Migrating Applications to SSD from HDD

[TexasChemE]

Hello all,

I posted earlier this week in regards to getting a new SSD and putting my original hard drive in the Optibay. I have question regarding migrating my information to my SSD. I had planned on doing a clean install of OS X Lion on the SSD and migrating my applications over there, keeping my documents, pictures, and music on my original hard drive. So I have a few questions about that.

1) How do I go about moving my applications to my SSD while keeping my documents and everything else on my original hard drive? Is it as easy as copying and pasting the information?

2) Would it be efficient to have OS X on both of my drives? Or should I (after I finish migrating) clone my current hard drive to an external device, reformat/erase the hard drive, restore the information that I want?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

1. Migration Assistant / Setup Assistant information:

Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its Backups, or a PC
which includes:

• Using Setup Assistant on Lion
• Using Migration Assistant on Lion
• Transferring files from one User Account to another
• Transferring Home Folders not on a Startup volume
• Transferring Applications
• Problems after using Migration Assistant

more information: Apple OSX and Time Machine Tips
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2. I have an SSD and the original HDD in my MBP, the HDD is partitioned with three partitions, one for the Mac OS X installer, one for cloning the SSD's contents to and one for data storage.
But I have my Home directory on my SSD, thus no need for the Home directory on the HDD.

 

[TexasChemE]

1. Migration Assistant / Setup Assistant information:

Setting-up a new Mac from an old one, its Backups, or a PC
which includes:

• Using Setup Assistant on Lion
• Using Migration Assistant on Lion
• Transferring files from one User Account to another
• Transferring Home Folders not on a Startup volume
• Transferring Applications
• Problems after using Migration Assistant

more information: Apple OSX and Time Machine Tips
​

2. I have an SSD and the original HDD in my MBP, the HDD is partitioned with three partitions, one for the Mac OS X installer, one for cloning the SSD's contents to and one for data storage.
But I have my Home directory on my SSD, thus no need for the Home directory on the HDD.

Thanks, I appreciate your help!