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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1938735" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Just an add on here. On my last use of Migration assistant I <strong>did </strong>set up the new machine before the Migration process with an identically named account but there is an "easyout":</p><p>In Aswin's attached file (Post #2) under, "On Your New Mac" point number 2: </p><p></p><p>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:</p><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><p>Simply make sure you choose "Replace". Doing this resulted in one identical account with all of my data from old to new device.</p><p>PS. I used WiFi o/night, worked perfectly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1938735, member: 204485"] Just an add on here. On my last use of Migration assistant I [B]did [/B]set up the new machine before the Migration process with an identically named account but there is an "easyout": In Aswin's attached file (Post #2) under, "On Your New Mac" point number 2: 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] Simply make sure you choose "Replace". Doing this resulted in one identical account with all of my data from old to new device. PS. I used WiFi o/night, worked perfectly. [/QUOTE]
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