[X4U] 10.4.7 upgrade problem

[John Baltutis]

On 07/20/06, eleventhvolume <colin at eleventhvolume.com> wrote:
>
>> If a clean account doesn't exhibit the behavior, the problem's within the
>> original account. Preferential Treatment might help. Otherwise, your best bet
>> is to create a new admin user account, reset your preferences, and eventually
>> delete the original account. Trying to track down the problem might not be
>> worth the effort.
>
> I've begun to do this, but how do I move the contents of my home folder over
> to the new account? Do I need to copy it over bit by bit, deleting as I go
> or is there a quicker way? Many thanks for any advice you can give.

It's a slow and painful process. Most folders should be empty on the new
account. Your biggest task will be moving the preference files from the old to
the new. Make sure you don't replace any of the new ones. Once you've gotten
your new account restored and deleted the old one, I strongly advise getting an
external FireWire HD and making a bootable backup/clone using Carbon Copy
Cloner, SuperDuper!, etc.