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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1862946" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Ok, what I would suggest is that you do a clean install to the new internal SSD when it arrives. Maybe make a USB Thumb drive installer to do that. The idea is to get the new SSD internal to boot as if the machine were brand new, no accounts. Then when it offers to migrate your data for you, take that opportunity to import from either of your backups. That process will create the account you have now, with the same password, and then put all your files in place. It will also reinstall all the applications (Except for the 32 bit ones) on the new internal drive. When that process is complete, it will boot into your brand new system, all ready for you to use, clean, ready and with all your files. </p><p></p><p>Just remember, on the newly installed drive do NOT create an account and then migrate, take that first offer to migrate and let it create the account. That way you won't have to wrestle with permissions on files later on. </p><p></p><p>Once you have a clean fresh install and everything like you like it, you can decide how to go about backing up. For now, with the new external I would suggest just turning on TM and point to that drive to get at least one clean new backup of your new system. Then you can decide what you may want to do with the old TM and CCC backups. If you decide not to keep them, you can then repurpose that drive to be a CCC destination. If you need to, you can partition both of those drives and use just a portion for TM and CCC. Just don't put the two backups on the same physical device for the reasons given.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1862946, member: 396914"] Ok, what I would suggest is that you do a clean install to the new internal SSD when it arrives. Maybe make a USB Thumb drive installer to do that. The idea is to get the new SSD internal to boot as if the machine were brand new, no accounts. Then when it offers to migrate your data for you, take that opportunity to import from either of your backups. That process will create the account you have now, with the same password, and then put all your files in place. It will also reinstall all the applications (Except for the 32 bit ones) on the new internal drive. When that process is complete, it will boot into your brand new system, all ready for you to use, clean, ready and with all your files. Just remember, on the newly installed drive do NOT create an account and then migrate, take that first offer to migrate and let it create the account. That way you won't have to wrestle with permissions on files later on. Once you have a clean fresh install and everything like you like it, you can decide how to go about backing up. For now, with the new external I would suggest just turning on TM and point to that drive to get at least one clean new backup of your new system. Then you can decide what you may want to do with the old TM and CCC backups. If you decide not to keep them, you can then repurpose that drive to be a CCC destination. If you need to, you can partition both of those drives and use just a portion for TM and CCC. Just don't put the two backups on the same physical device for the reasons given. [/QUOTE]
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