I have a new iMac with both an SSD and a hard drive. How do I tell Migration Assistant to put certain files on the HD?

As the title says. I have a 256GB SSD and a 2TB HD, so my desire is to put applications on the SSD and my user files on the HD. How do I do this? Can it be done at all in Migration Assistant?

Whitewings1 wrote:
As the title says. I have a 256GB SSD and a 2TB HD, so my desire is to put applications on the SSD and my user files on the HD. How do I do this? Can it be done at all in Migration Assistant?
No you cannot, it doesn't allow that level of customization.

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