max4143 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Hello, I'd like to 'clone' my current OS on a different PC. I would do a usual Installation and then just C&P the old Users and Settings, that should work, doesn't it? As far as I'm aware of, the following folders should be Copied: Applications/* Users/* Library/* That's all, or do I miss something? Of course, the astericks means all subfiles and subfolders from the root-directory. Greetzs Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackmodford Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Time Machine can do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank8484 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 This works out great when installing new OSX86: 1: make a clone of old OSX setup 2: install chameleon or other bootloader on the cloned disk to make it work again (now you have a backup system, check if you can boot) 3: install lets say Mavericks and at the end of the installation you can choose time machine OR a disk (in this case the cloned disk) the OSX installation will copy all of your files, apps, settings from your cloned disk. Takes very long but very smooth solution. I didnt even had to reinstall or reconfigure my old apps. Just make sure u delete your sensitive data and log out of iCloud on your cloned disk clone app: superDuper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphex6b Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 if you want to do a clean install, but don't want to spend 48 hours restoring your photos and music from backup afterward, you can now do it like so: Boot the installer. Open Disk Utility from the installer's menu and mount your drive. Open Terminal from the installer and rm -rf everything except /Users. Install. /Users will remain. chown to taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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