wow, is that advisable. Your restoring an OS configured on different hardware to a different set of hardware and probably some driver differences. Now, if people tell me it works, great, but, I don't think it's recommended.
Personally, I used my external drive which had a complete backup of my MBP. However, I simply copied the data folders over to the new drive replacing any that had a conflict. However, I didn't do anything with the OS files at all. On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:44 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 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
