Re: Migrating to new machine

From	John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject	Re: Migrating to new machine
Date	2015-03-22 13:45 -0700
Organization	Sept. all the time
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On 3/22/15   PDT 2:46 AM, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I've had a Macbook Pro die on me though I was able to make a Time
>> Machine backup, and then migrate that to a working computer (an MBAir)
>> It created another user, the result now being that a number of folders
>> are locked with the red circle meaning don't enter. I can change
>> permissions so that "everybody" can Read and Write, but still no access
>> to the locked folders, such as Documents, Music and so forth.
>>
>> What might be done to access all these folders?
>
> And a possible next step:
> once sorted out you will have another unique user ID
> On the Macbook it presumably was 501, it will be higher now.
> This may give problems with external disks.
>
> SuperDuper for example wil insist on recopying everything,
> which will take days for terabtyte volumes.
>
> There are various howtos on-line that explain
> how you can change your unique user ID,
> if needed.
>
> It is not completely straightforward,

Thank you, Jan, and the other Gents.

It seems that the actual user (my son) was able to login himself, and 
then I deleted the account I set up to bring in the migration. It ain't 
over, though, as the large female is still in the dressing room.

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Migrating to new machine John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-19 06:52 -0700
  Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-19 16:37 +0100
    Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-19 16:41 +0000
      Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-19 20:09 +0100
        Re: Migrating to new machine Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-03-19 16:28 -0400
          Re: Migrating to new machine me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-19 20:45 +0000
          Re: Migrating to new machine JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-19 17:32 -0400
            Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 13:07 +0000
              Re: Migrating to new machine JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-20 11:53 -0400
                Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 16:27 +0000
                Re: Migrating to new machine JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-20 13:23 -0400
              Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 19:23 +0000
          Re: Migrating to new machine Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2015-03-20 07:56 +0100
            Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 11:20 +0000
            Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 13:14 +0000
              Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 19:25 +0000
        Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-19 20:39 +0000
          Re: Migrating to new machine richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2015-03-19 21:23 +0000
            Re: Migrating to new machine richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2015-03-19 21:25 +0000
          Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-20 09:32 +0100
            Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 11:22 +0000
              Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-20 13:10 +0100
                Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 13:21 +0000
                Re: Migrating to new machine Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-20 19:19 +0000
                Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-21 11:10 +0100
                Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-21 13:18 +0000
                Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-21 14:40 +0100
                Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-21 13:43 +0000
                Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-21 17:33 +0100
            Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 13:18 +0000
              Re: Migrating to new machine Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-20 10:10 -0400
                Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-20 14:32 +0000
                Re: Migrating to new machine Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-20 11:35 -0400
                Re: Migrating to new machine nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-20 12:30 -0400
  Re: Migrating to new machine me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-19 16:33 +0000
    Re: Migrating to new machine Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-19 16:40 +0000
  Re: Migrating to new machine nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2015-03-22 10:46 +0100
    Re: Migrating to new machine John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-22 13:45 -0700

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