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<blockquote data-quote="LDP" data-source="post: 1643031" data-attributes="member: 220947">I recently bought a refurbished MacBook Pro with OSX Lion. I was going to buy an SSD drive from Crucial but discovered that the software they provide to transfer the contents of my old HD is not actually available for MacBooks. I scoured YouTube but the tutorials there all show using some sort of software and a dongle to transfer the contents. When my Mac Mini's HD failed I did something of the sort to restore it but I can't find the directions I used then. There was something about a hidden partition of the HD that I was able to use. So I'm at a loss. Any assistance would be appreciated.EDIT: after I posted this I found links to answers to basically the same question at the bottom of the page and some helpful information about writing posts: apologies for the confused message above. It looks like it will cost more than the price of the new SSD drive. I decided to save the idea for later and just enjoy by new 2011 MacBook Pro the way Apple made it. For a while anyway. After 25 years on Windows my Mac Mini was a treasure but I've never had a real Mac until now, not one that was all Apple clear through, and I'm very happy with what I have.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LDP, post: 1643031, member: 220947"] I recently bought a refurbished MacBook Pro with OSX Lion. I was going to buy an SSD drive from Crucial but discovered that the software they provide to transfer the contents of my old HD is not actually available for MacBooks. I scoured YouTube but the tutorials there all show using some sort of software and a dongle to transfer the contents. When my Mac Mini's HD failed I did something of the sort to restore it but I can't find the directions I used then. There was something about a hidden partition of the HD that I was able to use. So I'm at a loss. Any assistance would be appreciated. EDIT: after I posted this I found links to answers to basically the same question at the bottom of the page and some helpful information about writing posts: apologies for the confused message above. It looks like it will cost more than the price of the new SSD drive. I decided to save the idea for later and just enjoy by new 2011 MacBook Pro the way Apple made it. For a while anyway. After 25 years on Windows my Mac Mini was a treasure but I've never had a real Mac until now, not one that was all Apple clear through, and I'm very happy with what I have. [/QUOTE]

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