Hard drive image

I am going to get a new MBP and want to know if it is possible to completely duplicate the hard drive on my iMac and install it on the new MBP. I have a lot of programs on my iMac from my old job, like CS3, and want them on my new MBP but do not have the install disc any more. Any info is greatly apreciated!

You can clone the HD using an application like SuperDuper! and/or Carbon Copy Cloner. Usually a good rule of thumb, however, when crossing machines is to use Migration Assistant. The problem with cloning a HD across hardware platforms is that you might not get the drivers for the destination machine.
For example... the 13" MacBook Pro had a very specific build of 10.5.7 when it came out that no other machine had and people that did the clone-transfer method were not getting system sound.

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NetInstall from configured hard drive image - is the OS hardware-specific?

Hello.
I deal with the installations, maintenance, etc. of about 30 computers — it's a mix of Intel iMacs, Mac Pros and G5s. About 75% of these machines in configured in one way (including applications, etc.) and the other 25% another way. Other than the OS (as some are Intel, some aren't), there's not a big different between these machines (again, with respect to the installed applications, configurations, etc.). So, I'm looking at starting to use NetInstall of future installations and upgrades and I'd like to use hard drive images of base machine installs (OS, applications, base users, settings) and I'm wondering — is the install of the OS (10.5.x) hardware-specific? Do I need to create an image for specific hardware (not including Intel vs PPC)? For example, if I create the image from an Intel iMac, can I use that image for installing a Mac Pro? I'm not sure how hardware-specific the original OS install is (if it only installs files for the machine it's being installed on, or if it installs all files for use on various machines)?
Some advice here would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Kristin.

Provided the Build of Mac OS X 10.5.x is the same or newer than that of your newest hardware then technically it is hardware-independent in that case.
For example 10.5.6 (9G55) will support any model of Mac (meeting Leopard's requirements) which shipped prior to its release - however there are some cases where you may be missing multi-touch demo videos if you didn't start your build from a system containing these. The 10.5.6 (9G66) retail DVD contains these and would serve as a good base. 10.5.6 (9G2141) would support all currently shipping Macs as of March 2nd 2009.
10.5.x is a fully Universal system so it will support any PowerPC-based Mac (meeting Leopard's requirements).
Refer to this document for specific build numbers for Intel Macs: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1159

Photshop CS6 not showing as `open-with` for desktop/external hard.drive images

Hi, I have CS6 and am using Photoshop, but when I try to open any image on my desktop the `open with` option dosent include Photoshop CS6, only other Adobe applications; even when I browse I can only find the Adobe systems file, with the .exe doc; I have a lot of images to edit, preferably without having to open Photoshop and individually open them from their folders; any advice on how to make Photshop CS6 `open-with`-able for any desktop/external hard drive images?

Thanks for raising this issue. I found the answer at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/photoshopsupport/discuss/72157630067784368/. Hope it works. I have done it but I believe I must now reboot before trying it.

Hard drive image moving on screen

I have been running on Macs since '84 and I have no clue if it is possible to have the hard drive image from moving from its place after an update and to have it not move
Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Thanks Glenn,
Hopefully by applying the snap to grid will solve my problem.
I noticed though that when you go to the View tab and then to the Arange By tab I can not uncheck all. The item in the tab that is applied as in view arange by name will sort the items by name and will stay that way. I am not able to have it uncheck all
Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Only the hard drive image showing up upon start up

When I started up my computer today for the first time ever all I saw was a larger image of my hard drive located in the middle of a gray screen. Had to click on it to proceed to the desk top. Has this every happened to anyone else? This is the first time for me and I am curious as to what caused that.

This happens if you hold the option key while booting - it invokes the startup manager so that if you have a bootable external disk you can choose that to boot from just this one time: as you only have the internal disk that's all that showed. Possibly you hit the option key by accident: anyway it's quite harmless.

Realtime mirrored hard drive image

here is what i want to do: i have an external firewire drive that i created a partition on that is the same size as my internal hard drive. i want that drive to be a mirror image of my internal drive. i dont want time machine, that keeps backups, i want a realtime backup, so if i delete a file on my internal drive, it will also be erased from the external drive. id also like some way for the external drive to synchronize to the current state of my internal drive when i have been working with the drive unplugged and then plug it back in.
i hope this is clear... is this possible at all?

Not a good idea. First, you cannot add an existing startup volume to a RAID set. You would have to erase your startup volume, create the RAID, then reinstall OS X. Second, an external drive is slower than in internal drive, so the RAID would function only as fast as the slower drive in the RAID set. Third, the external drive would have to be permanently connected and operational in order to boot from it. You would be better off simply using the external drive as a backup for the internal drive.
See the following to learn more about RAIDs:
RAID Basics
For basic definitions and discussion of what a RAID is and the different types of RAIDs see RAIDs. Additional discussions plus advantages and disadvantages of RAIDs and different RAID arrays see:
RAID Tutorial;
RAID Array and Server: Hardware and Service Comparison>.
Hardware or Software RAID?
RAID Hardware Vs RAID Software - What is your best option?
RAID is a method of combining multiple disk drives into a single entity in order to improve the overall performance and reliability of your system. The different options for combining the disks are referred to as RAID levels. There are several different levels of RAID available depending on the needs of your system. One of the options available to you is whether you should use a Hardware RAID solution or a Software RAID solution.
RAID Hardware is always a disk controller to which you can cable up the disk drives. RAID Software is a set of kernel modules coupled together with management utilities that implement RAID in Software and require no additional hardware.
Pros and cons
Software RAID is more flexible than Hardware RAID. Software RAID is also considerably less expensive. On the other hand, a Software RAID system requires more CPU cycles and power to run well than a comparable Hardware RAID System. Also, because Software RAID operates on a partition by partition basis where a number of individual disk partitions are grouped together as opposed to Hardware RAID systems which generally group together entire disk drives, Software RAID tends be slightly more complicated to run. This is because it has more available configurations and options. An added benefit to the slightly more expensive Hardware RAID solution is that many Hardware RAID systems incorporate features that are specialized for optimizing the performance of your system.
For more detailed information on the differences between Software RAID and Hardware RAID you may want to read: Hardware RAID vs. Software RAID: Which Implementation is Best for my Application?

Lost hard drive image on 2.8 Ghz iMac

I have a 2009 27 inch, 2.8 GHz, i7 iMac with a 1TB hard drive and Mac O Rama in Reno installed OWC 960 GB SSD drive with the data doubler adapter. The iMac now has internal two drives. The optical drive was removed. I was using the SSD drive for booting. This has been running just fine for the last five weeks.
I have two external backup drives, one for SuperDuper and one for Time Machine.
Today I setup Time Machine to backup the SSD drive to the internal 1 TB hard drive. After a couple of hours I came back and the screen was black. Held the start button down to shut every thing off. Then restarted and the SSD drive does not show up. It restarted from the original hard drive.
Ran Disk Utility on the the startup disk, nothing. Then shut down waited for a minute and restarted with the "option" key held down, the SSD did nor appear. Ran Disk Warrior v4.4 and still no SSD.
What to do next?

Hi
As above.
But if You want to squees in eg 3hour on a standard 4.7Gb DVD disk.
One way is to use Roxio Toast™ and the function put in the movie anyhow.
This will do the work but to a rather reduced quality.
There are other programs that can do this too but Toast™ does it as good as
one can anticipate and to a fair price.
Alt. DVD Studio Pro in FinalCutStudio bundle
ForMac Devideon™ but then You'll buy an extra DVD-burner too. (not sold separately
as I'm aware of)
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Recovering MAX configuration from a hard drive image

Hi there,
I've inherited responsibility for a large, complex and expensive piece of lab equipment that is controlled by LabView, via two PXI NI-DAQ cards, several other custom PXI cards designed in ~2004-5, and a whole host of complex VIs. Recently, the PXI controller running the show decided to depart this world, and I've subsequently replaced it with a newer model. I have an image of the old controller's hard disk, and I've successfully installed LabView/migrated the data onto the new controller.
However, one thing eludes me: NI-DAQ (as opposed to DAQmx) channel names and settings in MAX. I can't find where these are stored on the filesystem, and it's nontrivial to recreate them manually. Does anyone know where MAX, for LabView 7(!)*, stores its information? Where might I find the channel settings? Most things work, aside from a few features of the VI, which obviously make references to non-existent channels.
Short of starting up the image in something like Buchs (an x86 emulator), I've no way of getting the old system up and running to have al ook. I can, howwever, look at its filesystem and registry easily. Might any of you NI-Knights be able to give me a hint where to find the information I need?
Thanks for your help!
* Yes, I'm aware that everything is written with outdated sfotware, using a depreciated -- or dead, rather -- DAQ library. However, it works, and these multi-gigabyte VIs have been keeping our lab in business for over a decade. I'm loath to spend time rewriting things basically for the sake of it. Apologies!

Hi Jack.Miller!
My name's Max and i'm an application engineer here at NI, I've been doing some research for you on this issue. Although I couldn't find out where the MAX settings are stored, I think the simplest way for you to transfer over your settings would be to use a program like Buchs and then follow this KB - http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/0E0D3D7C4AA8903886256B29000C9D5A .
You can then import the settings and you should have all the channels etc that you're after.
I hope this helps!
Max

Microsoft messenger reading as a hard drive image on desktop

I've just got my mac, downloaded microsoft messenger for mac and i don't know what's gone wrong but theres a icon on my desktop reading "microsoft messenger" and when I try to eject it is says "the disk microsoft messenger is in use and could not be ejected. try quitting applications and try again"
Is there any way to resolve this?
Thanks

Software for Mac OS X usually comes packed as a ".dmg" or ".pkg" file. If you have downloaded the file from Mactopia (Microsoft's Mac page) then it's dmg. Double-click on one of these files and it will get mounted like a real partition or removable device (e.g. like a usb stick). If you didn't change the default settings of Safari (the built-in web-browser) downloaded dmg-files are mounted automatically this way.
Just double-click the icon on your screen and wait for a window to pop up that indicates to drag-and-drop the "Microsoft Messenger" icon to the "Applications" folder. Do that. This way you install software in Mac OS X (i.e. by dragging it into your Applications folder). Now the program should be available for you to use.
If you still can't remove or delete the icon on your desktop try rebooting your machine. Afterwards you should be able to delete the downloaded dmg-file (you won't need it anymore).
Hope this helps. Let me know if that solved your question.
floba

Restarted my macbook and then there was my macbook hard drive image and an alias

Do I drag the alias of my macbook hardrive to the trash? Did not duplicate this on purpose it just appeared after a restart

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The movies are Dexter that we purchased at a store. He uses the Air and since it does not have the disk option this is how we were hoping he could view his shows. We had no idea we would be breaking the law....just wanted to put all of the movies we have purchased on the external solely for the intent of our viewing.
Thank you for your time and help.
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It is illegal to break the encryption to copy a dvd.
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Re: GT72 Dominator (GTX970) Upgrading Hard Drives, imaging fails

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Imminent Hard Drive Failure? Satellite C655D-S5130

Recently performed a system recovery after boot failure on Satellite C655D-S5130. Recovery went fine, but now we're getting a windows error message after startup saying that we should run file backup because the hard drive reported errors and warning us of an imminent failure. Otherwise running fine. Please advise.
R&S

Everybody should already have a file backup for all of their PCs. So if you haven't already backed up your files then do it now. I strongly suggest creating a Hard Drive Image of your C drive using a reliable imaging/ghost program. If the hard drive is able to provide a reliable image this will save you a lot of heartache and countless hours of rebuilding your NEW Hard Drive.
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I had a Power Mac G5 that had a motherboard which died. The hard drives were still good so I purchased the "EAGLE Consus D-Series ET-CSDU2J-BK JBOD 2Bay SATA to USB 2.0 External Enclosure". I have it on the setting which both of drives show up on the desktop individually. So far it works and everything is great but I would really like to make it so it combines both hard drives (two seagate 160GB of the same model) into one 320 hard drive. I have a macbook pro running OS X. Do i have to reformat and erase everything before I change it to spanning or can i just switch the jumper and have one hard drive image with all my data still on it? Thanks
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I think my hard drive might be fried!/White screen of death sequel

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Migrated old Macbook to new Macbook Pro, including Lightroom 1.
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This is reparable, but an Adobe Tech did it. I had this problem some time ago and they fixed it. Dan Tull, one of the Adobe Techs, was accepting Catalogs for investigation and repair. Not sure if he still is.
I have not heard of such problems for a while.
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