Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.portables 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: 1 Oct 2015 04:08:54 GMT Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <8pGdnQqvWt-8xZHLnZ2dnUU7-WWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <8pGdnQevWt_txpHLnZ2dnUU7-WWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net fmkWPdYCQEL1Wlf6SQNv7QTTVrzXH4OcTjtCwK4nPZ2znke7mo Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:qTtKtwOYoU65t5dn4mifgJH0fGg= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32287 comp.sys.mac.system:81229 comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:981 comp.sys.mac.portables:925 Ant wrote: >>> >>> Yep. They better let us watch them test! :P > >> They did it right in front of me just a couple months ago. Just tell >> them you want to see it. > > Cool. Definitely NO to taking the HDD. Why? If you don't want Apple to have the data, simply run Disk Utility and erase the drive. You can even insist on doing it right there at the store before you hand it over to them. It's your (his) computer, after all. > Does it really take 15 minutes to > finish? It took about ten minutes for my MacBook Pro, and they ran one of the tests twice. > One of my friends took almost an hour for her a few years ago > in her appointment (she dropped hers hard onto a hard floor in the > kitchen -- DOH!). :/ There are no guarantees in life. You should make sure you have enough time available just in case. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR