
You’ll need specific software, depending on what macOS or OS X operating system you’re transferring to. Apple makes the app freely available for download for transferring to your Mac. You’ll see it when you first start up your Mac when your Mac asks you if you want to transfer data over from another Mac, a Time Machine backup, or a PC. Migration Assistant is a utility Apple includes in the Utilities folder of every Mac. Here’s how to transfer data from PC to Mac using the Windows Migration Assistant from Apple. Apple makes it easy with a free utility called Windows Migration Assistant. Switching platforms doesn’t mean starting over: You can still use those old files. If you’ve just bought your first Mac and you’re switching from a Windows PC, congratulations!
