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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1939557" data-attributes="member: 204485">I agree with everything you say above Jake with one caveat.&nbsp; Where you say, &quot;But if you get to the stage to create an account first, make sure the account has EXACTLY the same username and password as was used for the Time Machine backup you are migrating, or for the machine from which you are migrating. Then when MA migrates your data it will see the match and put your old data and settings in that account.&quot;&nbsp; Although I did the above myself, just to get the new device up and running I still chose &quot;Replace&quot; in this part of the instructions below;<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Before clicking Continue, learn what it means to transfer a user account. In the example pictured here, Danny Rico is a user account on the old Mac. If an account on the new Mac has the same name, Migration Assistant asks whether to rename or replace:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rename: The account on your old Mac will appear as an additional user on your new Mac, with a separate login and home folder.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Replace: The account on your old Mac will replace the identically named account on your new Mac.</li>
</ul></li>
</ol>The result was one identical admin account on the new machine with same preferences and all files in the same places.&nbsp; Apart from that the instructions are spot on but that bit really had me scratching my head.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1939557, member: 204485"] I agree with everything you say above Jake with one caveat. Where you say, "But if you get to the stage to create an account first, make sure the account has EXACTLY the same username and password as was used for the Time Machine backup you are migrating, or for the machine from which you are migrating. Then when MA migrates your data it will see the match and put your old data and settings in that account." Although I did the above myself, just to get the new device up and running I still chose "Replace" in this part of the instructions below; [LIST=1] [*]Before clicking Continue, learn what it means to transfer a user account. In the example pictured here, Danny Rico is a user account on the old Mac. If an account on the new Mac has the same name, Migration Assistant asks whether to rename or replace: [LIST] [*]Rename: The account on your old Mac will appear as an additional user on your new Mac, with a separate login and home folder. [*]Replace: The account on your old Mac will replace the identically named account on your new Mac. [/LIST] [/LIST] The result was one identical admin account on the new machine with same preferences and all files in the same places. Apart from that the instructions are spot on but that bit really had me scratching my head. [/QUOTE]

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