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G-Mo said:
Hmmmmm... Let's see, I do on average 4-5 data transfers A DAY (more with the current Apple Seagate hard drive recall) including any and all followup support. So, by my best estimate, I have done over 3500 data transfers in the last few years including at least 400 HDD to SSD transfers. Oh, I also have over half a dozen hardware and software certifications (finishing top of the testing percentile), including 3 from Apple.

Now, who's the fool?, you immature cretin.
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Fine, I may have gotten carried away. But I kid you not so many of my clients computers that were HDD TO SSD clones had problems. All the ones that didn't were uncloned fresh installs. That's why I think that. That was a few years ago and I haven't done a clone since.
 
I cringe when people brags about their paper certifications on a thread. What's the point of saying that? That they are the alpha?
 
johnnnw said:
Fine, I may have gotten carried away. But I kid you not so many of my clients computers that were HDD TO SSD clones had problems. All the ones that didn't were uncloned fresh installs. That's why I think that. That was a few years ago and I haven't done a clone since.
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Issues with cloning and SSDs (including recovery partitions and partition realignment) have long since been resolved with later revisions of CCC (and SD!).

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PinoyAko said:
I cringe when people brags about their paper certifications on a thread. What's the point of saying that? That they are the alpha?
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Somewhere a village is missing their idiot.
 
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OP, if you are still watching this, try giving fresh install.

The Clone is really a horrible way to go.
It does work, yes.
But there can be problems.
With fresh install? None that has to do with OS lag.
 
yusukeaoki said:
OP, if you are still watching this, try giving fresh install.

The Clone is really a horrible way to go.
It does work, yes.
But there can be problems.
With fresh install? None that has to do with OS lag.
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Be careful. A man in this thread is very, very for cloning. I also agree, fresh install is superior. Just our opinion though I guess.
 
yusukeaoki said:
OP, if you are still watching this, try giving fresh install.

The Clone is really a horrible way to go.
It does work, yes.
But there can be problems.
With fresh install? None that has to do with OS lag.
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Name all these problems.

OS lag?

Performance degradation is corrected after the first reboot and as cache files are rebuilt, Spotlight finishes indexing, etc.

You don't experience this in an OS X "fresh installation" because many of these tasks are performed in the background of the Setup Assistant, and because some of it is done by the Installer (that's part of the reason that an install and data transfer takes longer than a clone).

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johnnnw said:
Be careful. A man in this thread is very, very for cloning. I also agree, fresh install is superior. Just our opinion though I guess.
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I'm all for doing a fresh install... for the right reasons! Transferring drive data from a perfectly functional OS setup to a new drive is not the right reason. Know your tools and know when to use them.
 
yusukeaoki said:
Err... not the best way to do it but yea that could work.
just be prepared for any trouble that can come strike you.
I recommend fresh install.
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Huh? This is what I do and never had issues. The whole point of cloning a drive IMO, especially if keeping the same hardware. If one switches machines, then a data migration from TM would be wiser I would think
 
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dukebound85 said:
Huh? This is what I do and never had issues. The whole point of cloning a drive IMO, especially if keeping the same hardware. If one switches machines, then a data migration from TM would be wiser I would think[/QUOTE]

Nope, why would you think that?
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G-Mo said:
dukebound85 said:
Huh? This is what I do and never had issues. The whole point of cloning a drive IMO, especially if keeping the same hardware. If one switches machines, then a data migration from TM would be wiser I would think[/QUOTE]

Nope, why would you think that?
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Due to the install of osx and the appropriate drivers that differ. At least that is what I have been reading online. Can you provide your thoughts why not?
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Clone drive to ssd using data transfer cable, then swap them over. Simple as that!
 
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G-Mo said:
Issues with cloning and SSDs (including recovery partitions and partition realignment) have long since been resolved with later revisions of CCC (and SD!).

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Somewhere a village is missing their idiot.
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How's the certification's going? :rolleyes: And sorry for hurting your feelings.
 
I know some don't agree with using Carbon Copy Cloner, but it worked great for me. I now have a larger SSD that I want to install and I can't remember what steps I took to clone my drive...

Can someone help me with CCC? I have it opened, but can't remember what to do now?!?!
 
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