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<blockquote data-quote="ariane86" data-source="post: 1524318" data-attributes="member: 305924"><p>Hi everyone, </p><p>I've got a bit of a scare here<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Confused.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Confused:" title="Confused :Confused:" data-shortname=":Confused:" />, Im sure its nothing terrible but not sure what to do!</p><p>I got a new macbook pro that I nicely started up and decided to use <strong>Migration Assistant</strong> to transfer my stuff from my old macbook pro. Maybe its best I explain this step by step what I did: </p><p>1. I did the whole Migration Assistant procedure correctly. Just at one point it said that my two account names cant be the same so<span style="color: black"><strong> I changed my old account name to an other name</strong></span>. My new macbook received all the new files and application and HD was rising in gigabytes ! But a lot of folders I had transfered had a <strong>no access symbol</strong>l on it ( a red circle with a line across), saying I had <strong>no permission opening the files</strong>.</p><p></p><p>2. I checked on some blogs and followed a person's instruction to change the permission statue on the old account, so: </p><p>I logged in with my <strong>old account </strong>on my <strong>new mac</strong> (it had the exact stuff, display etc as my old mac) and changed the permission statue on the files: I went on <strong>Get info</strong> and changed under <strong>Sharing & Permissions<Everyone < Read & Write.</strong> And under the little <strong>Flower Icon< Apply to enclosed items</strong>.</p><p></p><p>3. I did that to all the files: Desktop, Library, My Documents etc.. and logged off again. </p><p></p><p>4. As I tried to log in my regular (new) account the whole screen was just <strong>gray </strong>. So I switched off my new mac and tried to switch it back on: it makes the turning on sound and shows the apple icon but its just "charging" the whole time with the little icon and not going anywhere! </p><p></p><p>Does anyone have any idea? ... I surely dont :Blushing:</p><p>Any suggestion could be very helpful! </p><p></p><p>Thanks for sharing, </p><p>Ariane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ariane86, post: 1524318, member: 305924"] Hi everyone, I've got a bit of a scare here:Confused:, Im sure its nothing terrible but not sure what to do! I got a new macbook pro that I nicely started up and decided to use [B]Migration Assistant[/B] to transfer my stuff from my old macbook pro. Maybe its best I explain this step by step what I did: 1. I did the whole Migration Assistant procedure correctly. Just at one point it said that my two account names cant be the same so[COLOR="black"][B] I changed my old account name to an other name[/B][/COLOR]. My new macbook received all the new files and application and HD was rising in gigabytes ! But a lot of folders I had transfered had a [B]no access symbol[/B]l on it ( a red circle with a line across), saying I had [B]no permission opening the files[/B]. 2. I checked on some blogs and followed a person's instruction to change the permission statue on the old account, so: I logged in with my [B]old account [/B]on my [B]new mac[/B] (it had the exact stuff, display etc as my old mac) and changed the permission statue on the files: I went on [B]Get info[/B] and changed under [B]Sharing & Permissions<Everyone < Read & Write.[/B] And under the little [B]Flower Icon< Apply to enclosed items[/B]. 3. I did that to all the files: Desktop, Library, My Documents etc.. and logged off again. 4. As I tried to log in my regular (new) account the whole screen was just [B]gray [/B]. So I switched off my new mac and tried to switch it back on: it makes the turning on sound and shows the apple icon but its just "charging" the whole time with the little icon and not going anywhere! Does anyone have any idea? ... I surely dont :Blushing: Any suggestion could be very helpful! Thanks for sharing, Ariane [/QUOTE]
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