[SOLVED] is it possible to clone an iMac g4 to a Powerbook g4?

TitusRaven · Dec 23, 2013

I have an iMac g4 800 mhz and a Powerbook g4 1.5 ghz 17" laptop with both the same hard drive size.

would it be possible to do a bit for bit clone and would the operating system still work? drivers and all?

Ijack · Dec 24, 2013

I doubt it. But rather than asking why not just try it and see if it works.

JustSomeJoe · Dec 24, 2013

Is Target Disk Mode supported on those models? If so it might be an easy way to try it first.

Ijack · Dec 24, 2013

That's the way to do it if you have a FireWire cable. Otherwise you'd have to create an image file on an external drive.

But the install disks supplied with Macs of that age were specific to the model so I doubt that an installed system can simply be transferred.

TitusRaven · Dec 27, 2013

Ijack :

so i tried it, but my Win 7 computer wont recognize the hard drives. is there a Mac way to do it (if you know)?

Ijack · Dec 27, 2013

I already told you. Target disk mode or an image file on an external HD. But don't hold out any high hopes of it working.

TitusRaven · Jan 2, 2014

ok, so i figured it out.... I tried it, and it worked, i just had to make a bootable clone. I used a 3rd party software called CCC (carbon copy cloner).

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