Pc clone to macbook pro

I just bought a new macbook pro.
I have a pc laptop and I want all contents in it to go to my new MBP.
In other words, I want to clone my pc laptop and put the clone in my mbp.
I realize certain things will be different because of different OS, but still I want
my MBP to have every single file I have on the pc laptop.
Is this possible to do and if so how?
I know you can transfer everything from one mac to another but not sure
how to do it from a pc to a mac.
thanks!!!!

You're going to have to install windows first (BootCamp or a VM) followed by the applications you use, then move the data across using your method of choice. You can't clone windows to a mac directly.

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If what doesn't work?
If cloning your internal drive to the external drive is not successful, I expect CCC will tell you so. Assuming that doesn't happen, you will have a bootable replica of the internal drive on the external drive once CCC has finished.
You can then do any of several things:
1. Replace your internal drive with a much larger one (320GB or 500GB, or even larger), and clone the external drive's contents onto the new drive so you'll have all your data in one place. Note that if you do this, you'll also need to buy an external drive that's large enough to back the new internal drive up on.
2. Boot from the external drive as a temporary measure while you clear at least 30-40GB of data off the internal drive, allowing you to keep using it and saving small amounts of data to it. The external drive will then contain the only copies of the files you've deleted from the internal drive, so you'll need a seond external drive large enough to back both the other drives up on.
If you can't comfortably clear a minimum of 30GB off the internal drive, you really need a larger internal drive right now, and you shouldn't bother fooling around with the inadequate one you have — you'll just quickly overfill it again.
3. Replace the optical drive in your MBP with a large conventional hard drive, giving you two hard drives inside the machine. You will then need one or more external drives large enough to back up both of the internal drives.
If you sense a theme here — back up, back up, back up — you are correct. It's flat-out foolhardy to own or use a computer without maintaining complete, up-to-date backups of everything at all times.

Trying to Disk Copy/Clone of MacBook Pro Using Drive Genius 3

I am trying to make a clone or sector-by-sector copy of my main disk (500Gb) of my MacBook Pro (10.6.8)- using Drive Genius 3
My main disk also has a Bootcamp partition.
I am using a 1Tb external HD with 2 partitions - partition 1 is 50Gb and contains Startup utilities and Drive Genius 3.
I am trying to make a disk copy of my main disk and wish to store the copy on partition 2 (950Gb).
I booted up my MacBook using partition 1 of the external HD - opened DG3 and selected 'Duplicate'.
Then under 'Drive' - I selected the main disk of 500Gb - but under 'Destination' - it would not allow me to select partition 2.
The window only showed the 1TB ext. Hd which itself was unselectable.
How do I get my disk copy stored on partition 2?

Do this instead:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
Select the destination volume from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Check the box labeled Erase destination.
Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external drive partition. Source means the internal startup drive.

Clone a MacBook Pro Hard Drive

I am running Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro and am preparing to upgrade my hard drive. What software should I use for the clone? I have read that some cloning software does not clone the repair partition (which is new with Mountain Lion OS). Also, do you recommend placing the new drive in the computer and cloning or connecting the new drive externally and cloning it?

How to replace or upgrade a drive in a laptop
Step One: Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger, Leopard or Snow Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
Step Two: Remove the old drive and install the new drive. Place the old drive in an external USB enclosure. You can buy one at OWC who is also a good vendor for drives.
Step Three: Boot from the external drive. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager appears. Select the icon for the external drive then click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Step Four: New Hard Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your new hard drive (this is the entry with the
      mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of
      the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive
      is failing or has failed and will need replacing. Otherwise, click on the
      Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from
      the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended
      (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to
      GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and
      wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the
      drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main
      window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the
      Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to
      return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several
      hours depending upon the drive size.
Step Five: Clone the old drive to the new drive
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Check the box labeled Erase destination.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the
      Destination entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the
      Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the new internal drive. Source means the old external drive.
Step Six: Open the Startup Disk preferences and select the new internal volume. Click on the Restart button. You should boot from the new drive. Eject the external drive and disconnect it from the computer.

Comment fair pour clone mon macbook pro

j'aimerais faire un clone et j'aimerais avoir de l'aide merci..........

Votre remplacement HD MAX est un disque dur de 1 To épaisseur de 9,5 mm, soit 7200 RPM ou 5400 RPM, .... obtenir un Toshiba ou Hitachi HD (tous deux réalisés par Hitachi
Tous HD moderne sera SATA, oui, le coût pour le 1To sera autour de 70 $
Vous pouvez aller sur YouTube et voir 1000 vidéos sur la façon de mettre à jour votre HD sur votre mi-2012 Pro.
La HD dans votre Pro est maintenant Toshiba (fabriqué par Hitachi), un 5400 RPM Toshiba
Vous pouvez prendre un 7200 RPM 1 téraoctet Toshiba ou Hitachi ... (pas un seagate, qui leur 2.5 "HD coûtent pas classe le meilleur).
Carbon Copy Cloner pour cloner le HD interne vers externe ...... après CLONED ....... vérifier le clone en démarrant à partir à partir USB une fois avant de l'installer.

Best external drive to use to clone MacBook Pro

About a month ago my 2011 Macbook Pro hard disk crashed. Luckily, I was able to restore everything from backup stored on my Time Capsule using Time Machine. Moving forward, in addition to using Time Machine, I would like to clone my Macbook Pro to an external drive using Carbon Copy Cloner. Could someone please advise exactly what kind of external drive I should get? My Macbook Pro's internal drive is a Seagate 500GB SATA laptop drive. I'm running Mavericks OS X 10.9.4. Thank you in advance for your help!

You really don't need Seagate's software to use the external drive with your Mac.
Open Disk Utility in your Applications > Utility Folder and depending on what you want to use the Seagate for..... simply re-format it.
For example:
If you want to use it for Time Machine, erase it and format it Mac OS Extended.
If you want to use it to share photo's, music and doc files between PC's and your Mac, erase it and format it MS-DOS FAT-32.
If you want to make a bootable clone using Disk Utility, CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper, erase it, set the Partition Scheme to GUID Partition and the format to Mac OS Extended.
Cautioning that, formatting will erase all the data on the drive.
So if you have been using it with a PC and it is formatted NTFS, then your Mac can only read the data on the drive..

Im swithching from 2007 macbook pro 17" to 2011 macbook pro 17" . Can i clone the old hard drive and use OSX 10.5.8?

Can I install OSX 10.5.8 on a new macbook pro which comes with Lion? I would like to clone my old hard drive onto the new mac without lion causing compatibility issues????

trajan2050 wrote:
What if replace the new 2011 MBP drive with a brand new SSD with snow leopard pre installed?
Snow Leopard may be possible, depending on whether it was shipped from the factory with SL and had Lion installed in the supply chain, or if it shipped with Lion in the first place. However the SL version would have to be the one which was originally installed or later, which likely means 10.6.7 or.8. The retail 10.6.3 installer won't work, nor will an installation cloned from a different Mac unless it was from the exact same model.
Plenty of threads around concerning installing SL in place of Lion - do a search. Some have been successful.
Replacing the HD wouldn't be necessary, and won't make the OS version run the rest of the hardware.

Can i clone my macbook air HDD into an SSD and then install that on a macbook pro??

i Have a macbook air 2013 with mavericks and my brother has a 2012 macbook pro with yosemite, i want to keep mavericks, can i clone my air's HDD into an SSD and install that SSD into the pro??

Yes, although your MBA does not have an HDD. It has an SSD. Just put the new SSD into a dock or enclosure, clone your drive to it, then install the new SSD into the MBP.
Clone Yosemite, Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion using Restore Option of Disk Utility
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
     1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue
         button.
     2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
     3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
     4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it
         to the Destination entry field.
     5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
         the Source entry field.
     6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external SSD. Source means the internal startup drive.

How can I clone my old macbook to my new Macbook Pro 768GB SSD

Hi,
I have a 2 year old macbook and have just received my new Macbook Pro Retina dispaly with a 768gb SSD.
How can I clone my old drive to my new Macbook as the unit is sealed so I cant ge the drive out.
thanks.

Bootable clones can only be used with the same model machine as there are machine specific hardware drivers involved that are different between different models of Mac's.
Probally the fastest way would be to clone the old Mac boot drive to a external drive using Carbon Copy Cloner, then connecting it to the new Mac and booting the new Mac (first time) into Setup Assistant and then use that to "migrate" accounts and programs over. Takes a few hours.
Transfering via Wifi does take FOREVER. like several days in some cases.
If you have the new Mac already setup, then use Migration Assitant in the Utilities folder.
However Setup Assistant and Migrations are not perfect and tend to fail badly if you had problems on the older Mac, sometimes these problems are unseen and only until you try to use the new Mac afterwards do they appear.
You might want to opt instead of installing the same name account on the new Mac, installing 10.8 compatible programs from original sources and then use the external clone of the old Mac drive to transfer just user files manually into the same Pcitures, Movies, Documents etc., folders.
Since you have a SSD, you can load programs later, it's hard drives that you want to install programs before user data to run them faster.
Get a cleaner machine doing it manaully that way and you know there is nothing nsaty hidden, like what Setup Assistant and Migrations often transfer.

Keeping a running "clone" of my macbook pro. Need advice.

Like most of you, when your business computer goes down, it is painful to get it fixed, deal with downtime and/or reload everything into a new computer. Personally, I prefer laptops and bought my first one back in 1997 (windows based pc, not mac). They all seemed to last about a year without problems and then six months of issues before I finally replaced it. I started with a Winbook (I don't think they are around anymore), to a couple of Gateways to Dell to Samsung or Sony. The story was always the same.
About a year ago I made the switch to a Macbook Pro and bought two of my salesmen MacBooks too. We love them. However recently they both experienced issues with their MacBooks and it spooked me. I have an Airport Time Capsule but I haven't set it up yet. That is a post/question for another day. I currently use Carbonite to back my Pro up but I know it will still take days to get fully operational again if something were to happen to my computer. So today, I bought another Macbook Pro very, very similar to the one I am using right now. I should have it in a week or two.
What I want to do is use the new one to just sit in the corner and clone the one I use on a daily basis. I basically want the one I am using to constantly update the data and changes to Carbonite while my new one (the clone) will constantly copy and download the changes to it.
Is this something that anyone else has ever done?
May of you will ask WHY? My answer is simple, a day of my time (and downtime) is worth more than a $2500 Macbook so if something happens to my laptop, I can deal with the repair of it later but could reach out, grab the clone and get right back to work.
Ideas? Comments? Advice?

A less expensive method is to connect a backup drive directly to your computer. Install a backup utility or use the OS X included utility, Time Machine, to backup the computer. Then if something happens to the laptop you can connect the backup drive to any other computer. Rather than $2,500.00 you would spend less than $200.00. Spend another $200 or less for a second backup drive in order to make a backup of your backup in case the backup drive fails. Make a third backup, less frequently, that you can put in a fireproof safe or off-site location in case of fire or other hazard.

How to Clone Hard Drive from Macbook Pro to Macbook Pro with Retina

Hey everyone! I had a question about cloning my laptop's hard drive. I was considering buying a MBP with Retina, but was wondering how I would accomplish copying over my current hard drive to the retina, as I know you can't take out the retina's hard drive, and it is flash. Any suggestions?

Connect the two with a Firewire cable if they both have Firewire ports (or use Thunderbolt if the both have Thunderbolt ports.) Boot the new computer into Target Disk Mode and the old computer normally. The new computer's disk drive should appear on the Desktop of the old computer.
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination
entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the new computer's drive Source means the old computer's drive.
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13" late 2011 MacBook Pro has frozen after Yosemite installation. I can, however, boot from a clone of my MacBook Air that is on an external drive. Despite the fact that I can boot from the external, could it be the RAM that's the prob

My daughter's 13" late 2011 MacBook Pro has frozen (null sign displays) after Yosemite installation. I can, however, boot from a clone of my MacBook Air that is on an external drive. I reinstalled Yosemite on the MBP HD, but it still hangs in mid install. Despite the fact that I can boot from the external, could it be the RAM that's the problem? I'd happily put 8 GB in if it seems probable that would solve the problem. I've tried all the suggested procedures that I've seen posted here. Disk Utility, and my older version of DiskWarrior indicate the HD is OK. I have DiskWarrior 5 on order.

Boot the MBP with the OPTION key down. If successful, you should see two HDD icons, Select the recovery partition (on the right).
From the 4 option menu select Disk Utility.
Run Disk Utility>First Aid, Verify and Repair.
If the disk cannot be repaired, it will have to be replaced.
Ciao.

Can I clone my mac pro 4.1 os 10.6.8 and use it in a macbook pro late 2012(no retina)?

I'm a music producer and work most of the time on a mac Pro 4.1 quad core intel Xeon, Mac OS X 10.6.8.
I just purchased a Macbook Pro 13" (mid 2012) OS X 10.9.3 and my idea was to clone the Mac Pro i use for work and put it on the Macbook so i'd be able to work on the go if needed(same softwares installed,same authorizations, no need to do upgrades, everything working smoothly).
I cloned the Mac Pro HD with ccc and mounted it on the macbook, but it won't boot (the hd was cloned properly cause it boots on the mac pro).
I'd like to know if I'm doing something wrong or if it's just not possible anymore..a friend of mine did the same exact thing on a macbook pro mid 2011(from Mac Pro 4.1) and it worked without any problem..
Thanks in advance
Alex

Kappy wrote:
Then explain to the OP where he/she can purchase a retail copy of 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. I'm afraid I don't know where to get one.
As you know, there is no 10.6.8 disk, but one can clone 10.6.8 into a late 2011 MBP (from an external HDD). Niel mentions a 2012 model, you are the one who speaks of 2011 MBPs. That is why I directed the comment to you.
Ciao.

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Apparently there are Windows tools to sanitize the OS and strip all the motherboard drivers and services.
Time to get a supported OS. Don't want to pay, then use 8 for the time until it goes on sale.
There are no drivers for even Vista on 2011 and later Macs.

Clone old 10.8.2 from MacBook Pro to new i7 iMac 27inch OK to do?

My question is, is there anything special about the 10.8 installation that will come with my new i7 27 inch iMac that would make it a bad idea for me to simply clone my current 10.8.2 system from my 5 year old MacBook Pro 1,3 to the new iMac when it arrives?
As in does OS X 10.8 know what type of Mac it's getting installed on and thus installs different graphics/hardware drivers?
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I know how to re-activate the driver for the USB superdrive I'm getting with the iMac.
But is there anything else?
Oh and the iMac is coming with the 3TB fusion drive.
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I doubt it. Although the iMac may be running 10.8.2 it is more then likely a Special Build for the newest hardware in the iMac. Apple does that with ever New Mac they come out with.
So if you cloned your 10.8.2 version of Mt Lion from a Macbook Pro the iMac may not boot as that copy would not have the correct drivers for the iMac.
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