We have a server Mac mini[1] running OS X 10.6.8 Server as our office mail
server, and I need to replace the old internal 1 TB HDD with a new 250GB SDD.
The internal HDD has two 500GB partitions, but only the 1st partition is used,
and only 70 GB at that.
Does this plan sound reasonable:
1.
That's pretty much what I always do, and I always use SuperDuper for step two:
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
Works great.
- Ian
On Jun 24, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Carl Hoefs newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu wrote:
We have a server Mac mini[1] running OS X 10.6.8
on 2013-06-24 14:33 Carl Hoefs wrote
We have a server Mac mini[1] running OS X 10.6.8 Server [...]
Does this plan sound reasonable:
1. Place the SDD in an external drive enclosure and format it as Mac OS
Extended Journaled.
2. Make an image(?) copy of the HDD drive's 1st partition onto the
On Jun 24, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Ian Ragsdale wrote:
That's pretty much what I always do, and I always use SuperDuper for step two:
On Jun 24, 2013, at 2:04 PM, steve harley wrote:
2. use Carbon Copy Cloner;
Thanks to you both! I'll formalize my plan and schedule the downtime (I assume
the
Hmm. I mentioned CCC and SD to higher-ups and was told that Disk Utility's
Restore function does the same thing.
Under Disk Utility's Restore tab it says: To copy or restore a disk image to a
disk, select the source disk or disk image, select the destination disk, and
then click Restore. It
Yes, Disk Utility's Restore does a fine job of copying volumes. Copying from
the booted drive is never guaranteed. It usually works, but not always. If
you must do that, start in Safe Mode and login in Safe Mode to eliminate as
much background activity as you can, and do nothing else on the
On Jun 24, 2013, at 14:33, Carl Hoefs newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu wrote:
We have a server Mac mini[1] running OS X 10.6.8 Server as our office mail
server, and I need to replace the old internal 1 TB HDD with a new 250GB SDD.
The internal HDD has two 500GB partitions, but only the 1st
