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Kind of a odd question I suppose. I tried searching but found it hard to find answers for such a peculiar question.
So here is my question.
I have 24" iMac I use for my business, my life, etc. I sit in front of it 10 hours a day pretty much. I need to leave the country for about a month and will be working In South Africa. It seems far too risky to pack up my computer and ship it, or take it on a plane. I am wondering if I can dump the entire HD to a external FW HD, shut down the iMac, and take the external HD to SA. ONce I get there, take the HD and pug it into a Macbookpro, boot it via target disc mode(?) and run the MBP off the external HD for the month I will be working there. Thus saving me the worry of breaking my main computer in shipping, as well as allowing me to still have access to 100% of my data and programs.
I have also head scary tales about how hard it is to travel with a computer with the new rules about how they check your computer at airports and etc. I'd like to avoid this hassle. I do not have anything illegal on my computer, but somebody randomly scanning my computer for hidden treasure seems a tad invasive.
Anybody ever done this or have a better idea?
So here is my question.
I have 24" iMac I use for my business, my life, etc. I sit in front of it 10 hours a day pretty much. I need to leave the country for about a month and will be working In South Africa. It seems far too risky to pack up my computer and ship it, or take it on a plane. I am wondering if I can dump the entire HD to a external FW HD, shut down the iMac, and take the external HD to SA. ONce I get there, take the HD and pug it into a Macbookpro, boot it via target disc mode(?) and run the MBP off the external HD for the month I will be working there. Thus saving me the worry of breaking my main computer in shipping, as well as allowing me to still have access to 100% of my data and programs.
I have also head scary tales about how hard it is to travel with a computer with the new rules about how they check your computer at airports and etc. I'd like to avoid this hassle. I do not have anything illegal on my computer, but somebody randomly scanning my computer for hidden treasure seems a tad invasive.
Anybody ever done this or have a better idea?