Saturday, December 10, 2016

macos - Upgrade to SSD without Re-installing OS



I have a MacBook Pro with a 750 GB HDD and am planning to upgrade to a 240 GB SSD.


I know with Windows if you have 2 hard drives you can do a sector by sector copy if your new drive is larger than your old drive.


Is there a way to clone the ~150 GB of files + OS I have on the HDD to the SSD so I don't have to re-install the OS and configure everything again?


Answer



You could either use Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper and clone your 750GB HDD to the 240GB SSD. You could also shrink the partition size using GParted, however before shrinking the partition size make sure you have a backup of your data.




Carbon Copy Cloner:
bombich.com


SuperDuper:
shirt-pocket.com/superduper


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