I’ve been using Migration Assistant for some time now and it always creates an exact duplicate of the computer it came from on the new computer. What that does however is create a computer with the same name as the old one and same user account name as the old one. For instance, the user on my M1 Studio Ultra is named MacBook Pro. Is there some way during the setup process to use Migration Assistant and change the name of the Computer/User? If not, is there a way to setup the computer manually and then use Migration Assistant afterwards to bring over the Apps & Data? Thanks.
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Migration assistant - All or nothing?
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Yes. You can go through set up and create an admin user. Once booted, you can launch Migration Assistant and migrate applications and some data after. If you create an account on the new Mac with same name as the account on the old Mac, MA will ask if you want to replace the same named account on the new Mac or transfer the old account but rename it.
Transfer to a new Mac with Migration Assistant - Apple Support
Use Migration Assistant to copy your files from another computer.