Unless you have a really bad app, or you've messed with the receipts folder contents yourself. Everything it needs to know about apps is in the receipts folder. It'll basically just copy the user home area.Oh yes, it does.
#Carbon copy cloner for mac os x 10.2.8 install
That won't copy larger applications such as Pro Tools or the Adobe suit properly because they install frameworks in the system area of the drive that aren't copied in a migration. Sorry for such a seemingly elemental hd maintenance/backup question. On a new drive, will I even be able to access the image that is stored on the external?Ĭan the 'disk image' from Disk Utility be all I need or will I still need to re-install everything from scratch by doing it this way? Basically, I would like to know how I can simply clone from old to new. Ideally, I'd like to just put in the new drive, and just have it ready to go with the OS as I have it now, Logic, all my programs, etc, without having to re-install the OS and then all the applications one at a time (admittedly, I can't find the startup OSX disc my Macbook came with, it's 3 years old and somehow lost it). Using Disk Utility, I can create an image of the current drive and store it on my external FW drive, which is great, I can do that, but then there was also mention of programs like Carbon Copy Cloner. I Googled and read a couple of different approaches. However, I was wondering what is the best way to go about transferring all the data on the current drive (assuming it doesn't crap out on me completely in the next few hours!) to the new drive? It's been grinding for a couple of days now and I'm about to go get a new hard drive tomorrow and install it myself. So my hard drive on my Macbook is dying a slow death.