Cloning all the hdd
hello i my macbook pro 13 late 2011 i run out of memory and i want to put a new hdd to more space but if i clon it with carbon cloning all the programs, data, and the system copy ?
plz help y need
solved. Got home this evening and switched on the MacBook while holding "alt" down, selected the internal volume and it booted up fine. So far I see nothing that is missing, Spotlight is indexing the hard drive, so I guess this was the resaon for 5 GB less on the copy. Anyway, I will install the SL upgrade soon, just over Leopard which is installed on the MB now.
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