SSD users: Anyone upgrade and clone their prior HD?
SSD users: Anyone upgrade and clone their prior HD?
I plan on getting a SSD pretty soon but I'm not sure whether I should clone my prior drive - which would include cloning Live, or if I should do a fresh OS install on the new drive and then reinstall everything. Any of you make the upgrade? If so, what method did you use? Results?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Re: SSD users: Anyone upgrade and clone their prior HD?
Windows or Mac?
if Windows, make sure to move the temp and swap (page) files to a separate physical drive so you don't use up all your SDD writes on crap.
Macs are perfect and need nothing done to them ever.
if Windows, make sure to move the temp and swap (page) files to a separate physical drive so you don't use up all your SDD writes on crap.
Macs are perfect and need nothing done to them ever.
Re: SSD users: Anyone upgrade and clone their prior HD?
sorry, forgot to state my machine - yeah, I'm running a Mac. 2011 MBP
Re: SSD users: Anyone upgrade and clone their prior HD?
H20nly wrote: Macs are perfect and need nothing done to them ever.
LOL
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Oh yeah, you better back it up.
I had a real nice OWC Mercury Extreme SSD in my 15" MBP which really made it clear I could probably get another year or so out of the 5 year old machine, maxed out to 6 GB, with both FW 400 and 800 and expresscard, all things I use that new machines don't have so easily...
It worked great for 6 weeks, them BAM. Total drive failure. Unmountable in any chassis. Too small to be a doorstop...
Good thing I had cloned the original, and kept all my work on external HD.
I had a real nice OWC Mercury Extreme SSD in my 15" MBP which really made it clear I could probably get another year or so out of the 5 year old machine, maxed out to 6 GB, with both FW 400 and 800 and expresscard, all things I use that new machines don't have so easily...
It worked great for 6 weeks, them BAM. Total drive failure. Unmountable in any chassis. Too small to be a doorstop...
Good thing I had cloned the original, and kept all my work on external HD.
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I am on a PC, did the upgrade, cloned and lost the authorization,was out of them too, so had to email for another authorization. But I did a whole new install, had to authorize that one too!! All of my VSt had to be re-authorized, Reason also, what a royal pain in the ass..
anyone know how not to use up authorizations while cloning?
anyone know how not to use up authorizations while cloning?
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Re: SSD users: Anyone upgrade and clone their prior HD?
it depends on the software. some copy protection schemes include hard drive ID, some don't.tintala wrote: anyone know how not to use up authorizations while cloning?
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I used Super Duper to clone my HDD to SSD. Super simple and everything worked fine after the SSD install. Even the windows that were open stayed that way
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rosti wrote:I used Super Duper to clone my HDD to SSD. Super simple and everything worked fine after the SSD install. Even the windows that were open stayed that way
so Super Duper is only for MAc?
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It seems so. With PC i would propably use dd on Ubuntu live CD to do the same. More of a hustle but that what PCs are all about ;Dtintala wrote:rosti wrote:I used Super Duper to clone my HDD to SSD. Super simple and everything worked fine after the SSD install. Even the windows that were open stayed that way
so Super Duper is only for MAc?
Re: SSD users: Anyone upgrade and clone their prior HD?
Cloning works great, I've used Carbon Copy...
Mac Studio M2 Max and MacBook Pro M1
Genelec M030; Live 11.3.x and Live 12; macOS Sonoma
UAD Apollo Twin
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Genelec M030; Live 11.3.x and Live 12; macOS Sonoma
UAD Apollo Twin
Ableton Push 2
Re: SSD users: Anyone upgrade and clone their prior HD?
FYI- the new Macbook Pros use the Samsung 830 series SSD's.
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I did it with time machine, and worked flawlessly. Took no time.
MBP 2018, 16 GB Ram, OSX 10.15.7
MBP M1 Max 64 GB Ram, OSX 14.3.1
Live 10.1.43 Suite
Live 11.3.21
Live 12 Beta
Interface : Apollo Twin duo
MBP M1 Max 64 GB Ram, OSX 14.3.1
Live 10.1.43 Suite
Live 11.3.21
Live 12 Beta
Interface : Apollo Twin duo