Can TimeMachine restore just one user profile instead of everything?

[dmk1974]

Hello. So, what I am trying to do is to take my wife's profile from my iMac and restore it to a MacBook Pro. But the MacBook Pro already has my profile on it and I don't want to screw it up. I'd like to just add her profile to the MBP.

Is there a way in TimeMachine to restore just an individual profile from one machine to another? Or do I need to create a new profile for her on the MBP and then go through copying the files and re-setting up all the programs for her? Thanks!

 

[Hellhammer]

You can use Migration Assistant. IIRC it allows you to choose the users you want to migrate.

 

[dmk1974]

You can use Migration Assistant. IIRC it allows you to choose the users you want to migrate.

Cool, thanks. And it won't screw up any existing profiles then?

 

[Hellhammer]

Cool, thanks. And it won't screw up any existing profiles then?

It shouldn't as all it should do is to transfer the new profile and leave everything else as they are.

 

[dmk1974]

It shouldn't as all it should do is to transfer the new profile and leave everything else as they are.

Great, thanks so much! Ill give it a shot a little later.