Thanks Tom, Nobumi and Ţorvarđur
I have managed to move over the stuff but it has been a lot of hard work, not least because all my sent mail is in one folder.
I have wasted a couple of days and it is sad that something which should be straightforward - migrating from one MacAir to another both using Mavericks - has proved so annoying.
I am more or less sure all the files have migrated but it is irksome having to reconfigure preferences and bookmarks and things.
Anyway, thanks for all the help! I will be keeping a desk image of the my user file on my external drive.
T
22 May 2014, at 07:17, Tom Ritch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Tim,
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> There have been and probably still are many and varied problems with Migration Assistant. The problems may be universal, or they may be hardware-specific. I had major issues recently with a Mac Book Pro, and posted a discussion of my problem and solution as part of a long discussion of various Migration Assistant problems on MacInTouch.
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> http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/mavericks/topic5002-010.html
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> Nobumi’s suggestions may work also.
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> What I recommend is the most general description of the solution I used, which fits your problem too. Your new computer comes with 90 days of free support from Apple. Use it.
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> My system was a mess in multiple ways. I was rapidly elevated to third level support. Then over several days I was walked through reformatting my disk and reinstalling everything, the creating new users, and so on. The support guy almost ran out of ideas to try, but then something worked.
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> Mavericks has had a lot of problems, as did Mountain Lion. I am not confident that if you do everything “the right way” it will work. Hopefully Apple will have dealt with issues as you have and know what will work, and what will not.
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> On May 21, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Nobumi Iyanaga <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Hello Tim,
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>> Perhaps you might want to use your Time Machine backup to replace everything in your new machine hard disk with the latest contents of that backup...?
>> I think you can do that if you boot the machine from the Recovery system (restarting the machine with the Option key pressed) and the TimeMachine disk connected.
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>> Or perhaps only the contents of your user directory? To do that, I think you can select TimeMachine icon on the Dock, with the Control key pressed, and choosing "Browse other TimeMachine disks..."
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>> Best regard,
>>
>> Nobumi Iyanaga
>> Tokyo,
>> Japan
>>
>> On May 20, 2014, at 2:50 PM, THDW <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> I have just bought a new MacBook Air to replace an older, similar machine. Both are running the latest version of Mavericks.
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>>> I can got the machines to collaborate over the migration of files. I have tried both via wifi and with a Time Machine backup saved to an external disk but Migration Assistant on the old machine, once the two machines have identified the source for the new files, quits and reboots,
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>>> I have discovered on the web that there is a recognised problem with Mavericks. It is something to do with logging out of a virtual disk and there are suggested work arounds of going into Console and typing stuff.
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>>> All that is too complicated for me.
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>>> Can anyone kindly suggest a simple way in which I can migrate everything from one machine to the other? I have the two Airs plus an external drive.
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