Booting a cloned drive on a different Mac?

For added safety, i made a bootable clone of my drive on a separate partition of my time machine drive. Thankfully it boots perfectly fine on my computer through the usb. I was just wondering though; if my macbook wasn't available and i wanted to access my programs and not just the documents, would i be able to boot up the drive on a completely different computer, like an iMac? Would Snow Leopard adapt to the new hardware like Windows 98 used to (i know, waaaay back), or insist on using the same computer like 2000 and on.

Zonglars wrote:
I was just wondering though; if my macbook wasn't available and i wanted to access my programs and not just the documents, would i be able to boot up the >drive on a completely different computer, like an iMac? ....
I think you could encounter hardware-function issues assuming it does startup since drivers needed for the second computer might be missing.

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How to backup files to ensure future access and use using a different mac

I recently attempted access backed up data on my LaCie drive from a different Mac notebook. I was blocked. I didn't write down the message, but it essentially advised that the data was locked and I wasn't allowed access. I wasn't given a chance to enter any kind of system password to bypass the lock.
Here is my problem: I recently spilled some wine into my keyboard. Since then, the system has slowed to a crawl and occasionally weird things begin to happen, regardless of which software I am using [eg iPhoto, Quickbooks, idvd, Photoshop, email, and even dashboard]. I know I am very lucky to have any access to my files at all. While I do, I need to back everything up so that I can have access to my files later on. I plan to have my Mac serviced this week. I don't know if it needs to be replaced, or whether it can be repaired.
*+If it can't be repaired, how do I back up my files to ensure future access and use using a different mac?+*

I'll check the example you linked. I appreciate you responding.
I was not trying to boot another system at all. Actually, I was working on a newer mac laptop. I attempted to load a dvd I had created in my idvd on the other mac from the LaCie. I was using a mac because I knew it had all the iLife software I needed in order to work with my idvd components. Honestly though, I don't know if the mac I was using is intel based. I hadn't considered it. Does Apple sell macbooks with intel? No matter.
So, let's see -- I was using the other powerbook to read the LaCie via firewire -- and yes, the LaCie has its own power supply.
If I remember correctly, the denial I received [when attempting to load the idvd file] knew that I had created it. I got the feeling that it wasn't allowing me into the file for security reasons. I just don't remember setting security. Incidentally, I just checked and I do not have a master password set nor do I have FileVault protection turned on.
I'll check that link you sent. Thx again, M~

Booting FCP Studio in different computer from cloned drive

Search was not my friend.
I have a cloned drive of my MBP. I booted it on a Macbook Air to see if, and how well, Motion would run on an Air. FCP and Motion asked for serial numbers. I input them correctly, but was alerted that it was an invalid license. It is not an invalid license.
Is this because I'm attempting this on an Air? Or because I simply can't run FCP or Motion from a cloned disk on a computer that it wasn't registered on?
Thanks for any brilliance.

If you're getting a serial number error message, then it's just about the serial number and not the fact that you're trying to run it on a MacBook Air (that's another issue entirely). Remember when you enter a 1 (number 1) it could be an I (uppercase i) and an 0 (zero) could be an O (uppercase o).
-DH

Clone Hard Drive and boot to different Mac

First off, lemme give the details... I just got a lacie rugged 500gb hard drive, and i have a macbook pro and an imac (both intel). Now my imac is in a bit of a shambles because i never really went through the process of deleting all the preference files and packages for software i used, i just simply deleted the program itself... so my library (and other things like my itunes library) are somewhat out of order. However, my macbook pro started from scratch, and has everything, including itunes, in order. Now that i have my new external HD, i want to move any important files from the imac (my family guy collection :P), then make a bootable clone of my macbook pro's hard drive (using intego personal backup x5 i believe), erase the imac's hard drive, and restore from the backup of my laptop's hard drive. Basically, i want to make my imac a clone of my macbook pro, while physically deleting all the unimportant stuff off of it, rather than just booting from the external hd every single time. Any suggestions as to wiping the imac's hard drive and restoring from the X5 backup? P.S. When you erase the hard drive (i am assuming using disk utility??) it leaves the OS intact no? So that when you boot you should be able to press option or whatever to boot from the drive? I have already explained what im goin for, step by step would be greatly appreciated....

My bad, didnt realize this was a macbook (black and white) specific group, ill re-post

Cloned drive reads as MS-DOS even though formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

Question: How can I get my friend's MacBook 5,1 to properly boot from a cloned drive?
I have a friend with a MacBook 5,1 and I'm trying to help her to install a new hard drive. I followed the instructions here using Apple Disk Utility to clone the hard drive. For cloning, I had the original drive in the laptop and the clone was attached via an external SATA to USB adapter. The specs on the drive are here:
WD Scorpio Black 500 GB SATA Hard Drives ( WD5000BPKT)
After I cloned the drive I set it to boot, externally, on startup and was successful. I placed a test file in the Desktop folder of the cloned drive and confirmed on startup that I was indeed booting off the clone. The problem occurred when I attempted to install and then boot the drive from within the laptop. I received a blinking folder with a question mark. I then attached the old drive via the SATA to USB adapter, booted up, and opened Disk Utility (note: click image to see full size):
Note the partion size, name, and size are nothing like what I originally saw. So I swapped the old drive back in, attached the clone externally and had a look to see what Disk Utility showed (note: click image to see full size):
Summary of differences:
Feature
Internally
Externally
Volume Name
DISK0S1
Macintosh HD
Format
MS-DOS (FAT)
Mac OS Extneded (Journaled)
Size
62.51 GB
499.76 GB
Partition Map Scheme
Master Boot Record
GUID Partition Table
So for some reason the drive shows one partion scheme/size/name when mounted externally, and another completely different set when mounted internally. I'm inclined to believe the second since I did successfully boot from this drive externally.
Is it possible I just need to clear the Master Boot Record? Or is there some other solution that should work?
Finally, here's the Disk Utility log:
2012-03-13 16:23:01 -0700: Disk Utility started.
2012-03-13 16:26:05 -0700: Preparing to erase : “FreeAgent G”
2012-03-13 16:26:05 -0700:           Partition Scheme: Master Boot Record
2012-03-13 16:26:05 -0700:           1 volume will be erased
2012-03-13 16:26:05 -0700:                     Name                    : “FreeAgent G”
2012-03-13 16:26:05 -0700:                     Size                    : 500.11 GB
2012-03-13 16:26:05 -0700:                     Filesystem          : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2012-03-13 16:26:05 -0700: Unmounting disk
2012-03-13 16:26:10 -0700: Volume Erase failed with the error:
Could not unmount disk
2012-03-13 16:26:10 -0700: Erase complete.
2012-03-13 16:26:10 -0700:
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700: Preparing to erase : “FreeAgent G”
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700:           Partition Scheme: Master Boot Record
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700:           1 volume will be erased
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700:                     Name                    : “FreeAgent G”
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700:                     Size                    : 500.11 GB
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700:                     Filesystem          : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700: Unmounting disk
2012-03-13 16:26:35 -0700: Volume Erase failed with the error:
Could not unmount disk
2012-03-13 16:26:35 -0700: Erase complete.
2012-03-13 16:26:35 -0700:
2012-03-13 16:27:02 -0700: Preparing to erase : “FreeAgent G”
2012-03-13 16:27:02 -0700:           Partition Scheme: Master Boot Record
2012-03-13 16:27:02 -0700:           1 volume will be erased
2012-03-13 16:27:02 -0700:                     Name                    : “FreeAgent G”
2012-03-13 16:27:02 -0700:                     Size                    : 500.11 GB
2012-03-13 16:27:02 -0700:                     Filesystem          : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2012-03-13 16:27:02 -0700: Unmounting disk
2012-03-13 16:27:03 -0700: Erasing
2012-03-13 16:27:16 -0700: Initialized /dev/rdisk1s1 as a 466 GB HFS Plus volume with a 40960k journal
2012-03-13 16:27:16 -0700: Mounting disk
2012-03-13 16:27:16 -0700: Erase complete.
2012-03-13 16:27:16 -0700:
2012-03-16 15:42:14 -0700: Disk Utility started.
2012-03-16 15:44:45 -0700: Preparing to partition disk: “WDC WD50 00BPKT-00PK4T0 Media”
2012-03-16 15:44:45 -0700:           Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2012-03-16 15:44:45 -0700:           1 partition will be created
2012-03-16 15:44:45 -0700:
2012-03-16 15:44:45 -0700:           Partition 1
2012-03-16 15:44:45 -0700:                     Name                    : “Macintosh HD”
2012-03-16 15:44:45 -0700:                     Size                    : 500.11 GB
2012-03-16 15:44:45 -0700:                     Filesystem          : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2012-03-16 15:44:45 -0700:
2012-03-16 15:44:45 -0700: Unmounting disk
2012-03-16 15:44:45 -0700: Creating partition map
2012-03-16 15:44:45 -0700: Waiting for disks to reappear
2012-03-16 15:44:46 -0700: Formatting disk1s2 as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with name Macintosh HD
2012-03-16 15:44:58 -0700: Partition complete.
2012-03-16 15:44:58 -0700:
2012-03-16 15:46:24 -0700: Restore Disk
2012-03-16 15:46:24 -0700:           Source: “Macintosh HD”
2012-03-16 15:46:24 -0700:           Destination: “Macintosh HD”
2012-03-16 15:46:24 -0700:           Erase Destination: Yes
2012-03-16 15:46:24 -0700:           Erase “Macintosh HD” and replace its contents with the contents of “Macintosh HD.”
2012-03-16 15:46:24 -0700:
2012-03-16 15:46:24 -0700: Starting Restore…
2012-03-16 15:46:25 -0700: Validating target...
2012-03-16 15:46:25 -0700: done
2012-03-16 15:46:25 -0700: Validating source...
2012-03-16 15:46:25 -0700: done
2012-03-16 15:46:25 -0700: Erasing target device /dev/disk1s2...
2012-03-16 15:46:38 -0700: done
2012-03-16 15:46:39 -0700: Validating sizes...
2012-03-16 15:46:39 -0700: done
2012-03-16 15:46:39 -0700: Copying
2012-03-16 18:47:53 -0700:
2012-03-16 18:47:57 -0700: Restore took 3 hours, 1 minute
2012-03-16 18:47:57 -0700: Complete.
2012-03-16 18:47:58 -0700:
2012-03-16 22:06:19 -0700: Disk Utility started.
2012-03-16 22:28:56 -0700: Disk Utility started.
2012-03-16 22:54:41 -0700: Verify and Repair volume “Macintosh HD”
2012-03-16 22:54:41 -0700: Starting repair tool:
2012-03-16 22:54:42 -0700: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2012-03-16 22:54:42 -0700: Checking extents overflow file.
2012-03-16 22:54:43 -0700: Checking catalog file.
2012-03-16 22:55:01 -0700: Checking multi-linked files.
2012-03-16 22:55:02 -0700: Checking catalog hierarchy.
2012-03-16 22:55:33 -0700: Checking extended attributes file.
2012-03-16 22:55:42 -0700: Checking volume bitmap.
2012-03-16 22:55:42 -0700: Checking volume information.
2012-03-16 22:55:42 -0700: The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK.
2012-03-16 22:55:43 -0700: Volume repair complete.2012-03-16 22:55:43 -0700: Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.2012-03-16 22:55:43 -0700: Repair tool completed:
2012-03-16 22:55:43 -0700:
2012-03-16 22:55:43 -0700:
2012-03-16 23:08:19 -0700: Disk Utility started.
2012-03-16 23:14:54 -0700: Disk Utility started.

I'll have access to the machine again next Tuesday. I can do more tests then re: holding down the Option key. I did try a bunch of key combinations during boot that I found online but none seemed to have any affect. I only received the blinking Folder icon.
The original hard drive has a single partition. As shown in the logs above, the replacement drive was formatted with a single partition. I am noticing one anomaly in the logs, which seems to indicate both failure and success. I don't remember seeing any indication via the GUI that there were any issues.
2012-03-13 16:26:05 -0700: Unmounting disk
2012-03-13 16:26:10 -0700: Volume Erase failed with the error:
Could not unmount disk
2012-03-13 16:26:10 -0700: Erase complete.
2012-03-13 16:26:10 -0700:
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700: Preparing to erase : “FreeAgent G”
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700:           Partition Scheme: Master Boot Record
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700:           1 volume will be erased
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700:                     Name                    : “FreeAgent G”
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700:                     Size                    : 500.11 GB
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700:                     Filesystem          : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2012-03-13 16:26:33 -0700: Unmounting disk
2012-03-13 16:26:35 -0700: Volume Erase failed with the error:
Could not unmount disk
2012-03-13 16:26:35 -0700: Erase complete.

Purchasing a new Boot drive for Power PC Mac dual G5 2.7 GHz ( early 2005)

As I’ve mentioned I have Power MAC Dual G5 2,7 GHz( early 2005)
I’m doing “ erase and install” on my boot drive Caviar and starting from the scratch - Basically doing whole new setup with my music apps,sample libraries and back up.
To describe it little better - My plan is to move Caviar to second slot ( mostly will be used for I-tunes,documents,photos and maybe some back up) and purchase new boot drive.
All my audio and music samples I’m running from 4 bay ( sata ) exterior hot swap enclosure with Lycom card so my boot drive will be clearly for OS X and applications.
Now - I’ve gone through a big research and even though I have not really make up my mind about my purchase - here is what I’ve found out so far.
As a boot drive I’ve been considering following ( I’m adding my comments as well)
1) My first pick was Hitachi T7K500 320GB SATA II HD 16MB Cache -
seemed to me like a very good choice for a boot drive since it has a great random access .But after reading review in “ AMUG reviews “ Using a Hitachi T7K500 320GB with a Mac Pro I was not that sure .Apparently They don’t recommend Hitachi T7K500 for internal Mac Pro usage since it is slower without using SATA host adapter. But that is Mac Pro - I have Dual processor so it might be different?
Second choice was
2) Maxtor MaXLine III 500GB or Maxtor MaXLine Pro 500 GB
here I’m not sure -some guys don’t really recommend this brand but in bunch of online reviews I’ve read it was mentioned as a very good choice for a boot drive .
I’ve been told that this drive is too noisy and too cheap which I think is not a bad thing though.
And finally
3) Raptor 74 GB or 150 GB
Everyone knows those drives are fast
Downside is that size is not very big ( just my OS X will be around 50 GB)
plus 150 Gig won’t work natively on my G5 without host card which would be another extra expense .
Maybe one more thing to add - I have not consider neither seagate drives (since random access speed is not that great) nor pairing any of those previously mentioned drives into raid 0 configuration .
So basically that is my selection.I’m trying to pick up drive which would work natively without PCI - X card and would be reliable and fast.( Only if I would have no choice - Than I would probably buy a host card )
Also I’m not sure whether for example in the case of hitachi ( or even other brands ) would be smarter to go with bigger size - maybe 400 or 500 GB for a boot since all drives getting slower as they get filled up.
I would really appreciate if anyone can give me a feedback as far as what drive would be the best choice in my case.
Thank you very much for your time
Milan

OK - I'll try that one more time - second choice is Maxtor Maxline III 500 GB or maxtor maxline Pro 500 GB.

I just restarted my mac then suddenly when it boots,disk utility came and says different option like repair disk, get help, reinstall OSX and I tried to click disk repair but it says that I am um able to repair the disk

i just restarted my mac then suddenly when it boots,disk utility came and says different option like repair disk, get help, reinstall OSX and I tried to click disk repair but it says that I am um able to repair the disk

It sounds like your hard drive either has a software problem that Disk Utility cannot fix or that the HD has failed (mechanically).
Your Mac may have booted either to your recovery partition or to internet recovery in an attempt to repair the drive- I can't tell from your post.
I'll assume that it was the recovery partition.
Try to boot into internet recovery (hold down option command R at restart), and see if you can repair your HD with Disk Utility. You should also repair permissions while you're there.
If that doesn't work, try to boot into single user mode (restart, hold down ⌘S until you see a black screen with white text) and repair your hard drive. Here's a reference with directions: Repair Your Hard Disk in Single User Mode | Everything Macintosh
If that doesn't work you have a few options:
If your mac originally came with installation disks, you can try to boot from the installation disk and then see if you can repair the HD.
There is a small chance that Techtool Pro 7 will be able to repair your HD if Disk Utility can't.
If none of that works then your HD has probably failed and will need to be replaced, which is not too difficult to do yourself if you can use a screwdriver.

How do I fix my early 2008 mac pro boot hard disk. Lost everything when it crashed hard, can not reinstal via cd/dvd drive... are there any fix get it boot from dvd drive?

I have an early 2008 MAC PRO Quad Core 3.0ghz processor. 8 Gig of rams, with a 1 Gig memory Radeon 5770 HD Graphic Card running the latest Version of Snow Leopard OS. Last week lighting struck the house take out all of my hard drives (4) thank god the surge protector mitigated the mother board from damaged, use the Parted Magic to check out the motherboard and it intact with no damage. I can boot with the Parted-magic and be able surf and post this question to this forums. I replaced a newly formatted hard drive and trying to installed OS X Mountain Lions to the new drive, but unable to have it boot in my MAC PRO DVD, I get the usual chimes during the booting processed but the screen remain blackout, but able to boot with Parted-Magic to surf the web and access Apple sites/forums.
I am not well verse in using the Parted_Magic to repair or get my-mac to boot normally so I can reinstall OS X. Any help would appreciated.
Thank you
Disabled Veteran.

Go to System Profile and look, does it say "MacPro3,1"?
That is 2008.
FBDIMM would be 800MHz. Did you use older slower 667MHz in yours?
You can but take a hit in performance.
Sounds like MacPro1,1.
Mac Pro (3.0GHz quad core (dual CPUs) 8GB 667 RAM)
In 2007 March an 8-core 3GHz did come out 2,1.
So just to be clear.
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It was all working fine a couple of days ago. At the time it randomly shut down I was trying to use Boot Camp to create a Windows 7 area,
Whenever you want to install Windows, remove all the drives other than the one Windows goes to. And if you use a dedicated drive YOU DO NOT NEED Boot Camp Assist, unless you use XP, which really is limited and crippled (one processor, 1.9GB RAM support).
And when it freezes, your only choice is to nuke (reformat) and restore or get out that backup CLONE you made before (ie, Step #1 in the Boot Camp Guide).
Sure that whole NTFS / MBR / GUID could be an issue, but you should just have a blank drive or clone.
No don't bother Apple, they seem to not have a good sense about Windows on Mac Pro anyway.
Other than zap pram from cold boot / tried booting with NO drives inside and just 10.6. DVD - should be fine.
You should be fine iwth Windows 7 DVD and one drive, or even XP.
Make sure you take your time and reconnect cards etc properly and any cables.
Booting from OS X DVDs may not work if there is a drive with a totally shot directory or partition table. Put them in FW case and turn on AFTER OS X is booted.
Why aren't people Cloning as a Backup Strategy
Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.2
How To clone

Booting different Mac operating systems.

In the Windows world, the user can set up a computer to allow the selection of different operating system versions, such as Win98, WinXP, WinVista, to be chosen at startup.
Can this be done with Leopard, or possibly Snow Leopard? I'd like to upgrade, yet keep the existing system installed. I am not referring to using an emulator like Parallels Desktop, I'm already doing that.
One of the things that's the most frustrating to me is the different terminology used. Took me awhile to figure out that Airport is wireless networking, and today I discovered that Automator appears to be a macro recorder. Yet I've got a friend who could never figure out the other terms but the Mac terms make perfect sense to her!! Go figure!!! LOL
And before someone suggests it, I bought a Leopard book last spring when I bought this Mac, but a summer job I took involved 10-12 hour workdays and I just haven't had the time or energy to get it read.
Ken

Supported different Mac operating systems (and unix-like Linux for Mac) can be
booted in the same computer; in order for multiple Mac OS X systems to work,
they need to be in their own partition so as to not mix up their differences, and
applications that may work well in one may not do so well in another. So, each
OSX has its own Applications and other folders, in their own home partitions.
Snow Leopard 10.6.x is intended for Intel-based Macs; Leopard 10.5.x is the
last version supporting PPC-based Macs. Some PPC Macs did not like 10.5.
You could probably use a bootable externally enclosed hard disk drive to have
additional system(s) available for the computer, instead of reformatting the HD
& partitioning it for several systems. The OEM drive may be too small for more
than one OS installed, depending on the uses expected and storage demands.
Computers that can't support the latest OS X 10.6.x won't, and they can't use
an older OS X than the one they shipped with, the exact as-shipped version.
Some models can run several OSs including variants of Linux or unix for Mac,
and select supported OS X versions; plus older Macs running dualboot OS9/X.
The Support pages on the Apple site have helpful information on specific Macs
& other hardware, so that may be of help to read about each model in question.
Also, the free download offline database: http://mactracker.ca is fairly handy.
Good luck & happy computing!

Cloned Drive Won't Boot

Hi All,
I have an external 320 GB drive that I use for backup for my Pismo and my 12" Al. It's in a Mercury On The Go firewire enclosure that usually works fine.
I use SuperDuper to clone my drives.
For some reason, the cloned drive of my 12"AL won't mount. I duped it again using SuperDuper, and it says it did it completely and it's supposed to be bootable. But when I change Startup Disk to the external I just get the blue screen--no apple, no spinning gear, no dock, nothing.
This was an expensive drive, and I want to have bootable backups. Anyone have an idea how to fix?
Cheers,
GB
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If the drive is only USB, it generally won't boot a PowerPC Mac running Mac OS X. You can exchange the hard drive case for one that has Firewire from http://www.macsales.com/ once you discover what type of internal drive is inside the USB case, if it is a USB drive. See this image if you don't know what Firewire looks like *
Secondly, the clone will only boot reliably the machine and/or model and vintage machine the clone was made from (the latter, it is important for legal consideration that you have the right licenses for it).
Partitioning a hard drive will allow you to create multiple clones, if there is enough room on the hard drive. For PowerPC Macs though the partitioning has to be Apple Partition Map. For Intel Macs, it has to be GUID. Here's a guide to partitioning:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61301
If you have a mix of PowerPC and Intel Macs, this guide explains how to do both.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006061610374449
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

Can I put an imovie on a flash drive, and edit it on a different mac?

So i am doing a video project for school. We used imovie on a mac desktop to make and edit most of the video. unfortunatly, we are still not done and the girl who has the imac, is leaving for out of town. we were wondering if we put the imovie on a flash drive, can we then upload it onto a different mac (in our case a macbook laptop) and then continue editing? the flash drive is a brand new 8 GB flash drive so it has pleanty of room for our 5 minute video. We also do not have time to start over, with the deadline being very soon.
So will the flash drive trasportation work?
Is there even a way to transport the video over to a new computer?
Thank you everyone who will help me out!

Hi
My thoughts
A. Free Space on Start-Up (Boot, Macintosh HD) Hard Disk - must be 25Gb or more to let iDVD run OK
B. If DVD-burner doesn't work - then Save as a DiskImage - in DVD - to e.g. Desktop so it's easy to find
C. Format an USB-Memory stick (WILL ERASE IT to 100%) - AS - Mac OS Extended (hfs) ! ! !
( UNIX / DOS / FAT32 / Mac OS Exchange - WILL NOT WORK FOR THIS ! )
D, This .img file You just created can now be moved over to another Mac. Save it onto this Hard Disk
E. Burn the DVD - by using Disk Util tool - and burn the .img file onto a DVD
F. SET DOWN BURN SPEED to x2 or x4 MAX !
G. I only use Verbatim SL-DVD-R disks
Good Luck
Yours Bengt W

Mac Won't Start: Invalid Key Length and Non-booting External Hard Drive

I just installed a bunch of software updates and had restarted the machine for them to take effect. On startup, my Mac shows the Apple logo and the spinning circle at the bottom like it's trying to configure the updates and then about a minute in it shuts down.
So I booted into single user mode to try and troubleshoot/repair it and get an "Invalid Key Error" which according to this post - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8882372&#8882372 - is bad news.
So I'm planning to buy the online version of Disk Warrior, install it on a bootable external hard drive so I can try and repair my main disk. But when I try to boot from that bootable hard drive (USB) my Mac instantly dies. I hold down the OPT key to start up, select the drive, then -zap- black screen and the computer restarts again.
Any ideas what might be going on?
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Thanks nerowolfe,
I don't have a DVD on me (I'm on vacation right now) but I do have an image of the DVD on a bootable external hard drive as well as a clean install of Leopard on the hard drive (on a different partition). Any time I try to boot from one of those, the computer looks like it's going to start to boot and then restarts right away.
I've also got my wife's MacBook Pro here. Is there any way I can connect my other machine to hers, mount it as an external hard drive, and run Disk Warrior from her machine?
Thanks again,
=Ryan

I have a 2012 Mini with a fusion drive that won't boot from a usb cloned drive. It came with 10.8.2 pre installed. I have zapped the PRAM and reset the SMC. Any thoughts?

I have a 2012 Mini with a fusion drive that won't boot from a usb cloned drive. It came with 10.8.2 pre installed. I have zapped the PRAM and reset the SMC. Any thoughts?

When I tried using a recently downloaded (from the App store) version of MtLion 10.8.2 (12C60) I could NOT get the new MacMini to install or boot from a USB I had previously made. I was however able to use the Recovery Mode of the MacMini to create a bootable SSD which I had installed. The problem arose when I went back into Recovery DU as it saw the seperate drives (SSD & HD) as a broken Fusion Drive. Interestingly DU from the boot volume had NO issues and reported NO faults. It was the Recovery DU that identified the faulty Fusion Drive configuration. At this point I am definately out of my depth but my speculation is that the Recovery Volume is being used in some fashion to form the method or pattern that DU assigns files to the drives, System Report sees the drives as seperate volumes with all their individual characteristics.
Disk Utility did not make a bootable USB, I don't have or use CCC or Super Duper.
Here is the longer version I've been compiling:
Having bought a late 2012 Mac Mini(6,2) i7 2.66GHZ with the standard 1TB 5400 HD and 4GB of RAM (base model) I immediately decided to install a Mercury Elite 6g 240GB SSD and up the RAM to 16GB. I received both shipments on the same day and had all my new toys in front of me. After following the video advice on OWC’s website for the installation of the second drive I started the mini and formatted the SSD to accept the OS from Recovery on the original HD. This MacMini shipped with 10.8.2 (12C2034) as the OS, the normal build of 10.8.2 is (12C60). Having used Recovery Disk Utility to format the SSD it came back with an error that DU could’t Repair. I went ahead and installed the OS on the SSD and the Mini booted normally from both drives. The issue I encountered with this setup was that iMovie encountered an “unexpected error” and would not save a completed project. I therefore decided to figure the drive issue out because I suspect the new Fusion File Management software didn’t like my configuration with drives that Recovery DU saw as needing to be “fixed”. After spending some time on the phone with both OWC and Apple Support I took the plunge and used Internet Recovery Disk Utility and allowed both drives to be “fixed” after which DU created a Fusion Drive (Logical Drive) that I then ran Repair Disk on and it showed up as a single drive in DU. It works perfectly as described by Apple’s site:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5446
Having checked the Link Speed and Negotiated Speed they both show as 6g so I’m pleased not to have lost performance due to it being fuzed to a 3g 5400 drive. The biggest drawback is that Apple’s Fusion Management only allows for 1 additional partition and I would have preferred more than that.
I have sourced some additional information here:
http://blog.macsales.com/15619-special-note-for-adding-an-ssd-to-a-2012-mac-mini ?
http://blog.macsales.com/15619-special-note-for-adding-an-ssd-to-a-2012-mac-mini ?
http://blog.macsales.com/15619-special-note-for-adding-an-ssd-to-a-2012-mac-mini ?
http://blog.fosketts.net/2011/08/05/undocumented-corestorage-commands/
If anyone has a factory Fusion Drive could you please post the Link and Negotiated Speeds of both drives? This information can be found in Apple > About This Mac > More Info… > System Report > Serial ATA and the drives should show up as discrete drives with their info listed separately.

HT201250 Can I use Time Machine on two different Macs to back up to one external drive?

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I have one 1T Western Digital backup drive that works well with Time Machine and my MacBook Pro. I now want to back up my wife's MacBook Air using Time Machine on her Mac and want to know if I can use the same WD external drive or if I need to get a 2nd back up drive? If I can use one external drive for the two Macs do I need to do something special on the drive or will Time Machine do it automatically?

Yes. You will need to configure Time Machine preferences on each computer to backup to the same drive. Note that you cannot connect the backup drive to both machines at the same time.

I'd like to carry my system, applications and files on a portable Thunderbolt ssd drive and boot from it. I have a Mac Pro in the office, iMac at home

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Piece or peace of cake really though.
A quick install on new hard drive or SSD or 10K and less than an hour to move everything over properly.
YOU looked for a quick fix and found none and all the brick walls.
It is not days of work to do a clean install and migrate.
There are few if any apps that need to be freshly installed either though there are updates needed for them to be compliant, any driver or plugin also and that is done ahead of time with research.
And your backup or clone of your system is taken care of - you leave the old system boot drive 'as is' untouched.
Also, better strategy to move most all your home folder (except for its own ~/Library) to ANOTHER disk drive and not on t he system drive at all.
As for applications on its own drive or 3rd party, beeen there done that, even SSD or 15K SCSI - no benefit in performance or organization.

Booting a cloned drive on a different Mac?

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