Sorry, Cody, my bad. I meant Lion, not Leopard. Cheers, Donna On Aug 29, 2011, at 5:38 AM, Cody wrote:
> Yes, time machine will work, but I'm not certain on whether or not the > migration assistant update is included or not in 10.5.8 or not. If you've > done all software updates then I see no problem in why it wouldn't work. > Actually come to think of it, I don't think the migration assistant update > would be for leopard, but rather I think the update is to Lion for leopard, > so make sure you do all updates > > Cody > On Aug 28, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Thanks, Cody. Wouldn't the migration assistant have been upgraded as part >> of the Leopard upgrade? Also, both the MBA and the MBP are running Leopard, >> 10.71. So I can just restore from the time machine backup and that will >> work? >> Thanks, >> Donna >> >> On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:44 PM, Cody wrote: >> >>> One option is instead of using the migration assistant, to use time >>> machine, make a backup of your pro, and then load that image onto your air. >>> That for sure will work.. Also, if your pro is running leopard, not snow >>> leopard, make sure you've got the latest updated migration assistant.. >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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.
