Import Settings & Apps from old OS

[max4143]

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

[Hackmodford]

Time Machine can do this.

[Tank8484]

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

[aphex6b]

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:

 

1. Boot the installer.
   
2. Open Disk Utility from the installer's menu and mount your drive.
   
3. Open Terminal from the installer and rm -rf everything except /Users.
   
4. Install. /Users will remain.
   
5. chown to taste.