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Hi, I've done installations of Mac OS X and have done a bunch of partitioning stuff, but I'l like to know from you experienced guys how to do the following scenario:
120GB SSD: Has Mac OS X and Applications (minus a couple applications) installed on it, boot drive.
2 TB HDD: Contains everything from my current 2TB drive except the above.
I have an iMac right now that I want to take all the data from, so I'd like to know the best way of going about separating my application files from my OS and putting them on my SSD/HDD.
Right now I'm thinking I'm going to do it in this order:
1. Install OS X Mountain Lion on SSD.
2. Migrate user data from my iMac's HDD onto the new 2 TB drive.
3. "link" the two drives, so to speak.
I'm trying to use the same sort of method as this site suggests, but I'd like your input as to what I ought to do.
If you guys have any ideas, I'd be very appreciative.
Last thing, is it better for this installation that I upgrade my iMac to Mountain Lion, or should I stick with Lion, or is it irrelevant?
Thank you very much!
120GB SSD: Has Mac OS X and Applications (minus a couple applications) installed on it, boot drive.
2 TB HDD: Contains everything from my current 2TB drive except the above.
I have an iMac right now that I want to take all the data from, so I'd like to know the best way of going about separating my application files from my OS and putting them on my SSD/HDD.
Right now I'm thinking I'm going to do it in this order:
1. Install OS X Mountain Lion on SSD.
2. Migrate user data from my iMac's HDD onto the new 2 TB drive.
3. "link" the two drives, so to speak.
I'm trying to use the same sort of method as this site suggests, but I'd like your input as to what I ought to do.
If you guys have any ideas, I'd be very appreciative.
Last thing, is it better for this installation that I upgrade my iMac to Mountain Lion, or should I stick with Lion, or is it irrelevant?
Thank you very much!