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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1690923"><p>Something like that, yes. I'm using this: <a href="http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=8491" target="_blank">http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=8491</a></p><p></p><p>(for those of us who don't plan to put a given drive into a semi-permanent housing) </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes. The idea here is that you attach the new drive using the enclosure, format it from your existing Disk Utility program, download and install from the El Capitan installer so it has a completely clean system on it.</p><p></p><p>Then you swap the drives -- put the new one in the MacBook, take the old one and put it in the case. Boot up from the new drive, and it will take you through Setup Assistant to create your account and such. Once that's done, you can attach the old drive by USB and copy into your new Home Folder the documents/media/stuff you want from your old one.</p><p></p><p>Generally I'd suggest redownloading and re-registering your apps rather than dragging them over from the old drive. That rarely works right because of preference files and stuff -- that sort of thing is really what Time Machine is good at.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1690923"] Something like that, yes. I'm using this: [url]http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=8491[/url] (for those of us who don't plan to put a given drive into a semi-permanent housing) Yes. The idea here is that you attach the new drive using the enclosure, format it from your existing Disk Utility program, download and install from the El Capitan installer so it has a completely clean system on it. Then you swap the drives -- put the new one in the MacBook, take the old one and put it in the case. Boot up from the new drive, and it will take you through Setup Assistant to create your account and such. Once that's done, you can attach the old drive by USB and copy into your new Home Folder the documents/media/stuff you want from your old one. Generally I'd suggest redownloading and re-registering your apps rather than dragging them over from the old drive. That rarely works right because of preference files and stuff -- that sort of thing is really what Time Machine is good at. [/QUOTE]
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