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Migration Assistant

Migration Assistant is on my sh*t list right now. I saw another person do just what you describe. But, when I tried it, Migration Assistant insisted that I hold down the T key to start the other computer in target mode. Of course, both of us were trying to migrate from an external drive, so couldn't hold down the T key at startup. Both of us had used Super Duper to make a bootable copy of our hard drive. But, the other guy was never prompted to hold down the T key to put his external drive in target mode, yet I was. I haven't found a workaround.

 

Migration Assistant gives you the option to transfer data either from another mac, or another volume; it looks like you chose "another mac." Instead, choose another volume to migrate your data from your external hard drive.

A word to the wise: TURN OFF FILEVAULT on the system from which you are migrating data. Whether you are upgrading or erasing and migrating from a clone, ensure that Filevault is turned off (if you're so lucky to be able to turn it off without a major hassle).