Ugh! Yes, I wanted to spend some time playing with it before I moved all my data over, and they didn't tell me not to do that at the store. Do you know if I can restore from a time-machine backup instead? Thanks, Donna
On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:59 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > Did you create an account when you first got the macbook air, or are you > trying to do this during the initial set up? If you already created an > account during the initial set up, you will probably want to reinstall your > operating system and transfer the account information during the initial set > up. > On Aug 28, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm trying to transfer my data from my MBP to my MBa using the migration >> assistant. Every time I am at the point of starting the transfer, I get an >> error message that the transfer can't happen because the user account on the >> MBA has the same name as the one on my MBP, go figure, given that my name is >> still the same. Anyway, I've changed the account name and password, but >> still get this same error. I've tried going into system prefs in the hope >> that I can delete the offending account, but I can't even *see the defending >> account. I thought about just deleting the user directory, but there's of >> course no MacinTosh HD icon, so I seem to have no way to get to the root >> directory to do that. >> >> I'd really appreciate any help or suggestions anyone can provide. >> Thanks, >> Donna >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
