New to 10.6.8 from 10.4.11 - how to implement SuperDuper backup?

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I did as much homework as I could, mostly through here, before buying and installing Snow Leopard. It went smoothly and I know all my data is backed up till the cows come home.

I did a complete erase on my hard drive and a clean install of Snow Leopard. When I launched it, I had to set up my languages, create a user, blah blah blah.

What I'm not sure how to do is smoothly bring my old set up into the new OS using my SuperDuper backup. I must have done it the wrong way because I've wound up with two separate users, one being my old one and the other being the fresh one. I'd love to import my backup cleanly with no loose ends, but I'd be willing to just copy over the important data for the sake of a neat and tidy machine.

Any thoughts?
 

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You can't import the SuperDuper backup cleanly. You can restore from SuperDuper manually, in other words those folders and files that you wish to bring forward. Time Machine would have been better but would have to be done before setting up an account in Snow Leopard. I just saw you went from Tiger to Snow Leopard. (No Time Machine in Tiger.)

Once you get everything where you want it and have made certain all your apps are working right, you can delete the old user.
 
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Alright that's what I was thinking.

Thanks a lot for the help!
 

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