Cloning Drive and swapping it

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Blake Fasse

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I got a friend of mine who wants to swap the HDD in his old mid 2012 Macbook with an SSD. I had the idea to clone the old drive to the new one and just swapping them. Would this work?
 
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If the new ssd will hold the used contents of the HDD, a clone is possible.
I have done this to good effect on many intel based laptops, but not a mac so there might be some issues.
Best to google the make/model of the laptop and ssd. If for no other reason to see how to physically do the swap and what any detailed specs might be.
I like the free Samsung ssd migration aid for their devices.
Other ssd vendors may have similar utilities.
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If the new ssd will hold the used contents of the HDD, a clone is possible.
I have done this to good effect on many intel based laptops, but not a mac so there might be some issues.
Best to google the make/model of the laptop and ssd. If for no other reason to see how to physically do the swap and what any detailed specs might be.
I like the free Samsung ssd migration aid for their devices.
Other ssd vendors may have similar utilities.
 
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