MacBook Pro :: Moving All File And Settings To New Mbp?
Jul 22, 2010
my 3 years old mbp is beginning to show its age, so I decided to purchase a new Macbook pro 15inch i7.The problem i'm facing now is how to move all my files, applicant, and settings to the yet to be my mbp.Currently, I have an 500g hard drive on my 2007 mbp, and will be buying a seagate momentus xt 500g for the new mbp.
When I upgraded the hard drive for my old mbp, I used super duper, which worked flawless. But would it also work flawless if I were to backup my current hard drive on to the seagate momentus xt 500g and put back in to the new mbp?And would that affect anything?Also, would time machine be a better option?
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Nov 8, 2009
I've got a 7.2 gig file i'm trying to move from my Mac to a Windows partition on the drive. The partition is formatted FAT32. I'm getting a error code 0, which I gather means i can't move files that big onto fat32. I'd rather not reformat the partition to something else (stuff on there that took a good while to install).
Any suggestion on how I can get the file over? I've got a lacie hard drive with chunks of space, but its currently formatted for a mac with stuff on it. Even assuming I can partition it without wiping anything, won't i face the same problem?
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Some of you might have seen my previous posts, but judging by what I will use the laptop for, do you recommend 2.4, 4GB MacBook or the stock 2.5 Pro with upgraded hard drive?...
1. I use light bits of Photoshop CS3 Extended for school that work well on my original 2.0 Core Duo MacBook.
2. Light video editing, such as iMovie, maybe Final Cut.
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