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Try Carbon Copy Cloner. You need an external drive too, though, in either case.<br />

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Try Carbon Copy Cloner. You need an external drive too, though, in either case.


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So if I were to put the new drive in an external enclosure I could use Carbon Copy to create a bootable backup?
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So if I were to put the new drive in an external enclosure I could use Carbon Copy to create a bootable backup?

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No need to use CCC - simply use Disk Utility to 'Restore' from old disk to new disk - but yes, you need to have it connected via a FireWire or USB case.<br />
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CCC or Super Duper is nice if you need to make progressive updates after, but for a simply - complete - migration, simply clone over the drive with DU's Restore feature.
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No need to use CCC - simply use Disk Utility to 'Restore' from old disk to new disk - but yes, you need to have it connected via a FireWire or USB case.

CCC or Super Duper is nice if you need to make progressive updates after, but for a simply - complete - migration, simply clone over the drive with DU's Restore feature.

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I would like to buy a new, faster, larger hard drive for my Macbook. How would I go about transferring all of my data from my old drive to my new one? I've had a look at time machine, and it looks like I'd need to have a running copy of Mac OSX on the new drive for that to work, is there a faster way?
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I would like to buy a new, faster, larger hard drive for my Macbook. How would I go about transferring all of my data from my old drive to my new one? I've had a look at time machine, and it looks like I'd need to have a running copy of Mac OSX on the new drive for that to work, is there a faster way?

Migrate to a new hard drive, macbook

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