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mmiddel

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Q: once completing migration, how do you tranfer into the correct user account on your mac?

once completing migration, how do you tranfer into the correct user account on your mac?

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Posted on Jan 24, 2013 4:05 PM

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Q: once completing migration, how do you tranfer into the correct user account on your mac?

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by macjack,

macjack Jan 24, 2013 4:12 PM in response to mmiddel
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Mac OS X

Jan 24, 2013 4:12 PM in response to mmiddel

This is an issue whenever you migrate after the first time you startup into Setup Assistant. If you have a good backup you might consider erasing & re-installing and starting over with Setup Assistant. If not you can use your Shared folder to tranfer items between the 2 accounts.
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by Mike Osborn,

Mike Osborn Jan 24, 2013 7:08 PM in response to mmiddel
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Apple Pay

Jan 24, 2013 7:08 PM in response to mmiddel

Please see Pondini's great site that covers this problem:

http://pondini.org/OSX/MigrationProblems.html
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