I have a MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard that I want to upgrade to a new larger hard drive. I also have a current Time Machine backup on an external USB drive and an external SATA case I that I can put a 2.5" drive in.
What's the best procedure for transferring the existing installation to the new drive?
Answer
For instructions on how to replace the hard drive simply follow the step-by-step instructions in the MacBook Pro Unibody manual available here for the 13" Model for example. You can find your specific manual here
The process I followed on my MacBook was:
- Put new HDD in external casing
- Use SuperDuper to copy the original drive to the external drive
- Boot off external drive to ensure everything works
- Physically remove the drive and replace using the instructions in the mentioned manual
- Boot MacBook with the new HDD.
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