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justinwheelon

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Sep 5, 2010
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I bought a new HDD and come tomorrow will need to switch it out, clearly this worries me so Im trying to find out if I just let Time Machine do it's thing or if CCC is a better route.

I'd love some input!

Thanks
 
CCC is faster, as you can use the OS while the cloning happens and then switch the drives.

MacBook, MacBook Pro: Replacing the Hard Disk Drive, transferring data to the new HDD

the guide includes:
  • 0. Identify your MacBook or MacBook Pro
  • 1. Getting a new HDD
  • 2. Guides to replace the internal HDD with a newer one
  • 3. Transferring data from the old HDD to the new HDD
  • 4. Using the optical disk drive (ODD) slot for placing an SSD or HDD inside the MB/P (OPTIBAY)


 
Can I use CCC and clone it to an external drive? Then when I get my new HD I can just pick the CC Clone from the external plugged in?
 
disk utility, restore function works great, even on the system disk running it, and to a smaller disk.
 
CCC is better than TM in my experience. Makes it an absolute breeze to switch hard drives.
 
I've had no problem with time machine.

Advantage is: I have it running constantly anyway, so time spent to "back up" = 0.


New machine = plug into network, start up, restore from already existing time machine backup.

Using CCC I'd need to:

a: run a backup using it (time spent)
b: restore the backup using it (more time spent)


Unless CCC running both to back up and restore is faster than time machine, well... I don't see a huge win there.


If you don't use time machine already, maybe there's a win there, but if you do, I'd just restore from that?
 
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