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title: "Can I use this Thunderbolt 3 cable to connect my new Mac to my older Mac (late 2013) which has a Thunderbolt port but is that port compatible."  
description: "Can I use this Thunderbolt 3 cable to connect my new Mac to my older Mac (late 2013) which has a Thunderbolt port but is that port compatible."  
author: "Peterson arnold"  
published: 2018-09-18  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49936/can-i-use-this-thunderbolt-3-cable-to-connect-my-new-mac-to-my-older-mac-late-2013-which-has-a-thunderbolt-port-but-is-that-port-compatible  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["mac troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can I use this Thunderbolt 3 cable to connect my new Mac to my older Mac (late 2013) which has a Thunderbolt port but is that port compatible. 

Can I use this [Thunderbolt](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/102468/explain-the-significance-of-a-laptop-s-thunderbolt-connectivity) 3 cable to [connect](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/369/what-is-jquery-connect) my new [Mac](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12464/what-is-mac-o-s) to my older Mac (late 2013) which has a Thunderbolt [port](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/878/which-tcp-ip-port-does-sql-server-run-on-how-can-it-be-changed) but is that port compatible. \
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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- Connect your old computer to your iMac Pro via a cable, such as a **Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) connector,** for the quickest migration.
- You can copy data from a storage device (such as an external disc) to your [**iMac**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49842/what-is-macfuse) Pro if you utilised Time Machine to back up your files from another Mac. See Make a backup of your Mac and then restore it.
- Files are copied from a storage device. Connect the storage device to a USB-A port on your iMac Pro (the USB icon) or a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) port on your iMac Pro (the Thunderbolt icon), then transfer files from the storage device to your iMac Pro.
- Recover your data. See the Apple Support article Restore your Mac from a backup for instructions on how to restore your Mac from a Time Machine or other backup.

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