Firewire Transfer! I need help!

Question

Hello all,
I recently purchased a new macbook (13") for college. I wanted to transfer all the music from my imac G5 onto this new laptop. I was told to purchase a firewire cable, and use the "Migration Software" to make this transfer. The software was very easy to use, but it ended up transfering, and basically copying, my entire user profile from my imac G5 onto my macbook. So yes, it successfully got all my music onto my macbook, but it also transfered all of my applications and junk that I was hoping to avoid by having a new computer. Now my problem is that I have two user accounts on my macbook and they are BOTH admin accounts, so I am unable to delete either account. Is there anyway to delete an admin account? Or is there anyway I can reset my macbook and just start over fresh???
Any help would be great! Thank you!
-Gus

Answer 1

You have a couple of options, you could do an "erase & install" of Mac OS X and start from scratch. When you run the "Migration Assistant", you have four options:
Import Users (and then you can choose between the individual profiles)
Import Applications
Import Network Settings
Import "Other Files"
I found that the "Other Files" imported some invisible files that allowed me to reinstall some of my third party applications without needing to input my serial numbers. When I migrated from my 12" PowerBook to my MacBook, I only imported my user, my network settings and the "other files". I didn't want to import all of my additional applications because I wanted to make sure I installed any newer universal binary versions.
-Doug