In this tutorial, I demonstrate how to upgrade your hard drive via cloning through a program called super duper. This will backup everything including your Macintosh HD. It will not backup your windows partition (BOOTCAMP) For this tutorial, you only need the free version of super duper. No need to purchase the full version. (i do recommend purchasing the full version – This software is awesome) www.macupdate.com You will also need an external enclosure to work with your new hard drive …
26 Responses to “How to clone and upgrade your hard drive – Super Duper”
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I cloned my hdd for my mac mini but for some reason only the “users” and “printerservers” folders are on there..
is that good or do I have to clone it again?
I would try again, and if that doesn’t work, definitely contact the developers site! They do have some support there that could possibly help ya out!
hey Steve, how can I copy my bootcamp partition as that is really important for me. Is there any other software that do this?
thanks
use winclone my friend. I have a tutorial on that. ill message ya a link
DAYMmmm every time i do something to my mac you have a tutorial for it. That is so “awesome” dude thanks
u are a life saver
best vid on upgrading harddrive on utube
Dear steve i have a mac mini and in terms of Hardware i know exactly what to do when upgrading my harddrive but what i have no idea about is what i should do in terms of software?After replacing the harddrive do i have to reinstall the Mac OS and put all my things back ??or i could just follow what you did wid ur macbook pro??
hey steve
your tutorials are de bomb
i have recent upgraded my macbook pro 13
with 4gb ram en 500gb hd
keep up the good work
grtz from belgium
hey steve.
i dont exactly fully get this. do u put the extra hardware in the USB?
THANK SO MUCH!!!!!..
Thanks Steve
I will be changing out my HD soon I don’t even have room to re-install the OS.
To fix glitches. I was thinking of getting rid of / cleaning up my current HD before I clone it. Seems like a fresh install ( on the new won) then add the things I want. This sounds complex, My biggest question is how can i find out what is taking up all that space? OR should I just shut-up and clone it.
Thanks
Terry
so say if I cloned my hard drive onto a external (im running tiger) and clone my friends mac on to another external(they are running leopard) and copied there clone to my mac could I transfer my files and get there version of osx?
Thanks very much for the professional, informative and enjoyable video! Good luck in the future!
You are more than welcome kernkraft404! glad you found ise informative!! thanks for watching man!
Hello, this video is fantastic! If you are considering upgrading like I am I found a fantastic deal on Newegg. Hitatchi 7200 rpm 500 gb 2.5 for 79.00 free ship. Nothing come close to that. thanks again for the vid
superduper isnt a program it need s a program to open it . HELP ME!
hey steve, thinking about upgrading my hdd, to 500GB, what hdd did you upgrade to and what do you recommend, ima mac newbie.
thanks
Dear Steve I used super duper to clone my osx hdd but after I boot from my new hdd it won’t let me run bootcamp(want to put window in bootcamp partition). Please help?
Very helpful tutorial but I was just wondering, what if your new HD already has say windows pre-installed on it. Would super duper erase the windows and clone the mac os x? I would be so greatful if anyone could answer my question and I’m sure so many others would also. Thanks
i didnt get the apple sign so what do i do now
this is great,
however i have one more queston — what if i want to copy the bootcamp partition? i am guessing that i might make a particion on the new disk, then use super duper twice — once to put Mac HD to 1 partition and then Bootcamp to 2nd partition. will that work? am i thinking in a good way?
thanks again!
very kool, thanks!!!
Hello, I used this tutorial to upgrade my HD. However after all said and done is does work but there is a delay right at start up where i get a white screen for about 10 seconds before I get the apple sign? any ideas
Sometimes it is uploading the firmware or updating these kinds of things. It is usually a one time thing. If it occurs more than once than it could be something else.
Hey, I appreciate the help but i fixed it. I am new to Mac and I had to select the new disc on start up through system preferences. All that time it was looking for the hard drive that was not longer there. A very important part to this install! I am now booting at about 23 second with my new Hitatchi 7200rpm 500gb.