| 3 | 3 | Because of the difference in the operating system between the two machines, I started out by setting up various things on the new machine fresh out of the box, including installing MacPorts and several ports. After this, I used the Migration Assistant to copy over the data files associate with the (only) user on the old machine (via its Time Machine backup). I specifically unchecked the options to copy over `/opt.../` and Computer settings. I was merely trying to copy over the data files associated with that user and these were being written to a different username than was setup on the new machine. However, despite this I found that my MacPorts installation and several ports were corrupted as a result of using the Migration Assistant. After messing around with trying to follow the migration instructions after the fact for a while, I had to resort to wiping all ports and MacPorts itself and start from scratch. |
