Cannot open iTunes or Aperture after "Migrating" from old Mac

I migrated from an old "Black" MacBook to a new Aluminum MacBook using Migration Assistant. Now both iTunes and Aperture will not open on the new MacBook because they cannot open up their respective libraries. The following message appears:
"The iTunes Library file is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have write permission for this file."
"The Aperture Library file is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have write permission for this file."
I did run into an issue when migrating when I used the same account name on the new computer as the old. It asked me to rename the old account which I did by appending with the number 1. The Migration Assistant put all the files into a new folder with the renamed account under "users". Not only this, all the folders and files lacked permissions for the new computer. I had to manually "Get Info" and add permissions for the new account on the new computer.

Go to /Music/ and get info on the iTunes folder.
Go to the *Ownership & Permissions* and set *You can* to *Read & Write*.
Also, click on *Apply to enclosed items*.
Do the same for the Aperature folder wherever it is located.

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