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<blockquote data-quote="EvenStranger" data-source="post: 1228735" data-attributes="member: 181804"><p>You'll have to change ownership of the old account first. Go to /Users/Accounts and right-click (or Control-click, or two-finger-click) your old account folder and Get Info. At the bottom of the Get Info window is the ownership pane. Unlock the window (click on the lock and enter your admin password), click the plus to add yourself as an owner of that directory with the ability to read & write. Then click the gear icon and apply to enclosed items. It'll take a few seconds for all the changes to occur, but then you should have full read/write permissions for the old account, and be able to copy files to your new account as described by cw107 above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EvenStranger, post: 1228735, member: 181804"] You'll have to change ownership of the old account first. Go to /Users/Accounts and right-click (or Control-click, or two-finger-click) your old account folder and Get Info. At the bottom of the Get Info window is the ownership pane. Unlock the window (click on the lock and enter your admin password), click the plus to add yourself as an owner of that directory with the ability to read & write. Then click the gear icon and apply to enclosed items. It'll take a few seconds for all the changes to occur, but then you should have full read/write permissions for the old account, and be able to copy files to your new account as described by cw107 above. [/QUOTE]
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