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<blockquote data-quote="MBP17•David" data-source="post: 1586736" data-attributes="member: 320225"><p>iWheeler, the reason fresh install is recommended by many people here, is that it is the best way to deal with the situation, particularly since, you're not just swapping drives, but adding one and moving the system over to it.</p><p></p><p>Yes, you can clone your main drive with CCC to your new SSD, but due to SSD's smaller size (and a couple of other factors), there might be complications... </p><p></p><p>Before you do anything, have your entire main drive cloned to a larger external drive, do a fresh TimeMachine backup, and please create a Mavericks USB stick, even if you're not inclined to do a fresh install.</p><p></p><p>I understand your reluctance to go through setting up everything on a new drive, but you can always use TM backup to move your user settings/apps over, providing the new drive is big enough to accommodate ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MBP17•David, post: 1586736, member: 320225"] iWheeler, the reason fresh install is recommended by many people here, is that it is the best way to deal with the situation, particularly since, you're not just swapping drives, but adding one and moving the system over to it. Yes, you can clone your main drive with CCC to your new SSD, but due to SSD's smaller size (and a couple of other factors), there might be complications... Before you do anything, have your entire main drive cloned to a larger external drive, do a fresh TimeMachine backup, and please create a Mavericks USB stick, even if you're not inclined to do a fresh install. I understand your reluctance to go through setting up everything on a new drive, but you can always use TM backup to move your user settings/apps over, providing the new drive is big enough to accommodate ... [/QUOTE]
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