Home » Questions » Computers [ Ask a new question ]

What's the easiest way to migrate one Mac OS X volume to another

What's the easiest way to migrate one Mac OS X volume to another

I want to move a volume from a smaller drive to a larger unformatted one. What is the best way to achieve this? Ideally I'd like the new volume to have the same name as the older volume as it contains user accounts, and is a destination of various symlinks that I have on other volumes.

Asked by: Guest | Views: 366
Total answers/comments: 2
Guest [Entry]

Try Carbon Copy Cloner. It does a bit-by-bit copy, which should guarantee that it is an EXACT copy. I hope this helps.
Guest [Entry]

"I prefer a cold clone if you can. Boot to the OS X install DVD, launch Disk Utility, click the old volume, then the Restore tab. Drag the old volume into the source field and the new volume into the destination field, then click Restore and Yes to erase destination volume. Double check yourself to make sure you don't get the source and destination swapped. :)

If a cold clone isn't an option, Carbon Copy CLoner is the next best thing."