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Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question
Date 2013-09-27 09:24 +1200
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <270920130924241770%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
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In article <PYGdnbyk1IMeAdnPnZ2dnUVZ_uydnZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan Browne
<alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2013.09.26 09:14 , Király wrote:
> > Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> >> My plan is to migrate-assist only apps and transfer user data in the BG
> >> when up and running.  That's the huge bulk of the machine in any case
> >> and there is cruft I'd probably leave behind.  That would get me my apps
> >> quickly while leaving user data for a more leisurely transfer via the
> >> ethernet network (and available if needed via same) while I fool around,
> >> er, carefully explore the new machine.  Comments?
> >
> > I wouldn't do that. You'll be going about it the hard way. Setting up a
> > fresh user account on the new system and then trying to migrate all your
> > data over to it from an old system can be a real PITA. Don't use
> > Migration Assistant at all. Use Setup Assistant, which will grab
> > everything from your old system right from the beginning. If you then
> > have stuff on the new machine you don't want, delete it.
> 
> I don't agree that migrating data is a real PITA - it's just moving 
> files that would get moved one way or the other.
> 
> You do point out the detail I forgot about: Setup Assistant v. Migration 
> assistant.
> 
> But, per this page: http://pondini.org/OSX/SetupLion.html
> the default folders (Documents, Pictures, etc.) will be transferred 
> whether I want them to or not using "Setup Asst.".  That is not 
> preferable to me as I'll lose the machines during transfer (Pictures 
> alone has close to half a TB in it as I save all my raw photo files).

Set-up Assisteant transfers the account fully intact with the same
internal Mac OS X user ID.

Migration Assistant requires you to cerate a new account, then transfer
over the old material, at which stage it creates a new account with a
new internal Mac OS X user ID ... which can cause all sorts of annoying
issues.

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The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 08:43 -0400
  Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-09-26 13:14 +0000
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 16:43 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-09-27 09:24 +1200
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-09-27 09:49 +1200
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 17:56 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-26 19:02 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 20:20 -0400
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-26 21:52 -0400
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-28 07:43 -0400
  Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-09-26 13:53 +0000
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-09-26 08:23 -0700
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 16:55 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 17:08 -0400
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 17:26 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-09-27 09:32 +1200
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 17:55 -0400
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-09-26 16:08 -0700
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 20:22 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-09-26 15:54 -0700
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-26 19:23 -0400
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 19:29 -0400
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-09-27 19:08 +1200
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-27 03:41 -0400
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-09-27 07:44 -0700
              Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-09-28 09:37 +1200
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 16:51 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 17:08 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 17:25 -0400
  Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 10:28 -0400
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 16:52 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 17:08 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 17:25 -0400
  Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-26 15:51 -0400
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 15:59 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-26 16:08 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-09-26 16:16 -0400
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-09-26 13:19 -0700
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-09-27 09:28 +1200
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-09-26 15:47 -0700
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 17:22 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-09-27 11:01 +1200
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 20:19 -0400
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-26 22:09 -0400
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-09-27 16:31 +1200
              Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-27 00:54 -0400
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-09-29 20:33 +0200
          Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-09-27 14:42 +1200
            Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-09-29 21:02 +0200
              Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-09-30 01:51 -0400
                Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-01 09:22 +1200
                Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2013-10-01 12:45 +1300
  Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question billy@MIX.COM - 2013-09-26 22:51 +0000
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-26 18:55 -0400
      Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-09-29 17:02 +0200
        Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-29 17:44 -0400
  Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2013-09-27 08:33 +0200
    Re: The usual dumbass Migration Assistant Question Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-09-28 07:45 -0400

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