HT201250: Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac
Learn about Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac
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Jan 27, 2014 9:34 AM in response to Verndawgby Kappy,The proper cloning tool to use is Disk Utility's Restore option.
Clone Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion using Restore Option of Disk Utility
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue
button.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the new drive. Source means the old drive.
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Jan 27, 2014 3:49 PM in response to Verndawgby BobHarris,Or Carbon Copy Cloner (very good file subset selection)
Or SuperDuper
You should also create a 1-2GB partition for the recovery partition, then use the Apple Recovery Disk Assistant to copy your current boot disk's recovery partition to the new disk's partition you created for it.