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From: Michael H. Phillips on 28 Apr 2010 11:33
Is it possible to use a blank password for the default user account when
setting up a new Mac, i.e. click "Next" without entering a password? If so,
is it hazardous? It's a single-user machine.

If that's not advisable, can I safely use the same short user name and
password as is used on an older Mac from which data will be migrated?

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Michael

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From: Fred McKenzie on 28 Apr 2010 14:48
In article <hr9kgo$v18$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Michael H. Phillips <mhp(a)odtaa.invalid> wrote:

> Is it possible to use a blank password for the default user account when
> setting up a new Mac, i.e. click "Next" without entering a password? If so,
> is it hazardous? It's a single-user machine.
>
> If that's not advisable, can I safely use the same short user name and
> password as is used on an older Mac from which data will be migrated?

Michael-

Yes.

When you set up the new Mac, you can immediately choose the option of
transferring data from an older Mac. As far as I know, that process
will transfer all account information including passwords.

You could go ahead and set up the new Mac, and afterwards use Migration
Assistant to transfer data from the older Mac. This might result in an
additional account on the new Mac: The one(s) from the older Mac plus
the one you initially set up on the new Mac.

Fred
From: Michael H. Phillips on 30 Apr 2010 14:03
On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:48:19 +0100, Fred McKenzie wrote:

> In article <hr9kgo$v18$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> Michael H. Phillips <mhp(a)odtaa.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to use a blank password for the default user account when
>> setting up a new Mac, i.e. click "Next" without entering a password?
>
> Michael-
>
> Yes.
>
> When you set up the new Mac, you can immediately choose the option of
> transferring data from an older Mac. As far as I know, that process
> will transfer all account information including passwords.
>
> You could go ahead and set up the new Mac, and afterwards use Migration
> Assistant to transfer data from the older Mac. This might result in an
> additional account on the new Mac: The one(s) from the older Mac plus
> the one you initially set up on the new Mac.
>
> Fred

Thanks Fred. I'm undecided whether to use Migration Assistant or not.

--
Michael

mhphillips at gmail dot com

From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 30 Apr 2010 14:40
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:03:22 +0100, Michael H. Phillips
<mhp(a)odtaa.invalid> wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:48:19 +0100, Fred McKenzie wrote:
>
>> In article <hr9kgo$v18$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
>> Michael H. Phillips <mhp(a)odtaa.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to use a blank password for the default user account when
>>> setting up a new Mac, i.e. click "Next" without entering a password?
>>
>> Michael-
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> When you set up the new Mac, you can immediately choose the option of
>> transferring data from an older Mac. As far as I know, that process
>> will transfer all account information including passwords.
>>
>> You could go ahead and set up the new Mac, and afterwards use Migration
>> Assistant to transfer data from the older Mac. This might result in an
>> additional account on the new Mac: The one(s) from the older Mac plus
>> the one you initially set up on the new Mac.
>>
>> Fred
>
>Thanks Fred. I'm undecided whether to use Migration Assistant or not.

If you have a particular need to have a new blank machine (ie five
years worth of cruft buildup) then don't.

Otherwise, do. It brings the new Mac to exactly the same position as
the old one, with minimal effort.

Cheers - Jaimie
--
"the average homeowner should expect to repair direct
meteor damage every hundred million years."
-- http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030506.html
From: Michael H. Phillips on 1 May 2010 04:15
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:40:04 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:03:22 +0100, Michael H. Phillips
> <mhp(a)odtaa.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> I'm undecided whether to use Migration Assistant or not.
>
> If you have a particular need to have a new blank machine (ie five
> years worth of cruft buildup) then don't.
>

That was my thinking though it's only four years of cruft. I suppose too that
PPC applications need to be installed afresh on an Intel Mac.

--
Michael

mhphillips at gmail dot com

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