for copying existing mac?

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  1. emrbzr, Dec 5, 2012

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    I bought an SSD for my mac, Can you give me a tip how can I transfer or Install new OSX to that SSD?

    Because apple did not gave me any os x cd for reinstalling. How am I going to reinstall it to the SSD any help?
     
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  2. snaky69, Dec 5, 2012

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    Either you clone your drive, or you reinstall the OS via internet recovery (using cmd-r on boot)

    Either requires you have an external enclosure for the SSD.
     
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  3. simsaladimbamba, Dec 5, 2012
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    No Mac coming with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion has physical restore media included.

    OS X: About OS X Recovery

    If you want to make a bootable installation medium, you can follow these steps:

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    As for copying the HDD to the SSD, use CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper! for that and format the SSD appropriately:
     
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  4. emrbzr, Dec 5, 2012

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    Thank you,

    which means I can't install a clean OSX to new SSD without any CD. I can only copy my existing max os x with the OS X Recovery disk to the ssd I believe.
     
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  5. justperry, Dec 5, 2012

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    I think you don't get the point, install the SSD and start up in recovery, from there you can install OS X on it, no need for a CD/DVD.
     
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  6. T5BRICK, Dec 5, 2012

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

    Your computer has the ability to download and install OSX to a blank hard drive. Just read through my link or one of the others provided by simsaladimbamba.

    As for restoring your applications and settings, you can use a time machine backup for that, if you have one.
     
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