infernouk Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Hey guys I installed my OS on a 40gb SSD i had just to test. Ive got it working perfectly now, but need more space for the long term. Is there a way i can simply take all the data on this drive and clone it onto a new hard drive and have it work exactly the same? Or does it need to be worked from scratch? Cheers for the insight, hoping to save myself a load of time! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/313140-is-it-possible-to-clone-a-working-install-to-a-new-bigger-hard-drive-easily/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
calibre™ Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Carbon copy cloner. You have to reinstall clover though Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/313140-is-it-possible-to-clone-a-working-install-to-a-new-bigger-hard-drive-easily/#findComment-2252287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
infernouk Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 Carbon copy cloner. You have to reinstall clover though so you can clone the data but need to recreate your EFI partition? Can you just install clover as an empty install and then throw across all the same files? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/313140-is-it-possible-to-clone-a-working-install-to-a-new-bigger-hard-drive-easily/#findComment-2252289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
calibre™ Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 You dont make efi.it will be created when you format the new drive with guid+gpt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/313140-is-it-possible-to-clone-a-working-install-to-a-new-bigger-hard-drive-easily/#findComment-2252290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
infernouk Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 You dont make efi.it will be created when you format the new drive with guid+gpt ah my bad, but ill be able to drag across the clover related files from existing to new once installed? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/313140-is-it-possible-to-clone-a-working-install-to-a-new-bigger-hard-drive-easily/#findComment-2252296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
calibre™ Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Yes... You dont even have to install clover. Just copy the clover content from your old efi drive to the new efi drive 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/313140-is-it-possible-to-clone-a-working-install-to-a-new-bigger-hard-drive-easily/#findComment-2252298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
infernouk Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 Yes... You dont even have to install clover. Just copy the clover content from your old efi drive to the new efi drive great so literally format the new drive guid+gpt, carbon copy over the OS with CCC, then mount the EFI and drag and drop the EFI from old drive to new, then boot it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/313140-is-it-possible-to-clone-a-working-install-to-a-new-bigger-hard-drive-easily/#findComment-2252301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
calibre™ Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Correct. Mount EFI, EFI folder is what you need 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/313140-is-it-possible-to-clone-a-working-install-to-a-new-bigger-hard-drive-easily/#findComment-2252302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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