How to Copy a HDD to SSD in Mac OSX

This is just a simple video about how to restore (clone) your old Hard Drive onto a new Solid State Drive using Mac OSX. This of course can be done on any volume, Solid State Drive or Hard Drive, back up or main boot drive.

I hope this helps. I know a lot of us are trying to fix up and transition to new gear. I figured if you are trying to clone a drive in Mac OSX, for any reason, I’d try to help clear up the steps on doing so.

You could be cloning a drive for a number of reasons. The reason I was cloning this drive was because I was swapping out a decade old HDD (that was a boot disk) for a new SSD to make this computer usable. The Owner of the computer asked that everything remain the way it was. He didn’t want a clean install of the operating system. He simply wanted the computer to work. The hdd was so slow that you would click on something and it could take 10 to 20 seconds before the computer would register the click. Typing a paper was impossible because you could only add a character every 10-20 seconds. 

If you are a windows user, I recommend the software “Macrium Reflect.” It’s a feature rich, fast, reliable, powerful and free software. But their sales reps are relentless. I have about 12 voice mails from the dude asking me to purchase the full version. (The full version has features for remote monitoring servers, I don’t need that).



How to Clone Drives in Mac OSX
How to Copy a HDD to SSD in Mac OSX
How to swap a HDD for an SSD without losing any data.

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