Transfer from mini leaves problems

I have had a Mac mini for a year or so and have just purchased a new 20" iMac. I used the transfer facilty when setting up the new iMac, which has worked reasonably well but left me with a couple of problems.
Firstly, I have been using a M-Audio Transit USB to provide an optical audio feed from the mini to my AV system. The transfer function has transferred some information about this to the iMac. I have no intention of using the M-Audion with the iMac as it comes with an optical audio out. I have deleted those files that I could find, but am left with a link in the "other" section of system preferences. How do I get rid of this and any remaining related files?
Secondly, I am having problems with Help Viewer. I have followed the guidance on how to reset viewer (deleting relevant files from preferences and cache) and this seemed to help in that the front page of links worked. However when I did a search, the viewer just showed an endless ongoing search and I was back to the same problem I had originally, wth no links working.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Regards, Brian

Have a read here Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its backups, or a PC
Not all programs can be transfered that way. Some simply refuse to work on the new Mac until you install them on the new Mac.
Can't say how long this should take.
Stefan

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