Where are my Photos and Music after running Migration Assistant

Ran Migration Assistant to bring over all information for my new MacBook Pro from my old MacBook Pro can't locate my iTunes and my iPhoto library. I ended up running Migration Assistant twice and appears I have duplicate information for lots of items. New MacBook Pro is now taking up about 500G of Space old was about 250G?
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stefromjoliette wrote:
no, I didn't see any message that I had to copy everything somewhere else first.
Is there any other software on the planet that requires this????? I updated my firefox software a few weeks ago, got no message that bookmarks needed to be saved elsewhere prior to update, so I didn't back them up. Guess what happened after the update...ALL MY BOOKMARKS WERE STILL THERE!!!
I can't believe that it was not stated more clearly that everything has to be backed up prior to a simple software update!!
Some of the apps were on my itunes, but none of the content nor the settings...so I'm basically starting from scratch. All this for an update that is probably doesn't change anything anyway.
I maintain my initial message to anyone considering updating their apple device:
CAUTION!!!! CAUTION!!!!!
WHEN YOU GET A MESSAGE THAT YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR APPLE DEVICE, SKIP IT UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO LOSE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ON IT AND START FROM SCRATCH.
All of your apps and other content should still be in your iTunes library from when you last synched your iPad. You may need to re-check under each tab to make sure that the content synchs again after the update. As I understand it, the update basically reformats the device. The content *should* have been restored after the process was complete, but even if it wasn't, you still have not lost it. It's on your computer, waiting to be re-synched.
Even if your apps somehow were lost from your computer, you can always re-download them for free from iTunes, just as you can for iTunes music. But I doubt that you have lost any content from your computer.
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