Best method to clone HDD to new SSD

I am about to upgrade the 256 Gb HDD on my Late 2008 Aluminium Macbook (running 10.9.4) to a 512 Gb SSD.
What is the best practice for cloning the existing drive to the new one? My goal is to just have a seamless transition where I can swap one disk for the other, boot up from the new SSD drive and have the computer function just like it did when running from the original HDD, with all my existing apps and data.
I have a USB to SATA cable if needed, and maintain regular Time Machine backups to a Time Capsule.
I've read several different approaches, like using Carbon Cloner or OS X Disk Utility or restoring from a Time Machine backup, and would like to know if there is a stated best practice way of doing this?
Thanks in advance for any help - it will be much appreciated!

Get an external enclosure - OWC sells them in a variety of flavors. Or use your SATA->USB cable.
Download Carbon Copy Cloner (if only for the free trial time) and plug in the SSD, inside the enclosure, use Disk Utility to format the SSD and then use CCC to clone your old drive to your new SSD.
Everything should go off without a hitch...
Clinton

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