How to use migration assistant when the same user account name is on both computers
I want to migrate all my info from my MacBook to my new (to me) MacBook Pro. I've already set up a user account on the new MBP that has the same name as the user account on the MacBook that I want to migrate.
Snags40 wrote:
In both cases the UID for my primary User Account is 507
507? That's odd; usually the first one created is 501, then 502, etc. Could you have gone through 6 accounts?
Since I've migrated thru several Macs to get to the current state on the old MacBook, I suspect the UID has changed.
That could explain some of it, if you used Migration Assistant instead of Setup Assistant. It would have taken a lot of migrations and user accounts to get to 507, I'd think.
I still have the Powerbook that preceded the MacBook. How can I determine the UID on 10.4.11? The right click on the Account name in User Accounts doesn't show that value. I'd like to see if UID has changed going from 10.4 to 10.5.
Good question. I skipped Tiger, and don't recall earlier versions, but this article may help: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20051022175850619&query=change%252BU ID
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