I use migrate assistant to move files from my old pc to the new Mac , but it creates the user account. How can i delete the unwanted user account.
i use migrate assistant to move files from my old pc to the new Mac , but it creates the user account. How can i delete the unwanted user account.
Welcome to Apple Support Communities
That's the classic behaviour after using Migration Assistant and that's normal.
To transfer the data from the new user account to your old user account, you can follow some steps. Here is all the information you need to do this > https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5472
Similar Messages
-
When using Migration Assistant to move files from old PC laptop to new MacBook Pro, that has Windows 8 installed containing Outlook, will emails, contacts and calendar entries be moved to Outlook on the new MacBook or into Mail, Contacts and Calendar?
I doubt they will. But then I'm not sure as I used a migration program once about 18 years ago and totally FUBARed the system I had at that time and I've never used one again.
For me the reason to have a new system is to start fresh. Installing only program that I now use and manually copying data over from the older system.
Not sure your older version of Outlook, and the outlook mail boxes, are compatible with Office/Outlook for Mac 2011.
A better place to ask this question would be on the MS Office for Mac forums.
Hope it all works out for you. -
HT2518 I used Migration Assistant to tranfer files from an old PC to New Mac.
I used Migration Assistant to tranfer files from an old PC to New Mac. Now I have two user accounts with slightly different names on the Mac. Any way to merge into one account? Thanks.
Combine two+ Users Accounts on the same machine
-
I used the Migration Assistant to move data from my Time Machine to my new Mac. Most data seems to have been transferred successfully but none of my iPhoto pictures have been transferred.
My Time Machine now shows the earliest available Back-up to be after the Migration Date. My iPhoto pictures seem to have either been lost in the migration process or are locked in my Time Machine prior to the earliest back-up date now accessible.
Any advice on recovering my old iPhoto pictures would be greatly appreciated.First go to iPhoto Preferences, look in both General and Advanced tabs to make sure that things are set to import from camera into iPhoto.
Then if that doesn't help, connect the camera and open Image Capture in your Applications > Utilities folder and see if you can use Image Capture to reset the import path from the camera to iPhoto.
Image Capture: Free import tool on Mac OS X - Macgasm
Message was edited by: den.thed
Sorry John, I didn't see your post when I clicked the reply button. Dennis -
I used migration assistant to transfer files from my old compaq to Macbook pro but I don't know where to find all my pictures and music in the MBP. Where do they go?
I have now migrated my stuff again - I think the problem is that I clicked skip this user on previous attempts. Now I have 4 different users, one has my photos, one has my music and another has my documents as well as the one that is my usual one. I just need to figure out how to get the pics and music into the one I'm using day-to-day and I'll be sorted.
-
I used migration assistant to transfer data from my old computer to the new
The problem is it transferred data from an old back drive so the data is not current.
Can I run migration assistant again to transfer data? Will it overwrite the data mistakenly transferred?If you migrate a user account that already exists by name, it'll force you/ask you for a name of this user... how many Username are on this Mac now?
-
Cannot access desktop
Back up all data before proceeding.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership, permissions, and access controls to the default. If you've intentionally set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it, but you do need to follow the instructions below.
Step 1
If you have more than one user, and the one in question is not an administrator, then go to Step 2.
Triple-click anywhere in the following line on this page to select it:
sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nouchg,nouappnd,noschg,nosappnd {} + -exec chown -h $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -h -N {} + -type d -exec chmod -h +x {} + 2>&-
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command may take several minutes to run, depending on how many files you have. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1, if you prefer not to take it, or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open. In that window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
▹ Restart
from the menu bar. -
Safari 5.1.6 won't run on my Pro. It was Safari 6 on the MacBook I transfered the data from. Could this be the problem, and if so, how do I up grade to Safari 6? I can't seem to find any help.
Lion should be running Safari 6. Try Software update. Or apply the Lion 10.7.4 Combo installer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1524 -
I would like all my old files under the same account as all my news files so that I don't have to switch back and forth between user accounts
Have a read here:
http://pondini.org/OSX/MigrationProblems.html
http://pondini.org/OSX/Transfer.html
Might be better/best to start the thing all over and using the Setup Assistant instead of the MIgration Assistant this time:
Using Setup Assistant on Lion
Stefan -
a
You can do it wirelessly, but that will take some time... you could also purchase a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter or a Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter. That would certainly be faster. You should be able to purchase either adapter at your local Apple Store or at the online Apple Store.
Good luck,
Clinton -
secondly, i used migration assistant to move everything from old laptop to new. when i used pages on new machine, 10.8.5 operating system, there is no click for file save as in the menu, only flle save. why?
Hold down Option key while clicking on menu bar and Save as will appear.
-
When using Migration Assistant to transfer files from my pc, I get an error message saying that an attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions. How can I fix this?
You followed:
http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/ -
Has anyone used Migration Assistant to move services from one system running Server to a new system?
So, I've purchased a Mac mini to replace my aging Mid 2009 mini on which I've been running Mavericks Server. In trying to answer the question of how best to move services from the old machine to the new, I've stumbled into the fact that Migration Assistant can apparently migrate not just user data for workstations and laptops, but also service data for servers. The problem is there isn't much detail in the docs about how good a job it does when going from one machine to another without changing OS releases. There's a very detailed document in the KB about going from older versions of Server to new (OS X Server: Upgrade and migration from Lion Server or Snow Leopard Server) and a general doc on migrating from another Mac under Mavericks (OS X: How to migrate data from another Mac using Mavericks) but that has no details about Server.
Has anyone used Migration Assistant to move services from one system running Server to a new system? Are there any details that are particularly important to get right? Are there things that require manual steps after Migration Assistant is done?
There are other ways I could tackle the problem, of course. I could simply swap drives between the systems, but the new system has two drives that are bigger, faster, and I intend to mirror them. That would complicate such an approach. I'd really like to keep the conversation constrained to a discussion of Migration Assistant as the primary method.yes. I migrated a server frm lion to mavericks following these notes a while back:
OS X Server: Upgrade and migration from Mountain Lion
i do not recall having any problems with it. -
I am trying to use migration assistant to move everything from snow leopard (10.6.8) to mountain lion (10.8.3) using a direct machine to machine ethernet cable connection but it stalls out at about 17 minutes remaining. Thoughts on how to proceed?
Have you set both to never sleep?
Is the source (old) Mac's software up to date (including the Migration Assistant for Mac OS X Snow Leopard update)?
Is the old Mac healthy? Have you run Verify Disk on it lately?
The estimates are wildly inaccurate under the best of circumstances. How long has it been stuck? -
I just purchased a new Macbook Pro Retina, and I have an old Macbook Pro w/o Retina and wish to use migration assistant. I still want to use the older Macbook Pro and keep all the files on it, but copy them and also put them on my new Macbook. What I'm trying to say is, can I use migration assistant to move files to a new Mac, while keeping the files on the old computer?
You can omit some broad categories, but you can't pick and choose individual items.
See Using Setup Assistant on Mountain Lion or Lion (preferred method), or the similar Using Migration Assistant on Mountain Lion or Lion for the gory details.
Maybe you are looking for
-
Tracking notifications sent from BPM process - User Messaging Service
Hi, I have a requirement to track the notifications sent from all the BPM processes in one place. My Requirement is to (1. Check the status, sender, receiver of the notification, 2. view the actual content of the notification, 3. Resend the notificat
-
Hello I took the ToolArea.par file (the origin) and imported it into the WD to work on it, even though I made no changes when I upload it to the portal I get an error. What should I do to make the par work, this is not the only one I need to change,
-
Relationship Between Studio Visual and Dreamweaver
I have a question regarding Dreamweaver and Studio Visual. I have just started work for a company that have created 4 websites using Dreamweaver and Studio Visual. I would like to do some SEO work on these sites as they are getting outdated. I have l
-
Encryption options on a Lobby Ambassador implementation
Hi all, I'm in the middle of configuring a guest wireless network using the lobby ambassador feature. I have things up and running using Open Encryption at L2 and WebAuth at L3 - The Controller doesn't like any L2 security that I try to add and I'm u
-
Forms 9.2 jar file with 9.04 forms
hi . can we use forms 9 i jar file in forms 10g(9.04 )