Migrating Mac OS to new hard drive

[mrgreeneyes]

how easy is it to migrate my current hard drive to a new hard drive?

My current drive is 500gb
And I just bought a 1tb drive

I don't want to start from fresh with all my apps and settings.
Can I just copy everything to the new drive?

 

[keysofanxiety]

how easy is it to migrate my current hard drive to a new hard drive?

My current drive is 500gb
And I just bought a 1tb drive

I don't want to start from fresh with all my apps and settings.
Can I just copy everything to the new drive?

You can restore directly from an existing Time Machine backup if you have one. You can use cloning software to drop it all back on.

You can install a fresh copy of OS X and copy the stuff from the old drive using Migration Assistant.

Your discretion.

 

[mrgreeneyes]

Thanks for the quick reply

 

[kiwipeso1]

Carbon copy cloner is your best bet if you're replacing a startup drive, otherwise use time machine.

 

[Fishrrman]

CarbonCopyCloner will do what you need.
It will do it quickly and easily -- possibly no other easier way.

CCC is FREE to download, and it's FREE to use for the first 30 days.

 

[hobowankenobi]

Another free tool that is great is SuperDuper. The free limited version only does a complete system clone....which is exactly what you need.

There are many other tools that can do this too, but CCC and SD are two of the most widely used and liked.