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| From | nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: REstoring an MBPro |
| Date | 2015-03-07 21:38 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <070320152138348592%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | <mdgcdm$6d2$1@dont-email.me> |
In article <mdgcdm$6d2$1@dont-email.me>, John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote: > I now have access to all 490 GB of a borked MBP, via booting off an > external FW drive. I was thinking of copying- cloning is perhaps a > better word, most of it to a 500 Gig HD, reformatting the broken > computer, and then restoring it to the now hopefully nicely formatted > and running MBP. > > But what to use? Time Machine? SuperDuper? Straight copy, then install > Yosemite Fresh? TM and then fresh install then Restore via TM? > > In fact, does TM make a copy of all or most of the System files? In any > event, I will be leaving out a hundred or more Gigs on the restore. cloning would be the easiest. carbon copy cloner lets you choose what gets copied while superduper clones everything (skipping stuff that doesn't need to be copied, like vm swap files, etc.). you can always delete stuff after it's done.
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REstoring an MBPro John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-03-07 18:34 -0800 Re: REstoring an MBPro nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-07 21:38 -0500 Re: REstoring an MBPro Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-08 16:02 +1300 Re: REstoring an MBPro Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-03-08 08:23 -0400
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