It's been a very long time since I've had to do this, so I got caught
off guard on a few things when setting up my new Mac this week.
I used Setup Assistant/Migration Assistant to go from an original G5
(PowerPC) to a new Mac Pro running 10.6. On the old Mac I always ran
as the main admin user as I'm the only one with access to the it (I
know, not usually recommended, but that's probably a separate email
topic).
(what follows may be almost moot if I simply missed something during
the first steps of setup assistant - i.e. did I even have to create a
new admin account to begin with?)
After the migration completed I realized that I ended up with 2 admin
users instead of 1 (merged) admin user. Of course I can't access my
migrated data and apps unless I log out of the "new" Mac admin user
and then log in as the admin user from the old Mac (that user's admin
privileges apparently transferred over).
I understand why this is so, but since I'd like to have only one main
admin user on this new computer, before I go too far and really mess
something up and potentially cause a lot of headaches, I'm looking
for the best solution to proceed from here, even if it means starting
over.
I have not yet transferred to the new Mac for my day to day work, so
if necessary I could erase the drive and start from scratch, although
it would be great to avoid that. Either way though, because I'm still
using the old Mac for a few tasks until I can transition 100% to the
new one, I'll eventually have to transfer some files over manually
(I'm trying to keep that in mind to hopefully avoid permissions
issues when I have to move those files).
On an Apple support discussion regarding this topic, I found this comment:
"Or, if the new account has nothing of interest to you on it yet,
just make sure the old account already transferred over is an admin
one, log into it, and delete the new account."
That almost seems too simple (therefore an attractive option), and I
assume there must be a few more recommended or necessary steps in
that process that are being overlooked or unstated.
BUT, if I did do that, are there some bad consequences that I'll
eventually come across (i.e. permissions issues)? Now that I think
about it, if I did delete the "new" admin account that was created,
would I simply be able to open iTunes, iPhoto, etc... while logged in
as the "old" migrated user and import my music and photos into the
new versions of these apps that came pre-installed? What about
everything associated with my iPhone syncing? I'm sure I could go on
with all the possible questions... sigh.
Any and all advice is much appreciated.
Thanks.
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