Once migration is underway there is no way to stop it. Simply let it proceed then erase the target drive and start over by reinstalling OS X. Besides that, you really do not have good clues as to what is being migrated when.

As far as manuals go David Pogue's Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Leopard edition (or Snow Leopard) is IMO about as good as they get unless you are really interested in the deep down internals.

Last edited by joemikeb; 09/01/09 10:51 PM. Reason: add manual recommendation

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