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How to copy an external hdd to mac then to a diff ext hdd?
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<blockquote data-quote="nabl" data-source="post: 959238" data-attributes="member: 43512"><p>I don't quite understand your entire situation. Do you want to create an exact duplicate of your old hard drive as a backup? Or are you just trying that in an effort to get the files you want from it?</p><p></p><p>If it's the latter, you might be able to get the files you know are there by can't see by showing hidden files in the Finder. Open Terminal from the /Applications/Utilities folder and then type this command to display hidden files:</p><p>[code]defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool YES[/code]</p><p>Then Control-Option-click the Finder icon in the Dock and choose Relaunch. Now navigate to where you think those files should be, and if they're there by hidden, you will be able to see them (and presumable restore them). If that doesn't work, run the command above again, with <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'">NO</span> in place of <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console'">YES</span></p><p></p><p>If you want to make an exact duplicate of the hard drive, just say. That's an entirely different process. If so, do you have both the new and the old hard drive mounted at once? (I believe you said you're using the enclosure of the new one to hold the old one, so perhaps not.) If not, is the iMac's hard drive larger than your old one; that is, large enough to hold a disk image the size of the old drive?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nabl, post: 959238, member: 43512"] I don't quite understand your entire situation. Do you want to create an exact duplicate of your old hard drive as a backup? Or are you just trying that in an effort to get the files you want from it? If it's the latter, you might be able to get the files you know are there by can't see by showing hidden files in the Finder. Open Terminal from the /Applications/Utilities folder and then type this command to display hidden files: [code]defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool YES[/code] Then Control-Option-click the Finder icon in the Dock and choose Relaunch. Now navigate to where you think those files should be, and if they're there by hidden, you will be able to see them (and presumable restore them). If that doesn't work, run the command above again, with [font="Lucida Console"]NO[/font] in place of [font="Lucida Console"]YES[/font] If you want to make an exact duplicate of the hard drive, just say. That's an entirely different process. If so, do you have both the new and the old hard drive mounted at once? (I believe you said you're using the enclosure of the new one to hold the old one, so perhaps not.) If not, is the iMac's hard drive larger than your old one; that is, large enough to hold a disk image the size of the old drive? [/QUOTE]
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