I was afraid of that. Darn it! But, I'm glad you got it worked out. Enjoy the new Air & good luck.
CJ On Aug 29, 2011, at 9:45 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi C.J. > > Well, I would have been happy to oblige, but I changed my mind. Sorry! lol > Cheers, > Donna > > On Aug 29, 2011, at 12:21 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: > >> Donna, >> >> If you do throw the MBA out the window, could you please let me know ahead >> of time where you live, which window your planning to eject the computer >> through, & what time you're planning to conduct the launch? Also, could you >> email me this information privately, off list, so as to avoid crowds & >> congestion on your lawn? I would appreciate 24 to 48 hours notice, >> depending on your location in relation to mine in southern Arizona. But >> seriously, I hope you resolve your problem soon. >> >> CJ >> >> >> On Aug 28, 2011, at 7:52 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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