![]() I got a Mac Book Pro 13" in 2012 that in 2016 I upgraded to a 240GB SSD from a similar sized 250GB HDD. ![]() Since then I have followed this procedure a number of time for friends and customers. This week I again had to upgrade that same Mac Book Pro from the 240GB SSD to a new 480GB SSD and again came across a number of problems. For this reason, I have decided to invest my time in documenting this troublesome process for the benefit of others and so next time I have to do it I won't have to remember and re-discover everything again. TL DR - The Crux of this article is that unfortunately, there is no easy way to just copy the whole old drive, with the different Mac and Windows Bootcamp partitions to a new drive. However, with this guide, the complex process is fully explained and broken up into five manageable and easy to understand processes along with their individual steps to do so. NOTE: I use the word ' drive' loosely here but these processes could work to/or from either an SSD or HDD. If you are replacing an HDD with another HDD I suggest you stop and get an SSD as the speed benefits are very significant and can make an old Mac feel like a new computer. They are much cheaper today than they were even a year ago. ![]() To undertake this process for FREE then you need to follow these broad process steps. There are five broad processes that need to be taken:Ī. Clone the Mac OSX Partition from the old drive to the new drive.ī. The update offers a host of new features, including System Integrity Protection (SIP) management, which allows users to selectively disable individual parameters for this security option. Re-create the Recovery Partition on the new drive.Ĭ. Paragon CampTune is the first Paragon macOS product to support Apple’s APFS. Lately I've had some issues with space, and I'd like to give my Mac OS (Yosemite) more space from my Windows 10 OS side. Make sure New Mac OSX works, then recreate a BOOTCAMP partition on the new drive.ĭ. Camptune Mac So, I'm basically textbook definition computer rookie, but by some miracle, I managed to bootcamp my own hard drive on my 2014 Macbook Pro with Retina Display. Clone the Old Windows OS to the newly created BOOTCAMP Windows partition.Į. How to resize your bootcamp partition without deleting windows. Fix the new copy of the Windows Partition so that it boots properly. Winclone Support Document: Move Boot Camp to a replacement drive Winclone Support Document: Migrating a Bootcamp Partition with Winclone Use WinClone which is an Apple and Bootcamp aware disk cloning utility PAID SOLUTIONS (If you know of others please comment with a link):ġ. This will cost you at least $20 USD and will not really make the process much easier.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |