Importing any iMac's back up, without integrating it into the new computer's files.

My parent's iMac died, and while they are looking at what they will replace it with, they are temporarily using my Mac Pro. I want to import their back up they were making of all their files, but I do not want it to integrate with my files so their is a quick separation later. What is the best way to do this.

This will not be hard if they had only a single username that was different to yours on the computer..
When you import via migration assistant do not import applications or settings .. just files..
But in the process they are likely to lose their emails etc.
A rather better way to do it.. since a mac pro is one of those few computer you can easily pull out your hard drive.. I recommend just that.. pull your drive and plug in another. load the OS and then you can go to town with migration assistant and load in everything under the sun.
OR..
Get Carbon Copy Cloner.. and make a bootable clone of your computer.. Mac OS disk.. (other disks not needed just boot). Test the bootable clone.. by holding down the option key and booting from it.. so you immediately know where your files are.. you could then use either the internal or the USB.. for the migration.. but IMHO you can disconnect the USB and keep it safe.. let them go to town.. then you can create a bootable clone back to your boot drive.. simple.. fast .. reliable.
Actually thinking about it since you have multiple disk ports in the Pro.. put a hard disk in the pro. .don't use USB at all.. and clone the drive.. then boot off the clone and make sure it works.. swap back to the normal drive and just disconnect your drive.. and copy files to the clone..
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