

Then use Setup Assistant to transfer the desired account or data. To migrate the account's home directory and account settings at a later time, start up your older Mac and turn off the account's FileVault protection. This image file can be migrated from an older Mac to a newer one as long as the newer computer has not yet been migrated to (and has no existing user accounts). I'm trying to transfer a FileVault-protected account with Setup Assistant, but it says "File Vault users cannot be transferred to Macs with existing users".įileVault protects home directories by storing them in an encrypted disk image file. If you use Time Machine, and make a full backup, yes you could restore from a Time Machine backup.
