On 2012/01/07 09:54, Stephen E. Bodnar so eloquently wrote:
Very well said. Having done this very same migration numerous times, there is one gotcha - let Migration Assistant create the new user on the new (target) machine and not update an existing account. Otherwise, weird things happen with permissions.
Good to know, thank you Stephen. This explains my less than satisfactory experience with Migration Assistant.
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