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Upgrading using Time Machine?
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No, but it does contain a recovery partition!!!
Why does everyone question everything that is said here? Try it before saying its not possible.
What do you suspect will occur if you boot a 2012 MBP from a Recovery Partition created on/by a 2010 MBP?
if it was created using Lion it will work fine. It just saves your files and settings...nothing hardware related. You can restore an older OS time machine to a new machine too...but I don't think you can boot from it.
Sounds like you're talking about Time Machine; what you quoted from me was specifically talking about Recovery Partition. As you undoubtedly know, they are very different things.
Correct on the first count for sure; I've done this myself. (SL to Lion)
Even if you could, I think it'd be risky (at best) to boot a newer computer from an image created by a previous generation. Definitely not something I'd risk given how simple it is to use Internet Recovery to ensure a bootable image suited to your hardware.
I dont understand how you would boot a machine off of another machines recovery partition....I guess if you used a 3rd party application for cloning the disk.
Not exactly. It contains an EFI partition with no OS installer.
Hey, I don't know. Possibly because you're wrong so much of the time.
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Ok, I have created a SuperDuper clone of my current SSD, as well as a time machine backup.
Will be ordering my new MBP in the next couple of days.
I think it's just iTunes I need to deauthorise so that I can authorise it on the new system.
Is there any way I can check how many computers, or which computers, my iTunes account is authorised on?
Will be ordering my new MBP in the next couple of days.
I think it's just iTunes I need to deauthorise so that I can authorise it on the new system.
Is there any way I can check how many computers, or which computers, my iTunes account is authorised on?
Not exactly. It contains an EFI partition with no OS installer.
Hey, I don't know. Possibly because you're wrong so much of the time.
wow, so clever. And yes, you can restore to a perfectly untouched drive from a time machine...I have done it, you are wrong.
iTunes will tell you. Try de-authorizing and re-authorizing your current machine. When you authorize it you'll see a dialog saying you've authorized n of 5 computers on your account.
As for which ones are authorized, Apple has made that easier recently, assuming you use iCloud. This will also answer the "how many" question, by the way. Try this:
1) In iTunes, in the Store menu go to "View my Account",
2) Log into your account
3) In the iTunes in the Cloud section of the Account Information page you'll see a "Manage Devices" link. Click that.
4) You'll see a list of devices, including computers, that have been authorized on your account. You can remove them from this screen as well.
I believe you'll need to deal with Adobe Pro apps if you use them. Makes some sense to keep your original machine intact for a bit while you test apps on the new one.
Wrong about what? When did I suggest you couldn't restore to a "perfectly untouched drive"? I did say that a TimeMachine disk does not have a recovery partition on it. Which is correct.
Excellent, thanks yet again!
I do not have any adobe pro applications just yet - and looking at all my applications I think it's just iTunes for now. Will follow your directions above and deauthorise some of my other systems that I no longer use!
All done!
Used the time machine backup to migrate to the new system and its worked perfectly!
When it comes to the SSD I may just do the same again - install Lion onto the SSD fresh, and then use my Time Machine backup to restore onto the new drive
Used the time machine backup to migrate to the new system and its worked perfectly!
When it comes to the SSD I may just do the same again - install Lion onto the SSD fresh, and then use my Time Machine backup to restore onto the new drive