The Migration assistant can also use a Time Machine image to create a copy of a users files
JOnathan On Jun 22, 2011, at 12:34 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > Other than cloning the drive, I'm not familiar with any utility that would do > what you're asking. There might be a way that it could be done if you had a > firewire cable and you were to start up the second computer in Target Disk > mode. You could then copy the user folder from one Mac to the other. In > theory it sounds plausible but I'm not 100% sure it would actually work > properly. It would need to be done from the Root user and it would also be > dependent on whether the user on the second computer had already been > created. There would be a lot of variables and if you're not careful, > there's a ton of damage that can be done when logged in as Root. For as much > time as it would take to test this, I'd just make a new user on the other > computer and set things up manually. > > Later... > > On 2011-06-21, at 6:06 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I'm wondering if there's a way to clone an account's settings (user name, >> password, mail, etc) between two Macs without having to set up an account >> from scratch on the second machine. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Kevin >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
