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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1714802"><p>There is another way to get the files from the new account to yours. If your account is an administrator's account, then you can go into Finder, find the new user folder under /Users and then Right-click on the folder, Get Info and then click on the lock on the bottom left corner of the window that opens up. Then under "Sharing & Permissions," click the "+" and add Administrators and then close the window. That should now open up the new user folder to you. If there are subfolders that have a little red dot on them, you repeat the process of giving admins access until you can see the files and folders you want, then select them all and then copy to YOUR home folder (Or wherever you want them). Once that copy is done, you can test, test, test that you can actually see them and then go to System Preferences/Groups and Users and delete that new user. When you do that, all of the new account's files will be deleted. Given you have the original drive still handy, the risk is low and if anything does go wrong you can repeat the Migration Assistant actions again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1714802"] There is another way to get the files from the new account to yours. If your account is an administrator's account, then you can go into Finder, find the new user folder under /Users and then Right-click on the folder, Get Info and then click on the lock on the bottom left corner of the window that opens up. Then under "Sharing & Permissions," click the "+" and add Administrators and then close the window. That should now open up the new user folder to you. If there are subfolders that have a little red dot on them, you repeat the process of giving admins access until you can see the files and folders you want, then select them all and then copy to YOUR home folder (Or wherever you want them). Once that copy is done, you can test, test, test that you can actually see them and then go to System Preferences/Groups and Users and delete that new user. When you do that, all of the new account's files will be deleted. Given you have the original drive still handy, the risk is low and if anything does go wrong you can repeat the Migration Assistant actions again. [/QUOTE]
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