Newer versions of Microsoft Office and Final Draft should be de-activated or de-keyed before you make a backup of your old computer. Also, if you plan to migrate from an old Mac, this new account will cause conflicts. Have Patienceĭon’t turn on your new Apple computer and set up a new account. If you ever have to bring your Mac back to the Apple store you’ll be happy to have something safe to carry it in. It’s unlikely you’ll need it, but if things do go wrong with a Mac, repairs can be expensive. Online purchasing lets you customize the processor, amount of RAM, storage size and type and other objects like trackpad, mouse, and keyboard. Consider Buying OnlineĪpple stores carry limited configurations for any iMac, Macbook Pro or Macbook Air. A little research can save money and help you avoid regret. You’ll find both on sites like ‘ Apple Insider‘ and ‘ Mac Rumors‘. But it would be nice to know what this Setup User thing is, and how to get past it in case I ever see it again.Knowing when to buy is based on two factors: Apple’s product cycle and the latest Apple news. My work-around has been to just go out and buy a terabyte external disk, completely back up the PC, and then I'll copy the files I want over to the Mac. So I just rebooted the Mac and left it at that, because I won't need my PC files until I go back to work on Monday. Doing that does change the login screen, but still doesn't let me login as myself. Googling this came up with suggestion to press the control alt command delete and enter keys all at once. After that any attempt to rerun the migration assistant takes me back to the Setup User login page. So that doesn't work, so I power down / restart the Mac. But then it wanted me to log in again, except that it wants me to log in as a Setup User. Not sure what I was supposed to do about that, but eventually I got the screen to come back on. Now remember I'm totally new at this, so when I say it seems to have gone to sleep what I mean is the screen has gone black. This takes a while, so I step over to get a snack, and when I come back the Mac seems to have gone to sleep. Then the PC starts searching for files to migrate, which is also good. The Mac sends a confirmation number over to the PC, that part works. They are connected to the same network, and they can see each other. I have the migration assistant running on the Mac, and I downloaded the correct version of the Windows Migration Assistant on the PC.

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