I’ve migrated my user to a new Mac, but I can’t see my wife’s user. How can I get this onto my new Mac?

Posted on Jun 6, 2022 12:55 PM

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ivan54

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Jun 6, 2022 2:06 PM in response to JimmyDeeJ

Howdy,

I would follow the steps in Move your content to a new Mac

and see if it offers her account to transfer over.

If not, maybe try logging into her account on the old computer first?

ivan

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I’ve migrated my user to a new Mac, but I can’t see my wife’s user. How can I get this onto my new Mac?

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