Help! I cancelled migration and can´t find the files transferred

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Help! I cancelled migration and can´t find the files transferred

Hi,

I just got a new Macbook Pro retina and tried migrating with my old Macbook Pro 2010.

I then cancelled the migration.

After cancellation, I noticed that the Space Utilized on the disk is 118.83GB, which means that some files were transferred before cancelling migration.

My question is how to find these files?

I am a Mac user but not in any means an expert, so ant help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Dimi

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 9, 2012 11:06 AM

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Csound1

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Oct 9, 2012 11:10 AM in response to Loud_Giraffe

Your machine now has 2 user accounts, the one you made and the one Migration made, log into it, your files will be there.

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Oct 9, 2012 11:17 AM in response to Csound1

Hi Csound1,

Thanks for your quick response.

I only can see one user account.

Is there another way to see the other one?

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Csound1

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Oct 9, 2012 11:20 AM in response to Loud_Giraffe

Is the account shown the one made by you or by Migration Assistant (or did they both have the same name?)

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Loud_Giraffe Author

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Oct 9, 2012 11:22 AM in response to Csound1

the one shown is the one I created upon starting the machine.

when migrating I was asked to change the name since it was the same and I added a 1 at the end.

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Csound1

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Oct 9, 2012 11:31 AM in response to Loud_Giraffe

MacintoshHD>Users: tell me what is in the folder, or post a screenshot.

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Oct 9, 2012 11:35 AM in response to Csound1

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Csound1

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Oct 9, 2012 11:46 AM in response to Loud_Giraffe

OK, why did you stop the migration, were there any error messages or was it just taking a long time? (were you doing it over a wireless connection maybe?)

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Loud_Giraffe Author

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Oct 9, 2012 11:47 AM in response to Csound1

I was using an ethernet connection.

It took long yeah. No error messages

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Csound1

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Oct 9, 2012 11:53 AM in response to Loud_Giraffe

OK, I see.

I would start over, boot to recovery (cmd-r) erase the drive and reinstall OSX, connect the old computer, reboot (do not set up a user account this time), and use Setup Assistant instead of Migration Assistant this time (thus avoiding the multiple account issue)

Note: It takes a long time, sometimes a very long time, do not interrupt it.

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Loud_Giraffe Author

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Oct 9, 2012 11:57 AM in response to Csound1

ok i will reboot in recovery but how to reinstall OSX?

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macjack

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Oct 9, 2012 12:01 PM in response to Loud_Giraffe

Why not use a firewire cable this time?

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Csound1

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Oct 9, 2012 12:01 PM in response to Loud_Giraffe

Recovery contains an installable copy of ML, as well as Disk Utility tools, make sure that you have an internet connection (ethernet is faster and more reliable than wireless)

Just caught macjacks suggestion, if you have a FW cable and both machines support it I second the suggestion, it is faster than all others available to you.

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