Hi,
I'm about to upgrade my boot up disk on my Mac Pro from 250G to 750G. I want the exact same startup volume on the new drive -- what is the best way and/or software to transfer my drive from one to the other (I have 4 bays, so physically it's not an issue). I've been told that SuperDuper! is good software to clone one drive to another.
Does anyone have input on this, or other software they recommend.
Thanks for the help!
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner will do the job.
People also swear by Carbon Copy Cloner, and I think it's fully Lion compatible now too. It's free and you might need to consult the web pages a little before starting, but it will do the job rock solid, permissions, everything make it across as an EXACT disk copy of your original. So Apps and everything will just work afterward.
http://www.bombich.com/ Home to Mike Bombich's truly useful CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner)
I see some people recommend the program: Carbon Copy Cloner, too. Which is better?
Thanks, you wrote that at the same time I was writing about Cabon Copy, too.
Have you used it?
Yes, but only as a way of making backups of User Folders on OS X server that I'm in charge of.
I've never done a clone of a boot drive to another boot drive. What I've read is, it would be easier doing full disk clones, than doing incremental backups, that took a little reading on my part.
Thanks, I appreciate your help. I'm going to give CCC a try. Hopefully it will go good for me!
I have used SuperDuper! for a few years and latest version is Lion compatible. Of course I have nothing against CCC but I like the Smart backup feature of SD! which comes with the paid version.
I'm biased for CCC since I moderated the old Bombich forums for six years. it's my app of choice and have used it for making clones in all OSs since Jaguar's days.😉
Excellent! That's cool. CCC is the gold standard for cloning disks to this very day.
Thanks all, for your help. I used CCC last night and all seems to have gone well. I'm using the new disk now. Is there a simple way for me to tell if every thing on the 2 drives is the same?
I use CCC daily to make incremental, bootable clones of the machines I use, it's fast, unobtrusive and reliable. I boot from the clones once a week to verify that they boot.
That's true, and with CCC it comes free 🙂
Robb Manning wrote:
Thanks all, for your help. I used CCC last night and all seems to have gone well. I'm using the new disk now. Is there a simple way for me to tell if every thing on the 2 drives is the same?
No, because they won't be exact copies if you use the file-level mode because CCC automatically excludes things that aren't necessary for proper operation. As long as it boots and operates like the original, you should be good to go. See excluded files and folders for details.
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