Apple today release Migration Assistant Update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard which addresses an issue with the Migration Assistant application in Mac OS X Snow Leopard that prevents transfer of your personal data, settings, and compatible applications from a Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard to a new Mac running Mac OS X Lion.
Migration Assistant Update for Mac OS X Snow Leopard is available via Software Update and also as a standalone installer.
More info and download link (714 KB) here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Lava_Head_UK” for the heads up.]