Q: Mavericks Migration?
Going to some new hardware (SSD) to create a new boot volume with Mavericks. Want to start as clean and fresh as I can. I KNOW if I use Migration Assistant, there will be some old and no longer useful items in my users Library & Preference folders. I don't think any of that has much impact on running it, and I do plan to gradually toss most of the stuff that I recognize are no longer needed. If anyone thinks I'd get a gotcha, let me know. I will NOT migrate any applications as I have TONS of those on my current system that I no longer need (most work related and I'm retired).
But the real question has to do with MA itself. Several OS X versions ago, I found that I HAD to create a user account with the exact same short name on the target system. I WOULD like to "migrate" to a new short name account... will the Mavericks Migration Assistant allow that?
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Mid 2010, 6 core Westmere single CP
Posted on Sep 12, 2014 7:15 AM
Community Specialists
Hi Riverside_Guy,
One solution to what you are trying to do - that is migrate your user folder to a new username - would be to go ahead and do the migration under the old username and then change the username once you got the files to the new computer. This article explains how to do the username change -
OS X: How to change your account name or home directory name
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L
Posted on Sep 14, 2014 11:02 AM