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Re your question about Migration Assistant and a connection to one of your MBP's. You wont need Migration Assistant but it is possible, to my knowledge you need to setup your iMac into "Target Disk" mode which requires you to be at least able to access the Apple System Preferences Menu. You probably wont be able to do that but on some models just pressing and holding the T key at startup will work.
To connect them, both devices need to have either a FireWire or Thunderbolt port. You cannot connect a FireWire to a Thunderbolt port they must both be the same.
If the connection is successful you will be able to access the files of the iMac in the Finder on the MBP. At that point you could use Migration Assistant on your MBP but you may not have enough storage on your MBP so perhaps manually transferring what you need/want would be best.
To connect them, both devices need to have either a FireWire or Thunderbolt port. You cannot connect a FireWire to a Thunderbolt port they must both be the same.
If the connection is successful you will be able to access the files of the iMac in the Finder on the MBP. At that point you could use Migration Assistant on your MBP but you may not have enough storage on your MBP so perhaps manually transferring what you need/want would be best.