data migration from hard drive, as opposed to over firewire in target mode

briang · Nov 26, 2007

i'm selling my macbook and getting a new imac. in an attempt to be fiscally responsible, i will be buying the imac after i have the cash in had for the macbook. i will do a carbon copy clone tonight, but when i get the new imac, how painful will the data migration be from the external hard drive to the new imac?

Clairejr · Nov 26, 2007

Since both the iMac and MacBook are Intel machines, you should be able to clone the external to the new iMac unless the iMac can only run Leopard and the external is running Tiger. But you can use the Migration Assistant to move over many of your settings to the iMac.

Which operating system are you using now?

Claire

briang · Nov 26, 2007

Clairejr said:
Since both the iMac and MacBook are Intel machines, you should be able to clone the external to the new iMac unless the iMac can only run Leopard and the external is running Tiger. But you can use the Migration Assistant to move over many of your settings to the iMac.

Which operating system are you using now?

Claire

i'm using leopard on the old, and the new is coming with leopard. so i can just boot to the external, clone the external to the internal, then rock and roll, right?

Clairejr · Nov 27, 2007

Yes, just make sure you use the latest version of Carbon Copy Clone. Also, it's a good idea to repair permissions on the external drive first.

Good luck.

Claire

hagios1972 · Dec 4, 2007

Clairejr said:
Yes, just make sure you use the latest version of Carbon Copy Clone. Also, it's a good idea to repair permissions on the external drive first.

Good luck.

Claire

Will SuperDuper do the same function?

Clairejr · Dec 4, 2007

No. SuperDuper! is not yet compatible with Leopard. Carbon Copy Cloner is and it's just as easy to use as SuperDuper!

Claire

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