Home folder, naming of

[Speed38]

My refurbished 2020 iMac is due today.

I asked this question on another forum yesterday, but received no responses.

Hope someone here can help.

QUESTION: I have not migrated to a new computer for over five years.

As I step through the setup of the new one, should I use the same name for the home folder as was used for the name of the home folder on the iMac from which I am migrating my data or should I choose a totally different name? I _seem_ to recall some problem, I forget what it was, associated with making the wrong decision when choosing the name for your home folder.

Many thanks,

 

[usagora]

If it were I, I'd make it different to avoid confusion. I normally append the Mac model to the name or just use the Mac model name to differentiate my Macs. E.g. macminim1, imac5k, etc. If it's the same model, then you can add the year too.

 

[Speed38]

Thanks so much for that tip!

 

[Speed38]

Reporting back that all seems to have gone well.

As I stepped through the set-up screens, when I reached the Migration Assistant screen, I opted to transfer from a TM backup.

Before it would allow me to do so, it required me to update the macOS to the latest version. After doing so, which took only a few minutes, I was taken back to the Migration Assistant screen and I again opted for migration from a TM backup. That took almost two hours (201 GB of data).

When I landed on the login screen, I choose an immediate restart, logged in, and have so far had to make very few changes indeed. A quick look at the Photos.app and Music.app indicates that my photos, albums, and playlists all look just fine.

 

[Speed38]

I have run into one problem after setting up the refurbished iMac

In Safari, with Website Preferences in the Safari toolbar, when I go to any site and click on the box for [Use reader view when available], the box will not remain checked.

I click the box, click somewhere else so that Website Preferences box close, go back to Website Preferences an instant later and the box I just checked is unchecked.

I have Develop and Debug in the Safari desktop menubar - is there any cache in there I can clear to fix this? And, yes, I have quite Safari multiple times and restarted the computer.

Or does anyone have any good ideas?