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rye9

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After transferring my data from an old mac to a new one; I've got the deleted users folder, which upon analysis has these inside: What's the containers/caches folder and should it be safe to delete?

The previous account/user is theoretically the same as the current (both are me)... so I just want to make sure nothing would be in the deleted user folder that should have transferred over or something..
 

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The best way to migrate your useraccount
Is to create your account on the new machine with exact same username.

Then on the old mac open terminal and write down:
Code:
shopt -s dotglob
To be able to get all files incl hidden etc.
Then :

Code:
sudo rsync -ardv /Users/<your userfolder> <path to external drive or something>

This way you got a full backup of your account including email, application settings etc etc (no applications from /Applications folder tho)

Now on the new mac, make sure the userfolder is named the same

Also do the shopt and then rsync from externaldrive/userfolder to /Users

And you got all your files and settings on the new mac.

Your deleted users folder contains all data and settings from a useraccount you have deleted in the past where you have choosen to keep an image from. (The same as you make a backup like mentioned above)
 
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