What's the best way to copy a machine to another one? CCC, or Restore From Backup via Time Machine option in Disk Utility?
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Carbon Copy Cloner or Time Machine for restore?
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Both work very well, and one is not necessarily better than the other
You can also do a fresh install and use Migration Assistant with both CCC and TM
What exactly are you doing?
If you are moving from one machine to another that is a different machine (i.e. iMac to MBP), you might want to do a fresh install and use Migration Assistant
You can also do a fresh install and use Migration Assistant with both CCC and TM
What exactly are you doing?
If you are moving from one machine to another that is a different machine (i.e. iMac to MBP), you might want to do a fresh install and use Migration Assistant
MacBook Air to MacBook Air. Already set up everything the way I want it, and I'm returning my 2GB version for the 4GB version.
I was also wondering if just doing a Fresh Install and using Migration Assistant was a better option.
CCC makes a bootable copy; TM doesn't. I also prefer CCC because it doesn't consume as much space as TM. I don't need TM's roll-back feature.