Plenty of ways to transfer files between computers, but thought this approach was worth knowing about: Dan Moren, writing for Six Colors, walks you through the process of direct file transfer using IP via Thunderbolt cable.

Update: An excellent suggestion from reader James McDaniel:

I’ve never bothered with the whole afp://use.this.ip.address thing. I just turn OFF the wifi on my laptop, then plug in the Thunderbolt cable. The laptop shows up in the Shared section on the left of a Finder window as normal, and the file transfer has no choice but to go through Thunderbolt because it’s the only available connection. After the file transfer is done, I eject the laptop, unplug the cable, then turn wifi back on.

As Dan Moren points out, this approach will kill your internet connection, but good to know the option exists. File that one under, “it just works”.