08-12-2014, 11:42 AM
I suggest starting a new thread if you'd like to gather advice from the crowd again.
As you've indicated, with the 1TB drive intact and a backup, there should be no harm in proceeding with another clean install of the OS on the SSD.
But my original suggestion is still a valid possibility:
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-1752941
Hit the Accounts (Users & Groups) settings and create a user account with the exact same name and password that you used on the old hard drive. (Check the name on your old home folder if necessary, to be sure that you copy it precisely.)
Still in the Users & Groups settings, control-click on the name of the new user account you just created and open the "Advanced" options. Find the line where it indicates "home directory" and click the "Choose" button. Locate and select the home folder from your old 1TB boot drive. Click "Open" to set the selection and then close the Advanced settings by clicking "OK."
Reboot and see what happens when you login under this user account that you just configured.
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Make sure that you have created a fallback administrator user account on the SSD that you can use to login with if something goes wrong.
As you've indicated, with the 1TB drive intact and a backup, there should be no harm in proceeding with another clean install of the OS on the SSD.
But my original suggestion is still a valid possibility:
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-1752941
Hit the Accounts (Users & Groups) settings and create a user account with the exact same name and password that you used on the old hard drive. (Check the name on your old home folder if necessary, to be sure that you copy it precisely.)
Still in the Users & Groups settings, control-click on the name of the new user account you just created and open the "Advanced" options. Find the line where it indicates "home directory" and click the "Choose" button. Locate and select the home folder from your old 1TB boot drive. Click "Open" to set the selection and then close the Advanced settings by clicking "OK."
Reboot and see what happens when you login under this user account that you just configured.
...
Make sure that you have created a fallback administrator user account on the SSD that you can use to login with if something goes wrong.