Return-Path: Received: from atl4mhob03.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5203226 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 02:04:31 +0200 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.207]) by atl4mhob03.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r880HDdL004045 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 20:17:13 -0400 Received: (qmail 17536 invoked by uid 0); 8 Sep 2013 00:17:13 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 60.225.197.206 X-Authenticated-UID: chris@chriszwar.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.3?) (chris@chriszwar.com@60.225.197.206) by 0 with ESMTPA; 8 Sep 2013 00:17:13 -0000 From: Chris Zwar Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_22B3C476-A360-4FBE-A2DB-19BE3BB1C8AF" Message-Id: <42527C65-4865-463F-8EC0-ADA4709ED065@chriszwar.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] replacing system HD in a Mac Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 10:17:10 +1000 References: To: "After Effects Mail List" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) --Apple-Mail=_22B3C476-A360-4FBE-A2DB-19BE3BB1C8AF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Thanks to everyone who replied. I decided to try with disk utility and everything worked fine. In fact, = because the step-by-step photos at iFixit are so detailed, the job was = actually much quicker and easier than I expected. Once again, as with the iMac I upgraded earlier this year, the speed = difference with an SSD is staggering. The original boot time for the = mac mini was over a minute, now it's a few seconds. All good. Cheers! -Chris On 05/09/2013, at 5:40 PM, D wrote: > I've done this a few times without issue on work drives. I used Disk = Utility. You have to make sure that your HHD partition is the same size = or smaller than your new SSD to be able to copy across. For me, this = meant backing up many non system files and folders onto another disk. = Then with disk utility open you drag your source volume and destination = volume to the relevant fields and hit go. I've had zero issues. I'm sure = CCC will do a great job too, I just preferred to use the native = solution.=20 >=20 > On Thursday, September 5, 2013, Chris Zwar wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > I have an OT query - I always value the knowledge on the list and I = know it's not limited to AE. >=20 > 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. >=20 > As payment for an OT query I offer 2 handy keyboard shortcuts: >=20 > 1) holding down the option key when pasting will paste at the current = time. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > -Chris >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to --Apple-Mail=_22B3C476-A360-4FBE-A2DB-19BE3BB1C8AF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 dow.hanson@gmail.com> = wrote:

I've done this a few times without issue on work = drives. I used Disk Utility. You have to make sure that your HHD = partition is the same size or smaller than your new SSD to be able = to copy across. For me, this meant backing up many non system files = and folders onto another disk. Then with disk utility = open you drag your source volume and destination volume to the relevant = fields and hit go. I've had zero issues. I'm sure CCC will do a great = job too, I just preferred to use the native solution.

On Thursday, September 5, 2013, Chris Zwar 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

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