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waynefromjackson
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Q: new hard drive time machine

I want ot install a new hard drive in my mac mini. How can I transfer all my old hard drive on to it and make it the primary drive

Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jul 29, 2014 4:16 PM

by Niel,Solvedanswer
Niel Niel
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A:

Put either drive in an enclosure, use a product such as the Disk Utility, Carbon Copy Cloner, or SuperDuper to clone the system, and select the desired volume in the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences.

 

If your computer shipped with Mac OS X 10.7 or newer, you can also install the new drive, connect it to the Internet, start up with the Option, Command, and R keys held down, and restore a Time Machine backup through the Internet Recovery system.

 

If you have a Time Machine backup from Mac OS X 10.8 or newer, you can also plug the drive containing it in, restart with the Option key held down, and use the recovery partition on it to restore the backup to an empty drive.

 

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Posted on Jul 29, 2014 4:20 PM

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  • by Niel,Solvedanswer

    Niel Niel Jul 29, 2014 4:20 PM in response to waynefromjackson
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    Jul 29, 2014 4:20 PM in response to waynefromjackson

    Put either drive in an enclosure, use a product such as the Disk Utility, Carbon Copy Cloner, or SuperDuper to clone the system, and select the desired volume in the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences.

     

    If your computer shipped with Mac OS X 10.7 or newer, you can also install the new drive, connect it to the Internet, start up with the Option, Command, and R keys held down, and restore a Time Machine backup through the Internet Recovery system.

     

    If you have a Time Machine backup from Mac OS X 10.8 or newer, you can also plug the drive containing it in, restart with the Option key held down, and use the recovery partition on it to restore the backup to an empty drive.

     

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  • by waynefromjackson,

    waynefromjackson waynefromjackson Jul 30, 2014 6:23 AM in response to Niel
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    Jul 30, 2014 6:23 AM in response to Niel

    Niel, thank you very much.

    wayne