Permissions error messages when migrating presets/preferences (Mac)

When the program starts it asks if I want to take the preferences from CS5.1 and migrate to 6 but when I say yes it gives me all kinds of error messages that the files are locked and when I quit it says it can't say my preferences
Would you like to migrate presets from the following versions?
Line: 212 - An error occurred when migrating the preset from...
~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Settings/WorkSpaces/KD
to...
~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CS6 Settings/WorkSpaces/KD
Line: 215 - An error occurred when migrating the preset from...KD
Administrative privileges are required to migrate these presets.
error messages - Line: 215 - An error occurred when migrating the preset from...Keith
When quiting PS - error message - Could not save Preferences because the file is locked, you do not have necessary access permissions, or another program is using the file. Use the ‘Get Info’ command in the Finder to ensure the file is unlocked and you have permission to access the file. If the problem persists, save the document to a different file or duplicate it in the Finder.

I'm sure a lot of work went into this feature, but...
Automated upgrades are always highly called-for but in practical terms almost never good to do.
Trying to save a little time in setting a brand new application up seems a little silly, given that it's not a given that all your preferences and settings from the old version will be directly applicable to the new version, and an automated transfer could copy some problems latent in your old settings to the new version.
Why not just install the new version afresh, then go through and review all the settings and make appropriate choices? You need to get familiar with the new version anyway.
Then, if later you find out something's missing or seems different, you can always fire up the old version and note or save the settings and make the same settings in the new version.
This is more years of experience than I care to admit talking.
-Noel

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