

Enter the password for an administrator account if prompted. On the same Mac, press and hold the power button until you see a screen offering "Loading startup options.".If the Apple Silicon Mac is powered on, shut it down ( menu -> Shut Down).Connect the two computers using a USB-C or Thunderbolt cable.Using the method described below will allow you to easily transfer your files across from an older Mac to a new Apple Silicon Mac.

Mac Sharing Mode turns the system into an SMB file sharing server, providing another Mac with file-level access to user data. Sharing Mode on Apple Silicon Macs replaces the older Target Disk Mode found on Intel Macs, and can be used similarly to transfer data between two Macs. If you have a newer Apple Silicon Mac and an older Intel Mac lying around, you can connect the two using Sharing Mode, so that the older Mac appears as an external hard disk to your new machine.
