Dear CCC, Hi, I bought a refurbished Macbook 4,1 at present it is running Lion 10.7.5( although it is an older machine circa 2008) I would like to transfer everything from my old machine( early intel Macbook Pro) to the newer machine. My older machine run

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Dear CCC, Hi, I bought a refurbished Macbook 4,1 at present it is running Lion 10.7.5( although it is an older machine circa 2008) I would like to transfer everything from my old machine( early intel Macbook Pro) to the newer machine. My older machine run

Dear Friends,

Hi, I bought a refurbished Macbook 4,1 at present it is running Lion 10.7.5( although it is an older machine circa 2008) I would like to transfer everything from my old machine( early intel Macbook Pro) to the newer machine. My older machine runs Mac OS x 10.6.8 and that allows me run some very old software. Should I make a time machine back up?and restore from that or use Carbon Copy Cloner? to transfer everything, the system, applications and data.

Thanks for your help

-Walt

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Apr 2, 2013 2:58 PM

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Kappy

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Apr 2, 2013 3:05 PM in response to Walter Lieberman

Here you go:

Connect the two using a Firewire cable. Boot the newer machine in Target Disk Mode. Boot the older one normally. The disk for the newer machine will appear on the older machines's Desktop.

Drive Partition and Format

1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.

2. After DU loads select newer machine's hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.

3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.

Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility

1. Select the destination volume from the left side list.

2. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.

3. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag

it to the Destination entry field.

4. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to

the Source entry field.

5. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.

Destination means the newer machine's drive. Source means the internal startup drive.

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Answer 2

Apr 2, 2013 4:54 PM in response to Kappy

Thank you, since this a radical action. I want to be sure I understand what will happen. The refurbished machine now runs 10.7.5. What I would like is to wipe the whole machine and replace it with everything on my old machine including the system which is 10.6.8. and all applications. I want the older system because I have older, yet fully functional software are which would become unusuable under the newer system.

If I follow the instructions above will I have a machine running the older system??

Thanks for your help!

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Answer 3

Kappy

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Apr 2, 2013 7:12 PM in response to Walter Lieberman

Yes.

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Answer 4

Apr 2, 2013 7:56 PM in response to Kappy

Thanks so much!

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ds store

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Apr 3, 2013 7:28 AM in response to Walter Lieberman

For this particular machine because it had 10.6 on it at one time and the fact that your older machine has 10.6.8 fully updated (with all the hardware drivers applied via Software Update) Kappy's method or CCC ing from a external boot drive will work.

However eventually you need compatible 10.6 boot disks for that newer machine for repairs or reinstall only OS X to solve issues.

Download the free MacTracker and enter in your newer machine model and see what OS X version came with the machine originally.

If 10.6.2 or earlier, the 10.6.3 white retail disks (sans iLife) will work.

If 10.6.3 or later, then you will need black or gray machine specific 10.6 version disks from Apple (iLife included)

You should also still be able to order 10.0-10.6.3 machine specific disks also (with free iLife)

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