Can I use this to clone a hard drive from a Mac to a new SSD drive?
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Yes, absolutely. Make sure you know which you select as Source and which as Destination - otherwise you might end up copying in wrong direction. You need something like CarbonCopy software.
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You don't. Just follow the instructions to do a restore (disk clone) and the new ssd is just like the old ssd. Once you complete the new ssd installation, then perform the in-place upgrade as you would normally.
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I wouldn't do that. I'd use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your drive first. If you can.
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Yes 100% Mac friendly, but you need a software to clone your HDD.I used this item to clone my HDD into an SSD and it worked perfectly without any problem.
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Here is what I had to do. Format the SSD, so it will be recognized as a drive with a new drive letter. Don' forget, cloning will bring over your present operating system as well, so upgrade it first, if you want a new one.Both Samsung and Seagate have included software. Be sure only to use USB 2.0. bE ADVISED IF YOU HAVE A FAIRLY NEW MB, CONTACT THE MB Co. which SATA CONNECTIONS (PORTS) TO USE. SOME ARE TOO SLOW.
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The cloning software makes an identical copy of your old hard drive. If Windows 7, or Office, or anything else worked before you installed the SSD, it will operate perfectly afterwards. The "computer" does not see anything different. Just clone your hard drive which has Windows installed. And when it is finished, install the SSD. Then, button up your computer and it will boot up without your needing to do anything.Good luckJohn
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Yes you can.The fact of the matter is when you take a new drive and clone it with another content, it automatically wipe the drive for you. I move a drive to another system and clone it using the other system's content, the original data on the drive is gone.
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If you just want to copy files to another disk you can drag and drop from one disk to another. If you want to "clone" an existing hard drive so it can be use to replace the old hard drive, you need cloning software. You may be able to find a free trial version by Googling "Free Cloning software"
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Sorry, I do not know anything about Macs. But, I would check your owners manual. The SATA connector should be the same, but the height of the drive could be an issue, it might not fit in your HDD slot. Good luck.
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I do not have personal experience with Mac hardware, but it should. It is a 2.5" SATA drive. Typically the only concern with swapping out these drives is making sure the new drive is no thicker than the OEM drive. HDD's <=750GB are I think usually 9.5mm thick, while larger capacities require another platter so will be thicker. You should be able to substitute any <=750GB 2.5" SATA drive. This site will assist with your upgrade. http://www.macinstruct.com/node/130
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I don't think you can, at least with the hardware clone feature. According to the docs it clones the partition. I have cloned a smaller drive to a larger one and then had to expand the smaller partition to take advantage of the larger drive. The cloned partition was the exact size of the original partition, not the size of the data on the original drive.But you can mount drives in here in addition to cloning them. So, if you use the device to mount the drive you could use a software based cloning solution such as Carbon Copy Cloner on the Mac to do exactly what you are attempting. I've done it many times myself.I hope that helps. I don't think you can, at least with the hardware clone feature. According to the docs it clones the partition. I have cloned a smaller drive to a larger one and then had to expand the smaller partition to take advantage of the larger drive. The cloned partition was the exact size of the original partition, not the size of the data on the original drive.But you can mount drives in here in addition to cloning them. So, if you use the device to mount the drive you could use a software based cloning solution such as Carbon Copy Cloner on the Mac to do exactly what you are... » Read More I don't think you can, at least with the hardware clone feature. According to the docs it clones the partition. I have cloned a smaller drive to a larger one and then had to expand the smaller partition to take advantage of the larger drive. The cloned partition was the exact size of the original partition, not the size of the data on the original drive.But you can mount drives in here in addition to cloning them. So, if you use the device to mount the drive you could use a software based cloning solution such as Carbon Copy Cloner on the Mac to do exactly what you are attempting. I've done it many times myself.I hope that helps. « Show Less
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I'm pretty sure that you can. In fact I believe any internal HD with a SATA interface will work. I am using a SanDisk SSD 480GB drive in mine as a startup drive for my iMac.
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Yes. That's exactly what I used it for. My OS is Windows 7 Ultimate. I did not try it on the Mac platform, but apparently there is no Data Migration tool for a Mac. I guess you're just supposed to clone your boot drive there. For Windows, it works great. You can use this for a variety of reasons besides SSD data migration, and even if your mobo doesn't support USB 3, it is backward compatible with USB 2.
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Yes. If you have not replaced a drive on a mac before, you may want to take a look at this or other tutorials first to make sure you have the right tools on hand, and how to back up your old HD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfiGF_pjqvM
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I did not try to clone a active hardrive like your question but you can try. However, you can use a clone from Samsung SSD drive software to clone your active harddrive, I what I did with my laptop
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If you are using a Mac, you can use a program called SUPERDUPER, silly name, but it works incredibly well! You will need an external SATA to USB adapter so you can power and connect the drive to a USB port on your existing computer. Be mindful that the exact duplication process takes a while, my 320Gig drive took about 8 hours to copy to my 1TB!
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U can use a cloning software... I use Acronis backup... or if u r doing a clean install u will need ur original disks and take out ur old drive and put that one in and run the install of ur OS