Return-Path: Received: from mail-vb0-f48.google.com ([209.85.212.48] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5203764 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 18:34:33 +0200 Received: by mail-vb0-f48.google.com with SMTP id w16so3296892vbf.7 for ; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 09:47:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=Xhmzs66Y/Xa5UORaXBc5y4FgiwTmTatRDFHAM5PnqPI=; b=TXSDurB6oyB8ZODisIiXFVGS7m/qcJTSoehvPLVe0sWRD8C8q7oeLJSEbgO4vqEM/p MtDzCy26CJ36nAYJ3ZD0xw/J3tP3+TY/eRvoGNpzAhzKBiNrxz+DWG4rPWXJMjnLQSgk o6DcHR3eQqA/mcrZczM0rmEp8zH0TrXENbnCeFotM2wbLpkVxYyulMbgXFM9ThDta6TW njXK67AcYiGPNKs3PI+IbRKZiUuL0eU8/8UGSHL2ubNQtSteGWa3XHj9qj2EuOwWeA1g ZuWv1MATY54Q07xsNQcd+cDCVsmHYmk2FbruGb7FusEMq5X8Qx/sAqLB0Rwex0IUtLG9 TO2g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.140.69 with SMTP id h5mr13260951vcu.0.1378658837688; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 09:47:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.66.200 with HTTP; Sun, 8 Sep 2013 09:47:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 12:47:17 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] replacing system HD in a Mac From: Dean Forss To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b34324449778a04e5e2060b --047d7b34324449778a04e5e2060b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 As a side note, My Windows 8 machine was taking 1':56" to boot from an Internal 7200 rpm 1 TB Seagate. I moved the OS to a Samsumg 840 Pro 512 gig SSD and it boots in 6 seconds now - hard to believe but absolutely true. Regards, Deanster On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Chris Zwar wrote: > 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. > > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >> > > -- *Dean Forss Technology Consultant, 3D Artist, Interactive Designer Direct 904.557.4189* * * Life is a wondrous adventure; embrace it, leave yesterday behind, take risks - not to escape today's life, but to prevent it from escaping you! --047d7b34324449778a04e5e2060b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
As = a side note, My Windows 8 machine was taking 1':56" to boot from a= n Internal 7200 rpm 1 TB Seagate. I moved the OS to a Samsumg 840 Pro 512 g= ig SSD and it boots in 6 seconds now - hard to believe but absolutely true.=

Regards,
Deanster


On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Chris Zw= ar <chris@chriszwar.com> wrote:
Thanks to everyone who replied.
I d= ecided to try with disk utility and everything worked fine. =A0In fact, bec= ause the step-by-step photos at iFixit are so detailed, the job was actuall= y much quicker and easier than I expected.

Once again, as with the iMac I upgraded earlier this ye= ar, the speed difference with an SSD is staggering. =A0The original boot ti= me for the mac mini was over a minute, now it's a few seconds. =A0All g= ood.

Cheers!


-Chris<= /div>

On 05/09/2013, at 5:40 PM, D <dow.hanson@gmail.co= m> wrote:

I've done=A0this a few times=A0without is= sue on work drives. I used Disk Utility. You have to make sure that your HH= D partition is the same size=A0or smaller than your new SSD to be able to c= opy across.=A0For me, this meant backing up many non system files and folde= rs onto another disk.=A0Then with disk utility open you drag y= our 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.=A0

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. =A0= I won't be upgrading the OS or changing anything else - just the physic= al swap.
Can I simply copy everything over between the two drives or should I clean = install the OS onto the SSD first? =A0I know that in an ideal world you wou= ld re-install everything from scratch and it's a good opportunity to do= a spring clean, but I really won't have time. =A0I'm not expecting= any problems with doing a straight copy & replace so if anyone is awar= e 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 comparin= g multiple compositions.

Cheers,

-Chris





+---End of message---+
To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv&g= t;




--
Dean Forss
Technology Consultant, 3D Artist, Interac= tive Designer
Direct 904.557.418= 9
Life is a= wondrous adventure; embrace it, leave yesterday behind, take risks - not t= o escape today's life, but to prevent it from escaping you!

--047d7b34324449778a04e5e2060b--