Hi Tim, thanks for this. I contacted Apple and they confirmed Cody's statement that you can use a time-machine backup to transfer data. I seem to be having better luck with that, I was prompted to change the name on the MBP account, and everything seems to be backing up. God only knows what user account I'll end up using once this is done, but I guess I'll find out.
thanks for the info. Cheers, Donna On Aug 29, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi Donna, > > The reason that the Migration Assistant does not like you having the same > name is for data security purposes. The easiest thing to do here is to > simply make sure that the name on the MBA is slightly different the original > one. For example, use just Donna instead of your full name. It is the short > name that is most likely causing the issue and you're not able to change that > short name in system Prefs. If you do this, the Migration Assistant will > work just fine. > > Consequently, you could wipe the MBA, reinstall Lion then do the Migration > during the setup process. This will allow you to have exactly the same name > and for the MBA to be more or less exactly the same, setup-wise, as your MBP. > > I've used Migration Assistant in both scenarios without any issues. > > Thanks. > > On 2011-08-29, at 4:49 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Sorry, Cody, my bad. I meant Lion, not Leopard. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> >> On Aug 29, 2011, at 5:38 AM, Cody wrote: >> >>> Yes, time machine will work, but I'm not certain on whether or not the >>> migration assistant update is included or not in 10.5.8 or not. If you've >>> done all software updates then I see no problem in why it wouldn't work. >>> Actually come to think of it, I don't think the migration assistant update >>> would be for leopard, but rather I think the update is to Lion for leopard, >>> so make sure you do all updates >>> >>> Cody >>> On Aug 28, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > -- > 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. 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