I like the older Carbon Copy Cloner, from OWC... It's cloned everything from Classic OS-9.2.2 to OS-10.9, here.
1999 PowerBook G3/400 to the Mac Mini... The newer CCC you pay for has more bells and whistles.... Not my cuppa.... On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 7:34 AM, 375GTB . <[email protected]> wrote: > My late 2009 Mac Mini 2.53Ghz. works FINE with original 4GB RAM and 10.9 > Mavericks. > > As it did (and DOES) with 10.6 Snow Leopard..From LaCie d2 Quadra with > FireWire 800 > > 320GB WD 7200 rpm HDD x2...one IDE and one SATA.. > > The slow internal 5400 rpm 320GB 2.5" drive is partitioned to be the Time > Machine Backups. > > I have no iOS devices, so Yosemite and El Kapitain are of no use to me. > > 10.9 gets regular updates.. > > 10.6 has Rosetta.. > > So I'm quite satisfied... > > 10.7 Liar works fine from my $25 2007 white MacBook... 32 bit... > > 4GB RAM but only uses 3.3GB... > > So cannot be updated OS wise... > > Cheers > > J.C. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 12:01 AM, Russell Courtenay < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Recently got a NewerTech 1TB FireWire drive from OWC for backup (my first >> NEW accessory purchase in years!) but figured I should partition my >> internal drive for El Capitan, Snow Leopard and Data as it is a 2008 iMac >> and will not be upgrading further in OS. On 2 gigs of ram it is already >> really slow on El Cap so I want to try it on Snow Leopard. >> >> Backed up and tried the <option> restart to boot from the NewerTech drive >> and got the circle X symbol and it booted from the internal drive. Ran Disk >> Utility on the external drive, it made some minor fixes, same thing. >> >> I won't be able to try again till tomorrow night but what do I try next? >> >> The only other problem I've had with this drive is I cannot unmount it, >> when I want to disconnect it I have to shut down the computer or I get the >> warning that it is 'in use'. Not sure what is up with that either... >> >> Russell Courtenay >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a >> group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our >> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To leave this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "iMac Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
