Clone old Retina MacBook Pro to new rMBP without using Migration Assistant?

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Hi all

I would like to clone my old rMBP to my new one. I've done a Time Machine and Migration Assistant import, but some apps have not come across.

Is this possible? A quick Google revealed posts from earlier this year saying that it's not yet possible on rMBPs or somesuch. I'm hoping this has changed?

If it's not possible, I might as well start with a fresh install of Mavericks and manually copy everything across and reinstall the apps.

A clone would be first prize though to save time.

Thanks! :)
 
PostmanPot said:
Hi all

I would like to clone my old rMBP to my new one. I've done a Time Machine and Migration Assistant import, but some apps have not come across.

Is this possible? A quick Google revealed posts from earlier this year saying that it's not yet possible on rMBPs or somesuch. I'm hoping this has changed?

If it's not possible, I might as well start with a fresh install of Mavericks and manually copy everything across and reinstall the apps.

A clone would be first prize though to save time.

Thanks! :)
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Supposedly Time Machine has to do this except for all your App store apps. Because you would have to download those again to ensure your apps are up to date. First time I have heard about this.
 
Clone original drive to external using superduper. Boot from cloned drive on new machine and clone it back.
 
$m@Rt@$$ said:
Supposedly Time Machine has to do this except for all your App store apps. Because you would have to download those again to ensure your apps are up to date. First time I have heard about this.
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Yeah, these aren't App Store apps.

Even Office didn't come across using Time Machine/Migration Assistant, which is weird. I would have thought it would.
 
Boot into the Recovery Partition and use Disk Utility to clone the drive. Built in and very easy to do.
 
Lord Flacko said:
Boot into the Recovery Partition and use Disk Utility to clone the drive. Built in and very easy to do.
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Thanks. Could you please elaborate?

I'm on the old rMBP, and I see in Disk Utility that I can use Restore to create/'restore' a disk image to another volume (an external).

Are you saying that I should shut down and do this step after booting into the Recovery Partition? i.e. Not while I'm currently in OS X?

*edit* Also, in the below screenshot, is the correct drive selected? Or need I select Macintosh HD?

Do I then boot into the Recovery Partition of the new rMBP and import/'restore' the image?

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In the old days(Pre-X), unless models were identical, the System Enabler might be a problem. If you clone an OS that exists before a machine, then the SE for that machine is not available and the Mac won't boot.

Nowadays, that may be the same. The System.kext I think is where the problem starts.
 
GreGorGy said:
In the old days(Pre-X), unless models were identical, the System Enabler might be a problem. If you clone an OS that exists before a machine, then the SE for that machine is not available and the Mac won't boot.

Nowadays, that may be the same. The System.kext I think is where the problem starts.
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Understood. I'll just have to test it. Old rMBP is Ivy Bridge, new one is Haswell.

Just awaiting feedback from my previous post.
 
Hold down the "Option" Key when switching the Mac on. Choose the recovery partition. Choose the language of your choice. You should see the OS X Utilities Pane (Menu), Choose Disk Utility. On the left hand side, choose Macintosh HD (Partition, not the physical hard drive), choose the Restore tab. Drag the external partition to the Destination field. Make sure that the external HDD is formatted as Macintosh Journaled and using GUID partition Table scheme.
 
PostmanPot said:
Thanks. Can this all be done with SuperDuper? Guaranteed?
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I've done it with my machines on many occasions. Restoring from a time machine backup is a waste of time.
 
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