[X4U] Combine User accounts in Leopard?

[John Baltutis]

On 01/19/08, Jim Robertson <jamesrob at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> I just set up my new Mac Pro. For probably silly reasons, I created my main
> administrator account and installed a few applications before running the
> migration assistant to bring in things from my G5, where I had the same
> Administrator Account names and password.
>
> The Migration Assistant wouldn't bring things from the G5 into the already
> existing identity on the Mac Pro, and I had to change the name and shortname
> before it would import that data into the Mac Pro. So, now I have 98% of my
> "stuff" (including user account library files) in one account that's from a
> machine that ran 10.4.11, and 2% of my "stuff" in a new account on my Mac
> Pro!
>
> My thoughts regarding getting this stuff into one account include moving all
> the folders in the user account from the G5 into the Shared folder, then
> integrating it by hand with the main user account.
>
> Anyone have better ideas?

Reverse the process if you can log into the moved account Delete the original,
saving data, open the .dmg file in /Users/Deleted Users/, change the ownership
and permissions to those of the moved account, and transfer the 2% to it.  That
should be quicker.