# Migration did not happen through installation **URL:** \ **Category:** Mac\ **Tags:** issue, install\ **Created:** [November 25, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/migration-did-not-happen-through-installation/269 "2024-11-25T22:14:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unicornboat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f6c823/32.png) [@unicornboat](https://forum.comfy.org/u/unicornboat)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/migration-did-not-happen-through-installation/269/1 "2024-11-25T22:14:52Z")
Installation \> Step 2 (Migration) \> Path selected \> After installation models are not migrated at all. I ended up copy models manually to the comfy-desktop models folder. ---
**Author:** ![yoland](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.comfy.org/yoland/32/73_2.png) [@yoland](https://forum.comfy.org/u/yoland)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/migration-did-not-happen-through-installation/269/2 "2024-11-26T02:48:46Z")
Testing to reproduce this ---
**Author:** ![Hunt3rseeker](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.comfy.org/hunt3rseeker/32/106_2.png) [@Hunt3rseeker](https://forum.comfy.org/u/Hunt3rseeker)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/migration-did-not-happen-through-installation/269/3 "2024-11-26T10:17:55Z")
Same issue occurred for me. Open install.exe → Insert current existing ComfyUI root folder in step 2. Migration → Install I chose to migrate here _C:\Ai\_Root\ComfyUI_, but it created a folder here _C:\Users\XYZ\Documents\ComfyUI_ with 9GB venv+uv-cache. However, it did find my checkpoints and loras. They can be loaded and they run too. EDIT: I’m not sure if these issues are related, but I figured I might as well post it here. Opened the Manager and saw the error message “Your ComfyUI is too OUTDATED!!!” ![Screenshot 2024-11-26 112404](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/uploads/comfyui1/original/1X/cb463ae114362f58e1a2e6f442c8140c7a529cf7.png) Tried to update ComfyUI via the “Update ComfyUI” button. Received this error message in the terminal logs: Update ComfyUI ComfyUI update fail: The installed ComfyUI does not have a Git repository. ---
**Author:** ![rhuang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.comfy.org/rhuang/32/21_2.png) [@rhuang](https://forum.comfy.org/u/rhuang)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/migration-did-not-happen-through-installation/269/4 "2024-11-26T20:22:57Z")
The migration flow might have confused you. You probably chose \*C:\Users\XYZ\Documents\ComfyUI as the install location and to migrate FROM \*C:\Ai\_Root\ComfyUI. All this means is we will copy over your workflow, user setting files, and add your model paths to an extra model config yaml file that we pass to the Desktop’s ComfyUI. 1. Outdated ComfyUI in Manager just means there is a newer version of ComfyUI available. For the desktop app we ship with 0.3.2 right now and generally keep up to date with the latest after it’s been out for a few days. Will add an ability to upgrade manually soon. ---
**Author:** ![Hunt3rseeker](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.comfy.org/hunt3rseeker/32/106_2.png) [@Hunt3rseeker](https://forum.comfy.org/u/Hunt3rseeker)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.comfy.org/t/migration-did-not-happen-through-installation/269/5 "2024-12-03T12:26:12Z")
Thank you, I think you’re right! I’ll give it another go.