On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:58 AM, JohnV <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> >> On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:03 AM, JohnV <[email protected]> wrote: >>> thanks Bruce, from what little I've read, doesn;t MA also REMOVE that stuff >>> from the originating system? >> >> No, MA is a read-only process, nothing is removed from the old system. > > are existing things on the NEW system wiped and replaced by the incoming > Migration, or just added-to... things like handshakes (user-id + password) on > forums and such already on the new system in, say, SAFARI, do those get > DUMPED and replaced and I'm left ONLY the stuff from the migrating system's > SAFARI info, or does it all get combined (what I'd hope…)?
This is where the issue of duplicate users comes in. You can only use MA to import unique users. (It's smart enough with the applications and such to not duplicate older apps, etc) If I have Mac A user 'Sam' and Mac B, user 'Joe', I can use MA on Mac B to import user Sam and all his settings, files etc from Mac A to Mac B. You cannot use MA to *merge* two user accounts. If I have Mac A user 'Sam' and Mac B, also user 'Sam', I CAN NOT use MA on Mac B to import user Sam and all his settings, files etc from Mac A to Mac B. This is most common when folks do the standard Mac setup and end up with one account 'Your Name' on the computer THEN want to import their old settings. This won't work. There are several ways to do this: Presuming we have the user account 'Sara' on both Macs. If the account on MacB was just created (ie, it's a brand new Mac, or you just added that user) the fix is simple: Create a new administrative user on Mac B. Log off as Sara and in as the new user. Delete the user Sara on Mac B, then use MA to import the Sara account from Mac A. If the Sara account on MacB has been in use (Ie: there's stuff you wish to keep), you can change the Sara account on Mac B to have a different name <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1428>, then use MA to import Sara from Mac A. Then you end up with two accounts to swap back and forth between. Pretty cumbersome. You can do it the hard hard way. Connect MacA to Mac B via FWTarget mode or sharing files over the network you can copy Sara-MacA's files over to Sara-MacB's folders, import the emails, etc. <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2980#key> Will give you some help doing this. You may be able to import the keychain using Keychain access on MacB, but I"m not sure. You may have to do it manually, the hard way, opening Keychain Access on Mac A and opening each item in the login keychain and viewing it, writingit down and manually entering it on Mac B as needed. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
