How long does it take to delete admin account on iMac and creating a disk image

I recently upgraded to a new iMac. In the process, I used Migration Assistant to transfer data, network settings and user accounts from my old iMac. I ended up with two admin accounts. I reset permissions and began the process of deleting the second admin account. It seems to be taking a long time. How long does this process typically take?

Depends on how much stuff there was in the account, but shouldn't be too long. Rather than muck with all of that, IMO, it's better to erase the new machine, reinstall the OS, and on first boot, use the Setup Assistant, as described in Pondini's Setup New Mac guide, to do the migration. That does the job correctly and doesn't muck up the system with that new admin account.
iMac refurb (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), SL & ML, G4 450 MP w/Leopard, 9.2.2

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processor : 0
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:: Retrieving packages from community...
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gkrellm-2.3.1-2 724.3K 411.1K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%
xmms-1.2.11-1 1945.1K 557.0K/s 00:00:03 [#####################] 100%
checking package integrity...
(349/349) checking for file conflicts [#####################] 100%
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( 3/349) upgrading bash [#####################] 100%
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(341/349) upgrading xine-lib [#####################] 100%
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(343/349) upgrading xkeyboard-config [#####################] 100%
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:: Could not detect nvidia-utils on system
:: Will attempt to use built-in libwfb
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real 56m46.062s
user 4m25.013s
sys 1m46.520s
[root@arch-02 jada]#
And for your tread question.
How long does it take to do a dist-upgrade on your distro?
one hour
real 56m46.062s
user 4m25.013s
sys 1m46.520s
After reboot the system loads all new applications with out any problem. Later I replaced the intel-video driver "xf86-video-i810 1.7.4-6" with the driver xf86-video-intel 2.2.0-2. No problems at all.
Archlinux rocks

JaDa wrote:Archlinux rocks
definitely. By contrast, here's a regular upgrade on my debian box -- out of the blue it's having some problem with one of the packages, and it's turning into a regular recursive nightmare.
root@moe:~ # apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
root@moe:~ # apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies...Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
exim4-base exim4-daemon-light
Suggested packages:
exim4-doc-html exim4-doc-info eximon4 libmail-spf-query-perl
The following packages will be upgraded:
exim4-base exim4-daemon-light
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 64 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/1391kB of archives.
After unpacking 8192B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: exim4-daemon-light: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
exim4 depends on exim4-daemon-light | exim4-daemon-heavy | exim4-daemon-custom; however:
Package exim4-daemon-light is to be removed.
Package exim4-daemon-heavy is not installed.
Package exim4-daemon-custom is not installed.
dpkg: error processing exim4-daemon-light (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
exim4-daemon-light
[ Rootkit Hunter version 1.3.0 ]
File updated: searched for 152 files, found 131
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@moe:~ # apt-get install exim4-daemon-light
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
exim4-daemon-light: Depends: exim4-base (>= 4.69) but 4.68-2 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
root@moe:~ #
It's so "delicate" and temperamental compared to the no-nonsense, straightforward approach of Arch. If one little thing is off, the entire system has a hissy-fit and won't do anything until you hunt the internet high and low searching for a solution, encountering all the debian hawks along the way who are ready to rip your head off at the first suggestion that debian isn't directly from god and could have a problem. Imo, Arch is the best linx distro hands down. Nothing else even comes close.

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