I installed 10.56 and now Migration Assistant isn't working

I had 10.6 on my MBA and because Photoshop wasn't working properly I wanted to go back to 10.56.
So I made a clone using Superduper of my drive.
Then I installed the 10.56. I wiped the drive clean first. The Bootcamp partition didn't erase though.
I then restarted the computer and went to Migration assistant. However, it is stuck on installing the documents and it doesn't seem to move on though it says it takes a minute.
Also when I check the drive attached with the clone, on the user nic the folder has many files with a minus sign.
Should I be worried?
What should I do if the MA doesn't work?
Is it because I have gone down to a earlier operating system and my stuff (files I want to transfer) is on a higher operating system?

if you are doing migration assistant where is the files coming from?
you cant do migration assistant out of an image made by a 3rd party. you can mount it and copy paste the content though or simply drag it

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