baltwo wrote:
You're answer is completely wrong. CCC cannot pull files from a volume and install them onto the boot volume.
My mistake. You are right with respect to system files, but it can pull other files and install them on a boot volume, or so the help says.
"Restoring non-system files
...
If you choose your startup disk as the destination volume, CCC will impose a protective filter on system files and folders. It wouldn't be a good idea to overwrite or delete system files on the OS that you're booted from, so this isn't something that CCC will allow. "
Also, the help also mentions using setup assistant and migration assistant in the case of changing the OS.
"Your new Macintosh cannot boot from the older version and build of Mac OS X that is installed on your older Mac, so simply cloning your old Mac onto your new Mac won't work. Due to this limitation, we recommend that you use the Setup Assistant application (runs on your Mac's very first boot) or the Migration Assistant application to migrate content from your old Mac to a new Macintosh. "
The origins of this "debate" were the statements that you had to boot from the cloned drive and that Setup Assistant wouldn't work. My understanding of your earlier reply is that you agree that Setup Assistant would work, but that it is not as clean nor as fast as booting from the clone. I can accept that, having no direct experience; the only reason I entered this part of the thread was the statement that you had to boot from the clone.