07-09-2011, 11:58 PM
i'm booting a macbook (2.4 ghz core 2 duo, 2 gb ram) from an external drive (running 10.6.8). i'd like to clone the os on the boot drive onto that macbook. the os (10.5.8) in the macbook appears to be seriously messed up (a number of apps--apparently intel, as opposed to universal, apps won't open).
my thought is to trash the system, library and user folders on the macbook and use ccc to clone those folders from the external drive onto the macbook.
please confirm that this is the correct procedure or advise that i'm being a chowderhead who's about to create big problems on the macbook and that the correct way to do this is . . . .
also, the macbook has a 160gb drive with just over 100 gb available. ccc tells me that the macbook "may not accommodate a complete backup of the chosen source volume." however, the total size on the external drive of the three folders mentioned above is less than 20gb. i'd appreciate your thoughts on why ccc would give me this message.
my thought is to trash the system, library and user folders on the macbook and use ccc to clone those folders from the external drive onto the macbook.
please confirm that this is the correct procedure or advise that i'm being a chowderhead who's about to create big problems on the macbook and that the correct way to do this is . . . .
also, the macbook has a 160gb drive with just over 100 gb available. ccc tells me that the macbook "may not accommodate a complete backup of the chosen source volume." however, the total size on the external drive of the three folders mentioned above is less than 20gb. i'd appreciate your thoughts on why ccc would give me this message.