Cloning all but the os for new Imac (need to clone fcp)

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Cloning all but the os for new Imac (need to clone fcp)

I have just purchased a new 27 - inch 3.4 GHz imac (2014) My older machine is a 2.8 GHz intel core i7 running 10.8.5 (2010) I have lots of older apps, some that I no longer have the discs for. Most notably, fcp studio. I want to clone my old hard drive to my new one in order to be able to keep these apps along with all my user info. I don't want to clone the os. I have carbon copy cloner. How can I make sure I clone everything I need for my apps to work, including fcp? I know if I clone everything, it will also clone the os. There are so many files to clone, it would be so much easier if I know what to untick rather than choosing what files to tick.

Also, I have cloned and re-cloned the drive many times already each time I have upgraded my computers. Can you clone too many times? Will it cause corruption of files if I continue to work off of cloned drives?

Posted on Jul 6, 2014 1:01 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 6, 2014 10:17 AM in response to soru2

As far as I know you can't do it. You need to install fcp from your original disks. The only way I think you can do it is by installing/updating to Mavericks on the old drive and then cloning the drive to the new computer. This is NOT recommended. a Complete Clean install is definitely the way to go.

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Shane Ross

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Jul 6, 2014 10:30 AM in response to Michael Grenadier

What Michael said. FCP installs bits and pieces inside the OS Library and user Library. You can't get everything unless you install from scratch, or close everything.

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