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copy entire boot OS to new HD
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I am getting a new HD for my OS 10.5.8 HD and want to tx to the new drive the entire contents of the old HD
a long long time ago I tried carbon copy cloner in one of the earlies OS 10's and it would not transfer various 'protected' files I assumes they are the user info and passwords for the admin.
what the best way to do this in OS 10.5.8 now days?
many thanks!
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MacPro 2.66 dual 3GB RAM 1.5 TB HD's
24" + 21" Samsung flat panels
Miglia mini HD (Great!)
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Moderator  Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Atlanta, GA
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I just used SuperDuper! to clone the drive in my MacBook Pro. It worked painlessly and all my account info and passwords were copied without issue. Drive has been running flawlessly since.
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Super Duper each and every time. Copies everything (that needs to be copied). Is Free. Always gets the job done. Why look for more complicated solutions.
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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I use both CCC and SD, I thought I paid for the latter. maybe it's free now. On the other hand, it's a new HD, so it will take a while, and the DU Restore is as good as it gets, no longer than the other two would be. You can always make the old HD a backup and use CCC or SD for quick backups on a regular basis.
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Kathmandu Nepal
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Originally Posted by rotuts 
I am getting a new HD for my OS 10.5.8 HD and want to tx to the new drive the entire contents of the old HD
a long long time ago I tried carbon copy cloner in one of the earlies OS 10's and it would not transfer various 'protected' files I assumes they are the user info and passwords for the admin.
what the best way to do this in OS 10.5.8 now days?
many thanks!
We use CCC for bootable clones on various versions of OSX, and no problems whatsoever here. Best free product on the market!
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Use Disk Utility's Restore tab, and be sure to click the "Erase Destination" tab so it does a block copy. I've seen various problems caused by file-copy cloning with Snow Leopard's new HFS+ compression scheme, but block copies will always be reliable.
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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Originally Posted by jmiddel
I use both CCC and SD, I thought I paid for the latter. maybe it's free now.
It's free but you can pay to get access to advanced features such as scheduled backups. It's not expensive though, $27 I think.
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