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In my experience clicking yes to this often doesn't work. If you do create an account first and then migrate in an account with the same name, MA will say "an account with this name already exists, do you want to overwrite?" I think there is a renaming option too. Setup Assistant avoids this, which can cause UID and permissions problems. The difference is that to use Migration Assistant you have to create a user account first. It migrates from an attached Mac, TM or clone back up, like Migration Assistant does. Migration Assistant has a close cousin called Setup Assistant, which looks the same but only runs at the end of the first launch of a new computer, or after an erase and install.
MIGRATION ASSISTANT PC TO MAC WIFI INSTALL
Note the OS is a clean install anyway, it's the apps and preference files that get transferred (alongside your data). If you are worried about any big problems, you can always start with Migration Assistant and if there are any noticeable issue, you can always do a clean install at any time later without having wasted any particular amount of time.
MIGRATION ASSISTANT PC TO MAC WIFI SERIAL NUMBERS
I am pretty sure that 99 out a of hundred people using Migration Assistant will report that everything is just fine and that basically everything transferred fine with maybe a handful of exceptions (a few applications requiring the re-entry of serial numbers or a de-activation and re-activation of their license). Is that still the case, or does Migration Assistant do a good job of moving everything over without cluttering your new computer with junk from the old one? I'd say there is roughly an 80:20 ratio between people using Migration Assistant vs doing a clean install, and quite possibly that ratio is even higher. Some people might have changed opinion but the vast majority has not. There were always people who believed in clean installs and there still are. I don't think that is a question about the past vs the present. In the past, I’ve heard people advocate for a clean/fresh install (manually transfer files to new computer, reinstall all software, etc.).