Hi everyone,
I am about to swap my old HDD on 13" MBP mid 09 to new SSD (crucial). I usually back up my mac by creating an image on external HD using the OSX disc utility. If my drive dies, I can run my mac from external drive while waiting for replacement.
My question is:
1. Once I swap the HDD, can I just boot mac from the external drive and re-image the back-up copy onto the new drive? Or do I need to somehow format the new drive to OSX first?? (not sure how).
2. Is that a bad idea to image the back up to the new SSD vs re-installing everything from the scratch. I have a lot of stuff on mac, and time is of essence to me.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.
I am about to swap my old HDD on 13" MBP mid 09 to new SSD (crucial). I usually back up my mac by creating an image on external HD using the OSX disc utility. If my drive dies, I can run my mac from external drive while waiting for replacement.
My question is:
1. Once I swap the HDD, can I just boot mac from the external drive and re-image the back-up copy onto the new drive? Or do I need to somehow format the new drive to OSX first?? (not sure how).
2. Is that a bad idea to image the back up to the new SSD vs re-installing everything from the scratch. I have a lot of stuff on mac, and time is of essence to me.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.