I just lost raw film footage after I used Migration Assistant

I used Migration Assistant, to transfer from old mac to new mac. I had the film footage on new mac in Iphoto and Imovie, now it's gone. Can I find it some where? Can I get it back?

I had film footage on the new mac before using Migration Assistant, to transfer from old mac to new mac.

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  • Desktop is missing after using migration assistant

    I just finished installing snow leopard after wiping my hard drive. I logged onto the guest account to use migration assistant and keep the same username. After doing so, I logged back onto my account. I can no longer drag anything onto the desktop. I tried copying the desktop folder from the deleted users folder that migration assistant created, but it doesn't affect the desktop whatsoever. How can I get my desktop back?

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    to doc m
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  • How to access Time Machine backups after using migration assistant?

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