Well, it had me fooled! I opened my mail and thought, "Wow, I've got 14 replies to my question!", but then I saw all the dups. Must be the sun spots. Thanks, John and Nora for your help. I may give it a shot tomorrow. Bill
On May 27, 2012, at 3:20 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
