Put HDD w/ lion in core 2 duo 2.0 MacBook ?

[Ant.honey]

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I'm getting a MBP tomorrow and replacing the existing HDD w an SSD. My fiancé's 2006 (?) Core 2 Duo 2.0ghz needs more space badly. Can I just drop the HDD from my MBP into it and go from there - create user and restore apps and such from Time Machine backup?

 

[Ant.honey]

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FYI, the MacBook is currently running Leopard.

 

[alust2013]

You won't be able to do a TM restore if you're on different versions of the OS, but you should be able to do it manually.

 

[Ant.honey]

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Really? That sucks. Will I have to reinstall all of the apps then?

 

[Vantage Point]

Take the HDD from the new MBP, Erase it, then use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a clone from the MB drive. Then swap drives and you'll be good to go. Then erase that old MB drive and use it as a backup. There is no need to use TM and that would take much longer. Cloning to a bigger drive is fast and easy - that's how I did it with mine

 

[MagicBoy]

Migration assistant will import the data from a Time Machine backup.

 

[Ant.honey]

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I want to use Lion on the MB. The drive
From the MBP will have Lion preinstalled.