I recently upgraded iMac. I used the migration assistant to transfer info from old iMac and it transferred everything however it created a second user ID, how can I combine the two accounts so everything is in the same user?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
Drag one account's home folder to the other's desktop and provide your administrator password when prompted.
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When I bring up Finder how do I find the user accounts?
Choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu and provide /Users/ as the path.
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Is the home folder the main folder with the user name?
Yes.
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The copy process has never completed, it stopped at about 30 gigs and said 1hour left for couple of days. The folder is on desktop of user account I want to keep but only shows the 30 gigs. I'm wondering if I should or could start over with the start up? Is that possible?
That is the problem with Migration Asst - it will result in having two accounts and can take a while to sort out.
If you use Setup Assistant (at the beginning of the setup process) and have the firewire (incl. a Thunderbolt adapter if necessary) ready to connect the two Macs, the Setup Asst will port over your account as is and you will wind up with just one account. So starting over may be easier at this point.
That's what I'm thinking too as it's less than a week old. I have the usb to firewire cord from iphone & ipad will that work for transfer? Also how to go back to the startup menu? Thanks for your help.
I have the usb to firewire cord from iphone & ipad will that work for transfer? Also how to go back to the startup menu? Thanks for your help.
No, you need firewire (if your Mac has a FW port) - see some info here under setup:
http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html
To go back to the startup menu, you can use recovery - see info here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
You'd basically start with key commands Command + Option + R, choose Disk Utility to erase the drive and then Apple's servers will reinstall the OS. Once that is done, the setup will begin and Setup Asst will be offered in the beginning (it's only offered once - you decline and you have to use Migration Asst or start over).
I used the migration assistant to transfer my info from old iMac to new one and now I have 2 user accounts. How do I combine
