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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)?
Date: 30 Sep 2015 01:27:24 GMT
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On 2015-09-29, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>> >>>> 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.
>> >>> 
>> >>> I just checked this out. It took a few minutes to do it online.
>> > 
>> >> To do what?
>> > 
>> > To see if it works and how long it took. It took a few minutes. At least 
>> > I have an idea how it works.
>
>> Ah, you mean it took a few minutes to boot and get to the initial installer
>> screen? That would make sense. The actual installation would also be much
>> slower, as you can imagine, since everything would have to be transferred
>> to the computer over the Internet.
>
> No, I meant the Internet Recovery's Utilities options for Time Machine 
> restoration, Reinstall Mac OS X, Disk Utility, etc.

Yeah - same difference. The actual install will take longer as well.

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