Transfer user data between accounts

Thanks for the replies,

I have tried that and it works to some extent though it does not help with the mail and address book data.

I followed those instructions earlier today and I was unable to move the data for address book or mail.

Unfortunately this was a no go. I copied the files to an external hard drive and then copied them into the new account but to no avail. First obstacle was the read and write permission on almost every folder within the mail folder as with addressbook. Once I changed all the permissions to read and write authority I was able to copy everything over. I logged out and logged back in. Opened the apps address book it was completely blank, mail opened wanting to set up a new account.

help?

thanks for all the feedback so far.

I went through all the steps again and re-copied things address book is still not working at all and mail is sort of working just asking me for my passwords again, which of course I cannot remember.

Thanks again for your assistance V.K

Thanks Király for the suggestion, I already tried that and no go, I was always just presented with a blank slate and unable to add or import, there was no functionality at all.

It seems that there was something wrong with the address book.

My final solution came down to using appdelete in the user account in which address book was functioning. I had it collate all the files associated with it, copied those files. In the user account in which address book would not function, I deleted address book(again using appdelete) and then placed the copy that I made in that account and presto it worked.


Thanks again for all your help and suggestions V.K and Király

All is well with the system now.

The solution,

To move files from Account A to Account B, do the following:

1) Log in to Account A
2) Locate the files you want to move and move them to /Users/A/Public. Don't move any Apple created top-level default folders there, like Documents, Pictures, Movies, etc. Just move their contents.
3) Log in to Account B
4) Navigate with Finder to /Users/A/Public.
5) Drag the files to the Desktop. This will create new copies of them.
6) Put the files away in the appropriate places in B's home folder.
7) Log back in to Account A, and delete the files from /Users/A/Public.

This did not work for me but you should give it a try first.
For me, I had to move the data to an external drive. I then selected the drive in finder, entered command+i, in the resulting pop-up, I unlocked the lock at the bottom and checked the box to ignore ownership on this drive.

For my address book problem I used "appdelete" in user account A where address book was functioning. I had it collate all the files associated with it, copied those files. In user account B where address book would not function, I deleted address book(again using "appdelete") and then placed the copy that I made in that account and presto it worked.

Additional data I needed moved.
I tried the shared folder and the external drive and both methods required me to manually change the read write permissions on a folder by folder and sometimes file by file basis, tedious but it got the job done.