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Carbon Copy Questions
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Where can I buy/download it?
Can someone explain to me how it works exactly? Or, if possible link me to a site with an explanation?
I have no working knowledge of the program other than I believe it does what I need:
I am highly interested in getting a new HD for my MacBook. I love everything exactly the way it is right now though, and don't want to reinstall the OS and go through the hassel of reorganizing all of my things.
So I'm hoping Carbon Copy can provide me the solution I need.
As always, thanks in advance to anyone who offers information.
And my apologies if I didn't get the right forum.
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Be sure to look in the prefs. You can choose to make the files on the target a disk image or a direct copy.
If you put the new drive in a firewire cabinet or something like that, a direct copy would be fine (remember to make it bootable), but if you want to copy to another drive, and then back again, I would recommend a disk image.
Also, repair permissions before you clone.
Peter
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Originally Posted by Geofries
I am highly interested in getting a new HD for my MacBook. I love everything exactly the way it is right now though, and don't want to reinstall the OS and go through the hassel of reorganizing all of my things.
There is no hassle if you use Migration Assistant, all your old settings will be used -- unless you choose not to do so. You won't have to reorganize anything.
Although you are writing that you get a new HD for your MacBook, note that you cannot OS X to run it on a different architecture, e. g. you cannot clone a hd from a PowerBook (PowerPC) for a MacBook (Intel cpu).
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OreoCookie, I believe he's just upgrading the HD in his MacBook, not transferring from one Mac to another. So, Migration Assistant would be more work since he'd need to install OS X onto the new drive first.
Disk Utility is the best way to go and the fastest. Just use the Restore function to clone the old drive onto the new drive. It will be much faster than CCC.
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There is a problem with Migration Assistant is you create the same account name on both computers. It doesn't work if you do that (like I did).
CCC is great when you literally want a carbon copy of the system.
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Moderator Join Date: May 2001
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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay
OreoCookie, I believe he's just upgrading the HD in his MacBook …
I know, that's why I included it as an additional comment.
Originally Posted by Eriamjh
There is a problem with Migration Assistant is you create the same account name on both computers. It doesn't work if you do that (like I did).
During installation, you run Migration Assistant before creating an account.
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