Revived iMac: Now I need my files!

[DutchApples]

Last week, my iMac would not turn on. After doing some research I found out it was due to the power supply going bad. I ordered replacement parts and figured, why I'm in there, why not put in a bigger hard drive.

I have successfully got my iMac working again with a complete reinstall but now I need to transfer my old HD files to the new one. The old internal mac HD is in an enclosure and that is working fine.

What is the best way to do this? I need all user settings and everything. Thanks in advance.

 

[Intell]

Connect your external drive to your iMac, start up from it be pressing the Option at boot and selecting it, then use CarbonCopyCloner to clone your drive. Note: you may need to properly format the new internal drive before it can be cloned to.

 

[808?]

Utilities > Migration Assistant

Have you installed an OS on your new internal hard drive?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

You could also use Migration Assistant:

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 Snow Leopard or Leopard
• Using Setup Assistant on Lion
• Using Migration Assistant on Snow Leopard or Leopard
• 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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[DutchApples]

Migration Assistant worked. Thank you.