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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
deleting/merging "Users"
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1624371" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>The instructions for using Migration Assistant leave a lot to be desired. A new Mac will automatically run the Migration Assistant the first time it's turned on. The best way to tackle this is to have a Time Machine backup of your old Mac. Attaching the Time Machine drive to the new Mac will transfer the data and your account. However, this does not work if you first create an account on the new Mac because as you found out, you'll wind up with two accounts and confusion.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Only if two accounts exist on your new Mac and you want just the one.... then and only then copy data from the account to be removed to the account that you wish to keep. After making sure everything is OK, remove the extra account. No need to create another account.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1624371, member: 46727"] The instructions for using Migration Assistant leave a lot to be desired. A new Mac will automatically run the Migration Assistant the first time it's turned on. The best way to tackle this is to have a Time Machine backup of your old Mac. Attaching the Time Machine drive to the new Mac will transfer the data and your account. However, this does not work if you first create an account on the new Mac because as you found out, you'll wind up with two accounts and confusion. Only if two accounts exist on your new Mac and you want just the one.... then and only then copy data from the account to be removed to the account that you wish to keep. After making sure everything is OK, remove the extra account. No need to create another account. [/QUOTE]
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