![]() Cloning Your Data to A New Hard Drive in Mac OSX by Jon Gunnison There are plenty of ways to clone your older hard drive to your new hard drive. Laptop models - you may want to format and do the cloning process with the new hard drive inside of an enclosure before opening up your computer. There are plenty of ways to clone your older hard drive to your new hard drive. Laptop models - you may want to format and do the cloning process with the new hard drive inside of an enclosure before opening up your computer. If you purchased the Universal Drive Adapter, you already have the tools required for your laptop model computer. Tower models - you can install the hard drive inside of the computer without taking out the older one you will not require an enclosure. Note: Older Macs using ATA type drives may require you to configure the new drive as 'slave' using the drive's jumper(s). If you purchased our OWC On-The-Go DIY kit, you received a free copy of Prosoft's Data Backup 3. (OWC Express DIY kits do not contain free software, see CarbonCopyCloner instructions below) This will help you easily clone your old hard drive to your new hard drive. Open Prosoft's Data Backup. Click on 'Show Backup Options' to expand the drop down menu. Select 'Backup Type', then select 'Clone'. Click the check box 'Do Complete Scan'. Click on the '+' symbol under 'Sources' and select your old hard drive from the 'Devices' list in the Finder window. Select your destination (your new hard drive) from the 'Devices' list in the Finder window. To finish, click 'Start Now'. To do this, restart the computer and hold the 'Option' key on your keyboard to load up the boot menu. You should see your old hard drive and your new hard drive as bootable drives. If you do not see the new hard drive, you will need to do the cloning process again. If you do see the new hard drive, click on it. Your Mac will boot into it and you will get your desktop. This will verify that your hard drive has cloned successfully. Before reformatting/erasing your old hard drive, you will want to verify the cloning processes was a successful, as well as being certain your new clone works exactly like your old hard drive. Be sure to include checking your applications, data files, etc. If you have Bluetooth devices — such as keyboards, mice, or trackpads — paired with your Mac, and you plan to keep these devices, you can unpair them. This optional step prevents accidental input on the Mac if the computer and the Bluetooth devices have separate owners but remain within Bluetooth range of one another. If you're unpairing an iMac, Mac mini, or Mac Pro, you must have a USB or other wired keyboard and mouse to complete these steps. To unpair your Bluetooth devices, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Bluetooth. Hover the pointer over the device that you want to unpair, then click the remove (x) button next to the device's name. When the dialog asks if you're sure, click Remove.
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