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: 2 Oct 2015 03:07:04 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <6q-dnQB5CatBXpHLnZ2dnUU7-W2dnZ2d@earthlink.com> X-Trace: individual.net MHWOJqon24Y5ZSEVgpZjZgLH/zTXuAYwvsqA7POYO5XffTF4Ji Cancel-Lock: sha1:X/GzHAbRgUuK8+lg+ZTqRJjUql8= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32331 comp.sys.mac.system:81366 comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:1021 comp.sys.mac.portables:965 On 2015-10-02, Ant wrote: > ... >> > Why is it a bad idea? The data is backed up, so losing it isn't a >> > concern. If the drive dies in the middle of it, the drive is dead and >> > cannot be accessed to get the data off of it anyway. > >> Alright. I will encrypt before tomorrow's appointment since this >> HDD death is expected. Maybe it will die before the appointment to show >> them the problem. Ha. I wonder how long it will take to encrypt. :/ > > Estimated time is unknown to finish. :/ Erasing would have been much faster. And you could have done it DAYS ago, if you hadn't been so stubborn. -- 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