Setup new iMac w/Snow Leopard & Migrate from PPC w/Leopard

I have been following two similar threads "Questions about a fresh install" and "Migrating Data from old iMac G5 (PPC) to new iMac QC i7" but I do not see exactly what I need to know.
My first attempt to migrate my stuff resulted in several apps that would not work (no surprise because of the change in the machine). I reinstalled Snow Leopard and all the bundled apps and tried "Migrate" again. Now I have two "users" one that is the fresh desktop but with none of the old apps or files the other looks like my old desktop but now missing some apps both old and new. Also I find my files buried in something called "deleted users". I am aware that some apps need to be reinstalled and I have the necessary "keys" for the ones that matter. The old machine is still running, thank goodness, and I also have a SuperDuper bootable backup of that drive but when I attach the external HD to the new iMac it doesn't appear anywhere.
What I would like to have is the new Snow Leopard desktop, a single "user" and all of my files available. This includes about 10,000 pictures dating back to my PC days. I believe I can get the main apps installed and running again but in the meantime I have to go back to the old G5 to pay bills and do banking. I'd like to be able to clean it up and sell it.
Darrell McDonald
PS - I also have a retail copy of Leopard. Would it make any sense to install that on the new machine, then migrate Leopard-to-Leopard and subsequently re-install Snow Leopard?

Darrell Mcdonald wrote:
You are correct, apps are there for all users. In the task bar, however, there are question marks for Address Book, Time Machine and another app called KopyMac that I had used before. These question marks are not active aliases they seem to be only place holders or reminders of what I had there. Of the three I can find only Time Machine in the apps file but without the external HD that is no use.
I assume by "task bar" you mean the Dock. If so, the icons in it are not exactly aliases but similar to them. When they turn into question marks, it means the link to the original is broken. To fix that, you drag them off the Dock & drop them on the desktop, where they disappear in a puff of "smoke." Then you replace them by dragging them into the Dock from their actual locations, usually but not always in the root level applications folder. The Address Book & Time Machine apps are installed in that folder during the Snow Leopard installation process. If Address Book is now missing, something has deleted it. KopyMac is not from Apple, so I can't say where it should be or why you can't find it.
The rest of what you have reported is also puzzling, either because your terminology is unclear or possibly because you have omitted mention of some things you have done. For instance, there should be no 'deleted users' folder unless you indeed did delete a user from System Preferences > Accounts. You say your external HD isn't recognized by the new Mac but not how it is connected to it.
This makes it hard to say if you have one problem or several, or what the cause(s) might be. If possible, try to provide more comprehensive information & be careful to use the clearest terminology you can. For example, include the exact name of folders & their path (location in the file system) where applicable.

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