Thanks, Cody.  Wouldn't the migration assistant have been upgraded as part of 
the Leopard upgrade?  Also, both the MBA and the MBP are running Leopard, 
10.71.  So I can just restore from the time machine backup and that will work?
Thanks,
Donna

On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:44 PM, Cody wrote:

> One option is instead of using the migration assistant, to use time machine, 
> make a backup of your pro, and then load that image onto your air. That for 
> sure will work.. Also, if your pro is running leopard, not snow leopard, make 
> sure you've got the latest updated migration assistant..
> On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:59 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
> 
>> Did you create an account when you first got the macbook air, or are you 
>> trying to do this during the initial set up? If you already created an 
>> account during the initial set up, you will probably want to reinstall your 
>> operating system and transfer the account information during the initial set 
>> up.
>> On Aug 28, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to transfer my data from my MBP to my MBa using the migration 
>>> assistant.  Every time I am at the point of starting the transfer, I get an 
>>> error message that the transfer can't happen because the user account on 
>>> the MBA has the same name as the one on my MBP, go figure, given that my 
>>> name is still the same.  Anyway,  I've changed the account name and 
>>> password, but still get this same error.  I've tried going into system 
>>> prefs in the hope that I can delete the offending account, but I can't even 
>>> *see the defending account.  I thought about just deleting the user 
>>> directory, but there's of course no MacinTosh HD icon, so I seem to have no 
>>> way to get to the root directory to do that.
>>> 
>>> I'd really appreciate any help or suggestions anyone can provide.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Donna
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