Migrate os/accounts/apps/setting to an external sad?
Hi
I have a 2011 iMac 27 running Maveicks. My iMac has an internal 1TB HDD
Recently I found that the computer is too slow to meet my needs and I plan to buy an external thunderbolt 256GB SSD as an external startup drive.
I know how to install Mavericks on that SSD but how should I easily clone all the apps/acount/setting but NO music/movies/documents from the 1TB HDD to the 256G SSD?
Please help.
Please advise !!
Thanks
Hi
I have a 2011 iMac 27 running Maveicks. My iMac has an internal 1TB HDD
Recently I found that the computer is too slow to meet my needs and I plan to buy an external thunderbolt 256GB SSD as an external startup drive.
I know how to install Mavericks on that SSD but how should I easily clone all the apps/acount/setting but NO music/movies/documents from the 1TB HDD to the 256G SSD?
Please help.
Please advise !!
Thanks
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