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I want to upgrade my hard drive with a samsung 840 pro 256mg ssd. I don't want to buy a sata cable because I have a 4tb wd mybook back up. I don't know how to make a clone of my hard drive to my wd external back up. I have everything else back up to my wd and my internal hardive is not using to much storage. Any suggestions? I have os x yosemite 10.10 macbook pro unibody late 2008
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
You need an empty partition on your backup drive. If you don't have one, then you can make one. It needs to be at least 5 GBs larger than the internal HDD you are going to clone.
Clone Yosemite, 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 external backup partition. Source means the internal startup drive.
You need an empty partition on your backup drive. If you don't have one, then you can make one. It needs to be at least 5 GBs larger than the internal HDD you are going to clone.
Clone Yosemite, 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 external backup partition. Source means the internal startup drive.
I Wanted to make sure on the partition part. Do I make it the size of the actual HDD(312.88gb))or the storge being used(74.77)+5gb? Thank you for your help
Hi,
I have Yosemite installed on a late 2011 MavBookPro with a HDD of 500GB. I am using only 50GB of that.
Can I use Restore from Disk Utility to copy onto a 256GB SSD ??
Any help is appreciated.
Regards.
Making a clone of my hard drive
