Path: csiph.com!au2pb.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:56:00 -0500 From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) Subject: Re: Any catches on restoring from an old Mac OS X v10.8.5 Time Machine HDD backup to new SSD on a 13.3" MacBook Pro (9,2; MD102ll/A)? Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.systems,comp.sys.mac.portables References: <0Zednby4RbovlpfLnZ2dnUU7-cmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <290920150001155253%nospam@nospam.invalid> User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (Linux/4.1.3-200.fc22.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:56:00 -0500 Lines: 60 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.103.224.66 X-Trace: sv3-BqxkTRY/s+9KDtdmLLZjsdAy+qpQ8BvdiPkrTKaycmYZ3rTrHYOZ62e+yoX4jHFmXxujG3Q3rfwjk5H!m6aWSoctD0AWphddZ82rlOde3QloJVr7bybNriclJ4//ddakfiJPrT/0ZrXLAWRxiwJeODwQeWWz!0zHjILyZ44+LW8TQ3bPEHqa2ZXKmCcQ= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 4007 X-Received-Bytes: 4119 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2919367627 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32201 comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:910 comp.sys.mac.system:81065 comp.sys.mac.portables:854 In comp.sys.mac.apps Jolly Roger wrote: > Ant wrote: > > In comp.sys.mac.systems nospam wrote: > >> In article <0Zednby4RbovlpfLnZ2dnUU7-cmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant > >> wrote: > > > >>> It looks like I'll be helping my client get a SSD to replace his dying, > >>> dropped HDD, in his 13.3" MacBook Pro (9,2; MD102ll/A) soon. Since he > >>> still has his Mac OS X v10.8.5's Time Machine's HDD backup, I assume it > >>> is straight easy to restore like I did yesterday (took about three hours > >>> to finish) from a bigger HDD to a smaller SSD? Or will I run into issues > >>> that I don't know about? > > > >> as long as all of the data fits, there won't be an issue. > > > > Wait. How do I format the brand new SSD in MBP after swapping? I think > > Recovery has to be on the installed drive? Does MBP's firmware have its > > own recovery or something? > What exact model Mac is this? It's relatively new, right? 2012 13.3" MBP (non-Retina) 9,2 MD102ll/A. > If you don't have a recovery partition (which is the case with a new drive) > and you have an internet connection available you can still use OS X > Internet Recovery by holding down the Command-R while starting the > computer. Ah, Internet download. > Naturally this will be slower; so if you have a 8GB or larger USB stick > handy, placing the OS X installer on that would be preferable. But if not, > Internet recovery is the simplest method. Wait, is the online recovery that big too? Yikes! > You can read all about OS X Internet Recovery here: > > Thanks. -- Quote of the Week: Allah's Apostle said, "Once while a prophet amongst the prophets was taking a rest underneath a tree, an ant bit him. He, therefore, ordered that his luggage be taken away from underneath that tree and then ordered that the dwelling place of the ants should be set on fire. Allah sent him a revelation: 'Wouldn't it have been sufficient to burn a single ant (that bit you)?'" --Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 54, Number 536 Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.home.dhs.org (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail privately. If credit- ( ) ing, then please kindly use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link.