OS X V10.7 Lion :: Use Time Machine To Move All Software To A New HD?

Jun 26, 2012

I just bought a Macbook Pro on ebay that includes Apple Care til 2013. It is a wiped drive with fresh OSX 10,7, plus preloaded Final Cut Pro X, Microsoft Office 2011, Aperture, and Adobe Photoshop CS6. 

1) My problem is that its harddrive is only 250 gigs. Can I buy a new 500 gig drive and somehow get all the software to move to the new HD? 

I have a 1TB external drive that I used to back up my now defunct MacBook. Is it too hopeful to think I can launch Time Machine on the new MBPro and back up it all... then, switch out the drive to new fresh from store HD, then move everything (Lion and photo/video software, plus MS office) to work afresh on the laptop? 

2) Assuming that is successful... Can I then, move many of my files from my defunct Macbook running Leopard (like, my photos, itunage and text files) to my new laptop from the Time Machine backups from last month??

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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I have a new Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard.

Note: I do not want to change external hard drives, but I want to change the LOCATION of my external and HOW the external is connected to my Macbook.

I have been running Time Machine, backing up to my WD 1TB Passport external drive via USB cable. I would like to lose the "umbilical cord" and connect wirelessly to the external via my (newest model) Airport Extreme base station. I want to do this without losing my previous backups.

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The instructions here 

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MBP backs up everything on internal hard drive to Time Capsule at home, where we live during summer and spring. When moving to vacation home in fall and winter, MBP backs up everything to Time Capsule in vacation home. 

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