Can't Find Transferred Files from Migration Assistant

Hi. did full mirgation thru migration assitant from old to new iMac and while the MAC HD properties say that the right amount of space (~280 GB) has been taken up, i cannot locate ANY of the transferred files. what's wrong, and what can i do?

you need to log in as the migrated user. those files are most likely in that user's home directory. log out of your current user and log into the migrated one and your files will be there.

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