I want to transfer all data on my partner's AB to a separate account on my IMac. Is there a special way to do this?

Question

The data icludes Mail, Contacts and Calendar, as well as all other data, such as ITunes, MS Office etc.

Answer 1

Rossfromdalinghurst wrote:
however, the main user account did not come across, even though I selected it to do so. I do however, have the main user account under preferences/accounts but it shows as "sharing only" Does this mean I should have turned off sharing before the migration.
Is it shown that way on the Air?  If so, it will transfer the same way.  (I've never seen that on anything but theGuest Account.) From the Help for Accounts:
Ross: I can't see any changes to the Air, I wasn't sure if it would be literally transferred, deleting from the Air, or just copied onto the iMac. It appears to be the latter.
"Sharing Only: Sharing only users can access shared files in a specified location, but can’t change files on the computer or log in using the login window."
If it isn't shown that way on the Air, the copy must have been damaged.  Try deleting it from your Mac, then do the Migration again (selecting only that account).
Ross: ok, will do but this is sharing computers on the same network, I perhaps should have stopped that before migration but have been unable to find out how to do it. Will check further through Support.
Or do you (did you) already have an account with the same name?
Ross: No. The only account with the same name was the shared one, per the note above. This I understand gives/gave each of us access to the other's computer, which coincidentally we never seemed to use.
Second problem is I have about 7gb of data that did come across, spread through Macintosh HD etc
Not sure what you mean by that.  Was this "Other files and folders on the MBA"?  Did you select that option?  That should get only top-level items that aren't system files (there should be little or nothing there).
Ross: Ok, during the migration it stated it was migrating 7gb. I have search finder for the volume and there are a lot of folders/files that have updated/changed at the time of the migration, as well as some new ones added. This includes a vodafone setup folder which can only have come from the Air, as I don't or have ever used vodafone. I can't find that volume though, although it is all in my account. I assume this is because the account/s didn't come across. One account did come across, called administrator which was one of two accounts with admin access. I have deleted that account now and will deselect next migration.
I am unable to restore using time machine to get rid of it, as it has a problem doing so when there are new accounts/users.
I don't know what you mean by "unable to restore . . . to get rid of it."  Why would you restore from Time Machine to get rid of anything?  Can you clarify?
Ross: Well, my idea, relating to the previous note, was to restore my iMac to a time prior to the migration, so I could be sure I got rid of the first migration. I assume now, though, that anything that anything that did come across won't do so again.
Pondini, the last question now is should have I done the migration from within my account, or setup another, so to isolate anything from me?
and oh, by the way I appreciate the time you have spent with me. As you can see I am bit of a novice but not quite a ludite but I really thank you for your effort. What's all this about "level 7 and points?" Do you get graded by Apple for the time you spend on these things? Sounds like they should pay you but I guess that's not the idea of a community. Thanks again.