Mac Mini :: Best Way To Transfer Old Information To New System?
Apr 7, 2009
I'll be fitting my new 09 mac mini internal hard drive hopefully tonight. I want to copy all the information (programs etc) onto my new hard drive before I install it. Whats the best way of going about this? I already have an external caddy, so am I right in thinking I can put the new hard drive into that, connect it up to my mini, format it, install osx, and use migration assistant, or I vaguely remember something called 'cloner' or something similar to that name to copy all the data? That when all the info is copied I can take out the stock hard drive, remove the new drive from the external caddy and place it into the mac mini? Then it should boot up fine?
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Dec 2, 2014
Computer: Mac Mini, 2009 or so, 160 GB HD (about 50 available), Yosemite.
Issue: Set up a separate user and trying to import information from a Mac Book that is having issues. Mac Book was backed up to an external HD via Time Machine
Question: Is it possible to use time machine to transfer some of the information (photos, music, files) from the external hard drive to the Mac Mini? Is it possible to extract the information from the hard drive by connecting it to the Mac Mini without using Time Machine?
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Apr 26, 2012
I will change my current HD to a new SSD HD (the question is not about replacing physically the HD as it is not supported by Apple..).Â
This is the system disk that contains
- OS X Lion
- apps
- user work/personal dataÂ
There is a big external (SATA, RAID1) HD that receives the Time Machine backups... (and contains user files, pictures, ...).Â
Question:Â
- Is there a way (eg via Time Machine) to save the whole system HD on the external drive
- Then boot (from? Lion comes from Apple Store)
- And recover everything - apps and settings... - from the external drive?Â
Info:
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Lion
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 2 HDs: 1 w/old OS, 1 w/new OS
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iPhone 5, iOS 7.1.2, Mac Mini Op sys 10.9.4
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Aug 22, 2014
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Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
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Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x0166
Revision ID: 0x0009Â
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Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
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Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x0166
Revision ID: 0x0009Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
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Nov 15, 2009
When you get a new OSX machine it asks if you want to transfer everything over from another machine, then you connect the firewire or whichever cable it tells you, and it does the rest.
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It gives me a blank window with Transfer Your Server at the top and says to select the volume to transfer from (none listed). It doesn't say how I would connect or select the machine from which to select the volume. Is there any easy way to transfer my programs and files over, or not, between non-server and a server version? I could manually share the HD on the Mini and drag over program and file folders etc. if there is no automatic way.
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MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
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Dec 23, 2009
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Feb 5, 2012
I am trying to transfer files applications data etc from an intel iMac i5 running OS X 10.6.8 to a Macbook Pro i7 running OS X 10.7.3 and having trouble with migration assistant. When I restart the iMac holding the T key it just opens to the usual desktop. If I start up holding the T key I get the grey screen with the firewire,thunderbold icon. Either way the Macbook does not seem to recognise the iMac in the migration assistant so I cannot proceed with file transfer. I have tried the above with different cables, just in case it was the cable.
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MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), iMac i5 OS X 10.6.8
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