Hi Matt, thanks for the reply and suggestions. On Nov 17, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Matt Penna <[email protected]> wrote:
> Others may have a better suggestion, but I always recommend using Migration > Assistant during the first boot after a system rebuild. I have used it in the past both successfully and unsuccessfully; the problem is that I don't have a reliable clone that is anything like current and if there's something in the old home directory that is corrupted then the Time Machine backup is likewise corrupted. So; what I did was create the first admin user and log in as that user…then created a folder in /Users with the username for my daily driver non admin account. Into this I didn't copy everything over but just ~/Library/Mail, ~/Music and ~/Library/Keychains so that I wouldn't have to download mail and iTunes apps. Then I created my daily driver account with the same name as the folder created above. System Preferences (when you do this) sees a pre-existing /Users/whatever home directory and offers to use it for you. If you say yes then (according to Apple and something I've done frequently in the past) it properly applies permissions for the newly created user to the selected home directory instead of creating a new one. > > Unless you are copying over simple content such as documents, photos, et > cetera, it's best not to do a restore manually, especially if you're trying > to manage keychains or other items that are tightly tied in with system > security. > Apple has the procedure I used above in one of their tech bulletins although they do say that Migration Assistant or Time Machine is "better" without really explaining why. > Is there a reason you did not use Migration Assistant? It should be able to > import from a Time Machine backup, as well as other sources. See above; I could go back to a 2 month old Clone which I'm reasonably sure is OK; but then I'm back into the "have to download all of the mail and iTunes Store apps again"…and since we live in an RV with limited bandwidth (both speed and monthly allotment) I was hoping to do that. At worst (but I'm not really looking forward to doing it this way) I can delete the user and home directory then recreate it while I'm at the library or somewhere with decently fast internet and no throughput limit. I can then download all the mail and iTunes stuff again. As I said though, I'm trying not to have to do it the hard way. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
