On Jan 9, 2012, at 4:04 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > > Now I have a few questions: > > I did not "migrate" my USER folder. Is this what was meant by allowing > Migration Assistant to create a new user?
No. People are SERIOUSLY overthinking this, IMO. Run Migration Assistant. Select the users your want moved over, you do need to move over your user folders, of course. What we mean by 'Let Migration Assistant create a new user' is: On the Old Mac there are three accounts Admin, Joe and Barbara. When setting up the new Mac you created the account Admin. Run Migration Assistant, with the new Mac and old Mac connected (fia FW, ethernet, or a mounted time machine or CCC volume, however. When the interface comes up, select: Applications (if you don't want to manually re-install everything; Migration Assistant is smart enough to not overwrite the existing apps. User Files: Drop the reveal arrow down and select Joe and Barbars, because those accounts do not exist on the new mac. Admin does, so don't check the box there. You can also migrate system settings and other files; this will usually take care of all the other settings, like networking, etc. Of course the ideal time to do this is the very first time you start up the new mac or new OS, the first thing after the language, it asks if you want to migrate your old users. This has worked flawlessly every time I've ever tried it, with the sole exception of dealing with Active Directory-bound users with local profiles set to be Mobile accounts. I had to go in and fix their local Open Directory record on the old mac to include their name, then Migration assistant worked. I expect that this effects approximately...NONE of the people on this list :-) -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
