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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: REstoring an MBPro |
| Date | 2015-03-08 16:02 +1300 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <080320151602428897%YourName@YourISP.com> (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? That could depend on what's actually wrong with the original hard drive. If it has lots of corrupted files in the system, then it's pointless restoring those to the new drive. Personally, I always think it's best to start with a complete fresh reinstall of the OS and applications you need, as well as any necessary updaters, then restore your own documents from the backup as and when you actually need it. You'll usually find there's a huge pile of stuff you never use and never miss. > 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. It depends on what you set Time Machine up to backup. Most people only backup their own files - they can easily restore the OS (or could before Apple stupidly went to Internet installation) and Time Machine doesn't play nicely with some files (some web browser caches for example are stored in one huge file, that means the huge file is backed up every time it changes and therefore wastes a lot of backup drive space).
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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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