On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Neil Laubenthal <[email protected]>wrote:
> I have only one suggestion which would get the permissions working > correctly; and even with this you may run into some strange permissions > issues. > > On the new machine; don't create the account that you want to merge the > two other accounts into yet. > > Immediately after creating the first admin account; manually copy the > largest of the two home directories from the backup (or restore from Time > Machine)…note that you might have to copy this someplace besides /Users > first and then give yourself full R/W permissions with "apply to enclosed > items" checked before you can copy them. > > Next; copy the contents of the various sub folders in the smaller home > directory to be merged into the one copied above…or restore from Time > Machine and then combine the two folders. > > Make sure the folder in /Users has the correct user name for the account > you're going to create. > > Next, create the new account. System Preferences will tell you it found an > existing homedir and ask if you want to use it or make another one. Choose > Use It and it System Prefs will create the new user and (supposedly) fix > the permissions. > > I have done this numerous times in the past but recently did it for the > first time under Mountain Lion (long story involving failed SSD on Retina > MBP not repeated here). The first time I did it; the resulting account had > some really, really strange permissions problems…I couldn't delete items on > the desktop without providing an admin password, moving something from the > desktop to elsewhere in ~/home resulted in a copy instead of a move, and > other similar issues. Don't know why it didn't work. > > Neil: This sounds like it should work well. I'm sure it will create some odd permissions and maybe settings issues, but I figured I'd have to clean up afterward. It will be much easier....thanks! > > On Nov 30, 2012, at 6:47 PM, Jeff Weinberger <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi: > > > > Second question of the day (thank you for your patience and help!). > > > > I just ordered the new iMac, and hope it will arrive sometime this year > (read that sarcastically). > > > > Right now, I have an ancient iMac which was my main computer, but now > barely functions. It has many of my files, settings, etc. As it degraded, I > started to use my user account on my wife's much-newer iMac, which now has > some of my newer files and newer settings, and other stuff I want. > > > > The easiest way for me to start with a new computer is to restore it > from a (e.g. time machine) backup. > > > > Is there any equivalent process that can merge these two user account on > different iMacs into the one? or am I dreaming? > > > > Any ideas are very much appreciated! > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > > MacOSX-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > > > ----------------------------------------------- > There are only three kinds of stress; your basic nuclear stress, cooking > stress, and A$$hole stress. The key to their relationship is Jello. > > neil > > > >
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