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| Thanks for tip #1, Chris. I didn't know that! I've replaced many OS drives in my Mac, and not had problems with using SuperDuper to make a clone. CCC should work as well. In my MacPro, I have two drives for the OS; one is the working drive, the other is an "emergency" disk. I clone often to the emergency disk (with SuperDuper), as well as a separate external disk. Having the second internal always available has been handy for those times when I shouldn't have installed that new driver, or delete something I shouldn't have, etc. It's simple to make the emergency the Startup Disk, and be back in business in just a few minutes. I can also use the 2nd internal as a test drive for OS updates. On Sep 4, 2013, at 7:09 PM, Chris Zwar <chris@chriszwar.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an OT query - I always value the knowledge on the list and I know it's not limited to AE. > > I will be replacing the old 5400rpm drive in a Mac Mini with a new SSD. I won't be upgrading the OS or changing anything else - just the physical swap. > Can I simply copy everything over between the two drives or should I clean install the OS onto the SSD first? I know that in an ideal world you would re-install everything from scratch and it's a good opportunity to do a spring clean, but I really won't have time. I'm not expecting any problems with doing a straight copy & replace so if anyone is aware of pitfalls then please let me know. > > As payment for an OT query I offer 2 handy keyboard shortcuts: > > 1) holding down the option key when pasting will paste at the current time. > > 2) When the main viewer window is selected, alt-double clicking on the hand icon will re-centre the viewer contents, which is very handy when comparing multiple compositions. > > Cheers, > > -Chris > > > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> |
