![]() ![]() The procedure below is for Yosemite (10.10) and earlier. More details at Cloning an image using Thunderbolt and Disk Utility (post–El Capitan) Note: If you’re using El Capitan (10.11) or later, the procedure has changed. For example, if you are imaging from 250 GB to 250 GB, that’s okay if you’re imaging from 250 GB to 500 GB, that’s also okay but if you’re imaging from 1 TB to 500 GB, that won’t work. The main hard drive partition of the source Mac must be equal to or lesser in size than the target Mac hard drive. ![]() Then, when you see the hard drive icon appear on your desktop, you can rename it. Easiest way to do this is to go to Finder > Preferences and then check or tick Hard Disks under Show these items on the desktop. Rename the hard drive on the source Mac to something unique (don’t call it Macintosh HD, which is the default). ![]() You can go straight from computer to computer with just a Thunderbolt cable. You don’t have to network your computer, install additional software, or have an external hard drive. ![]() Sure, you probably paid money for your Macs, but this method uses only included software… and one US$40 cable. Over Thunderbolt, cloning a roughly 30 GB (of used space) image takes only a few minutes. ![]()
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