files from the top-level folder of the currently logged-in user’s Home folder.
**Top-level folders located on the Windows system disk and other attached disks.
**Non-system files located in the Windows or Program Files folders.
==System requirements==
The user must authenticate as an administrator and then download, install, and launch Windows Migration Assistant on the PC, and then launch Migration Assistant on the target Mac. The PC will need one of the following versions of Windows Migration Assistant, depending on the version of Windows that is running on the PC and the version of macOS or Mac OS X that is running on the target Mac:
*For PCs running Windows 7 or later:
**Windows Migration Assistant v2.4.x for macOS Monterey (v.12)
**Windows Migration Assistant v2.3.x for macOS Big Sur (v.11)
**Windows Migration Assistant v2.2.x for macOS Mojave (10.14) and macOS Catalina (10.15)
*For PCs running Windows XP SP3 or later:
**Windows Migration Assistant v2.1.x for macOS Sierra (10.12) and High Sierra (10.13)
**Windows Migration Assistant v1.0.x for Mac OS X Lion (10.7) to OS X El Capitan (10.11)
===Release history===
*Windows Migration Assistant for Lion 1.0 was first released on July 20, 2011 to support the migration of PC users from Windows XP SP3 and later to Mac OS X Lion (10.7).Windows Migration Assistant for Lion, Apple Support. 2011-07-20. Archived 2011-09-24.
*Windows Migration Assistant v1.0.1 was released on July 25, 2012.Windows Migration Assistant v1.0.1, Apple Support. 2012-07-25. archived 2012-07-28.
*Windows Migration Assistant v1.0.5.7 was released on October 16, 2014.Windows Migration Assistant v1.0.5.7, Apple Support. 2014-10-16. archived 2015-03-23.
*Windows Migration Assistant v2.1.2.0 was released on March 27, 2017.Download Windows Migration Assistant v2.1.2.0 (Sierra), Apple Support. 2017-03-27.
*Windows Migration Assistant v2.2.0.1 was released on May 26, 2020.Download Windows Migration Assistant v2.2.0.1 (Mojave and Catalina), Apple Support. 2020-05-26.
*Windows Migration Assistant v2.3.1.0 was released on November 20, 2020.Download Windows Migration Assistant v2.3.1.0 (Big Sur), Apple Support. 2020-11-20.
*Windows Migration Assistant v2.4.0.2 was released on March 9, 2022.Download Windows Migration Assistant v2.4.0.2 (Monterey), Apple Support. 2022-03-09.
==References==
==See also==
*Migration Assistant, for moving user content from one Mac to another.
==External links==
*Move your data from a Windows PC to a Mac at Apple Support (2021-10-25)
**About Windows Migration Assistant (2014-10-17, archived 2014-11-07)
**OS X: Manually migrating data (for users that are unable to use Migration Assistant)
**Connect your Mac to shared computers and servers
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