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From: Phillip Jones on 25 Jul 2010 15:39
Jason Bourne wrote:
> In article<null-20A02E.08083523072010(a)free.teranews.net>, Greg Buchner
> <null(a)none.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Apple definitely put some well thought out work into Time Machine and
>> how Migration Assistant will use it.
>>
>> Do let us know how things worked out.
>
>
> The deed is done! Swapped out the existing HD for a 1TB drive. That
> turned out to be both easier and more difficult than imagined.
>
> One of the problems was the three different take-apart guides I had
> were either incomplete, inaccurate or referred to different aluminum
> iMacs.
>
> It actually would have gone easier if I just followed my instincts
> instead of the rabbit holes I ended up down.
>
> First, removal of the glass was a lot easier with the toilet plunger
> than the dual suction cup option. With the plunger located just a few
> inches down from the top, a gentle tug was all it took to release the
> magnetic hold.
>
> From there, about 8 torx screws to remove the aluminum frame -- don't
> forget to unscrew the RAM cover as well, and then another 8 more torx
> screws to remove the screen itself.
>
> From there, removed the thermal sensors from the OP and the HD, a few
> more cables to unplug, including the iSight, and then the trickiest
> part turned out to be removing the HD itself. One side has pins the
> other has screws, and there's a plastic "quick release" carrier that's
> attached to the HD, but removal was a little tricky.
>
> Once it was removed, it was easy as pie to install the new drive,
> button up the whole thing and begin the OS install and migration.
>
> Here I encountered a number of hurdles, and made at least one error
> that I don't know yet how to address. For some reason even though I
> made sure the Time Machine backups were current, I still lost almost
> exactly a weeks worth of files once the migration was complete.
>
> Most apps appear to have come over without a problem, but Entourage
> lost some settings, Rules, Filters and what not. The biggest problem
> of all was on the OS itself in that I ended up changing the primary
> account as it had the same name as the new account I had created under
> the new SL install, so now I have to boot into that virgin account and
> then switch over to the old/new master user account. Probably not all
> that clearly explained here and I suspect I could have avoided this if
> I RTFM.
>
> I would like to kill the new master account, but I don't know how and I
> don't know UNIX. I can't set the old/new master account as the default
> boot user, but I'll need to do some further reading on that.
>
> The physical part of the swap out probably took about an hour, but I
> was going very slowly and most of that time was spent on figuring out
> how to remove the old HD.
>
> The OS install and migration took many, many hours, but overall it was
> easy enough for someone not terribly skilled at this sort of thing, and
> once I get the remaining issues sorted, I'll be very pleased.
> '
> And the new HD, purchased from OWC, is a Hitachi.

If the old account works fine then go to system preferences To Accounts.
Make the Account you want as administrator you'll have to supply
password to allow the change Then demote the other to plain user.

I'd try signing into the old account first before demoting account.
Once demoted You should be able to delete the account. I'd keep it for
testing Purposes. Make sure to make the account you converted to the
Primary account.

--
Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it"
http://www.phillipmjones.net mailto:pjones1(a)kimbanet.com
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