Dan, Did you get my message!!! Honestly, I ONLY sent it once, don't know why everyone got such duplication. Sorry.
John On May 27, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > Bill, > > I have done this over and over, NEVER going from Lion to Lion so I suspect > that all will go fine, boy trying to go from Snow Leopard using Migration > just won't cut it.....learned that the hard way and the guys at the Apple > store confirmed it after I had gotten into a mess. > > If I were doing what you intend I would put the new drive in the MBP, put the > old one in the enclosure, install Lion (I assume by downloading, or with the > thumb drive) on the new drive (after formatting as you say) and then when > booting up the first time it will ask if you want to migrate from another > machine or TimeMachine I would then choose the old drive in the enclosure. > If going from Lion to Lion works as well as going from Snow Leopard to Snow > Leopard it should be a smooth transaction. > > John > > > >> My 2007 MBP has been giving me hints that it's hard drive won't make it >> through the summer, so I plan on switching it out with a new one. I am >> getting a Western Digital 320GB, to replace the 120GB. I have also ordered >> an enclosure that I can put the old one in after I transfer them. >> My concern is making the data transfer. Do I first just connect the old one >> (still in the MBP) to the new one in the enclosure with a usb cable and use >> Migration Assistant on the Mac? I know I'll need to format the new one as >> Journaling something to be Mac friendly, but do I have to put Lion on the >> new one before I 'Migrate'? Or does Lion get moved over too? Since I >> upgraded to 10.7.xx, I don't have an install disc (because I downloaded it), >> so do I ...? ...go to the app store and somehow reinstall from previous >> purchases? How can I make the new drive as clean as possible? >> Looking forward to doing this surgery this Holiday weekend. As always, I >> appreciate anyone's help and advice. >> >> Bill Micou >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
