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Q: iMac has set up new user after migrating files from old PC and I cant login to that new user, what do I do?

As thread title.  Brand new to the world of Mac and wishing I had stayed with Windows already.

 

It seems I need a password to have a p**s as far as Mac's are concerned.

 

OK, so wanted to migrate all my music from my partners old desktop PC onto the iMac and then put it into iTunes.  Migration Assistant worked wonderfully and 3 hours later, I return to the Mac to sort out iTunes.  First problem is that I cant find the music files.  There's about 48Gb, so not easy to hide.  I eventually discover that a new user has been set up by the iMac in the name of the PC that the mp3's migrated from.

 

I cannot log in to this new user!  Even with Administrator rights, using my Apple ID and resetting the new user password, I cannot log in to this new user account and retrieve the music!! Crazy, but there you go. Apparently I'm meant to go into Keychain and sort it out, unfortunately, Keychain is only looking at my details and not revealing the new user.  To be honets, I couldnt tell you how Im meant to change anything in Keychain, even after pouring through the hideously written Help guff that comes with it.

 

If this machine had not cost me so much money, I'd be hurling it out of the window at this point. It's Sunday evening, I would like to listen to my music and so if anyone can shed any help, light or hammer, then I'd be delighted to hear from you.

 

Thank you

iMac, iOS 6.1.2

Posted on Feb 24, 2013 12:06 PM

by Csound1,Solvedanswer
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A:

Thanks Eric,

 

The music is not currently in iTunes.  It is a collection of album files within folders by band name in My Music on the PC.  Do I take it that it would be better in the long run to import my music into iTunes

 

As your music is disorganized (for iTunes) I think the idea of importing into iTunes from the disc is an excellent idea, no need to create a folder structure that you don't want. No need to copy and paste at all.

Posted on Feb 24, 2013 2:52 PM

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Q: iMac has set up new user after migrating files from old PC and I cant login to that new user, what do I do?

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  • by Exasperated new user,

    Exasperated new user Exasperated new user Feb 24, 2013 2:28 PM in response to Csound1
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    Feb 24, 2013 2:28 PM in response to Csound1

    Well, I'm thinking that I now need to clear one of my external HDD's and look to format it to FAT32, for which I'll probably Google for the latter part.

     

    The music is not currently in iTunes.  It is a collection of album files within folders by band name in My Music on the PC.  Do I take it that it would be better in the long run to import my music into iTunes before doing the copy n paste?

     

    I'm not sure I want to populate iTunes that is on the PC as it's got a lot of unwanted music in the library; on initial investigation this morning, watching paint dry would appear to be quicker than deleting the existing unwanted music from iTunes library... although always up for hints as to how I may speed up the library cull before importing the wanted music that is all good to go .  I believe

  • by Eric Root,Helpful

    Eric Root Eric Root Feb 24, 2013 2:44 PM in response to Exasperated new user
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    Feb 24, 2013 2:44 PM in response to Exasperated new user

    Go to Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and type FAT 32 in help. It will explain how to format the drive using Disk Utility.

     

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  • by Csound1,Solvedanswer

    Csound1 Csound1 Feb 24, 2013 2:52 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Feb 24, 2013 2:52 PM in response to Eric Root

    Thanks Eric,

     

    The music is not currently in iTunes.  It is a collection of album files within folders by band name in My Music on the PC.  Do I take it that it would be better in the long run to import my music into iTunes

     

    As your music is disorganized (for iTunes) I think the idea of importing into iTunes from the disc is an excellent idea, no need to create a folder structure that you don't want. No need to copy and paste at all.

  • by Exasperated new user,

    Exasperated new user Exasperated new user Feb 24, 2013 2:53 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Feb 24, 2013 2:53 PM in response to Eric Root

    Thank you!

  • by Exasperated new user,

    Exasperated new user Exasperated new user Feb 24, 2013 3:01 PM in response to Exasperated new user
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    Feb 24, 2013 3:01 PM in response to Exasperated new user

    Cool, thank you both very much!  I shall sleep more soundly tonight!

     

    Have just checked my external hard drive and it's alreadt FAT32 format/type/spec.... whoopee!

     

    If I read you correctly, I'll save the wanted music onto the external disc and then import it into iTunes on the iMac.

     

    Hopefully wont take too long!!

     

    Thank you again.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Feb 24, 2013 3:11 PM in response to Exasperated new user
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    Feb 24, 2013 3:11 PM in response to Exasperated new user

    You're welcome.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Feb 24, 2013 4:33 PM in response to Exasperated new user
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    Feb 24, 2013 4:33 PM in response to Exasperated new user

    Glad to try and help.

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