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Clone a bootable hard disk the easy way
If the machines have closer hardwares I don't think it will be a problem but i really recommend fresh install and migration assistent. Some one suggested to use dd but this is too much for lots of people and Apple has just the tool for doing it the "Apple way": Disk Utility. Pop the disk you want to clone, create a image with Disk Utility and then use the Restore tab to install the image back to a hard drive. And ALWAYS, verify and repair the disks after such a process! Another good thing to do, with dd or with Disk Utility is to generate a md5 hash of the image for comparation before a restore... just to be shure everything is as was at the imaging time. In command line just type:
In Disk Utility go to the menu (I do not use my computer in english so it maybe not exactly like this, but it is some like this! :) Btw, I usualy install my OS X updates using this technique: create a dvd image (I like to do this for backuping purposes), Restore the image to a HardDrive (even non-empy HDs are OK since you cant choose to not destroy any data), reboot the machine and choose to boot from the HD with the OS Installer. It's faster then any other method I know! Done this from 10.2 to 10.3 to 10.4 and will do this to 10.5! |
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