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Yosemite OSX86 Cloning to Macbook Pro Retina

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[solved] Yosemite OSX86 Cloning to Macbook Pro Retina

Is it possible to get a 10.10 OSX86 System over to a Macbook Pro Retina?

I though about a timemachine cloning from OSX86 to the Macbook Pro with has 10.9 on it right now.

Will this work?
I would delete all the OSX86 kext from the TM backup drive an replace them by the 10.10 Vanilla kexts and try to upgrade.

Any help or advice, experience would be nice...

If there is an easier and better way, just let me know. I would like to save that ton of time to install all my applications (Adobe CC) twice... :)

I have a native Win7 Bootcamp installation on my Macbook too. Hope this will not be destroyed...

BR
 
Why wouldn't you just run the Yosemite installer/updating from the App Store-- on the Macbook Pro itself?

I would definitely NOT try to take an OS X Hackintosh system, de-Hackintosh the system software, and then try to clone it over to a real Mac. Sounds like a recipe for an at least soft-bricked system at best.
 
You don't have to do a clean install. If you have Mavericks installed on your MBP, all you need to do is UPDATE it. You won't have to reinstall any programs.
 
I do.... All my programs on my new Yosemite Installion are new eerVersions!

For Example on my Macbook i used Adobe CS5 ---> now new under Yosemite on my OSX86 - Adobe CC 2014...
So it doesn't make no sense to do the Appstore update... get rid of the old software... install the new software!

The Installation of Adobe CC 2014 with all updates cost me the hole last Sunday....

There for i am looking exactly for a way to do it via cloning...
 
So I found a way how it worked:

1) I did a fresh vanilla install of Yosemite on Macbook Pro from scratch (deleted the old Mac HDD)

2) I did a CCC Clone of my OSX86 without copying boot, S/L/E and /Extra Folder to external USB

3) I connected the cloned OSX86 via USB to the Macbook and booted up with ⌘R

4) I did "Reinstall OS X" without deleting or formatting anything on the OSX86 USB drive

5) I booted up from USB reinstalled OSX86 drive

6) I used CCC and cloned the USB OSX86 drive back to Macbook HDD

Voila - all Programms are working and I have a Yosemite Copy with all my Software I installed over many hours at my Hacki!!!
 
So I found a way how it worked:

1) I did a fresh vanilla install of Yosemite on Macbook Pro from scratch (deleted the old Mac HDD)

2) I did a CCC Clone of my OSX86 without copying boot, S/L/E and /Extra Folder to external USB

3) I connected the cloned OSX86 via USB to the Macbook and booted up with ⌘R

4) I did "Reinstall OS X" without deleting or formatting anything on the OSX86 USB drive

5) I booted up from USB reinstalled OSX86 drive

6) I used CCC and cloned the USB OSX86 drive back to Macbook HDD

Voila - all Programms are working and I have a Yosemite Copy with all my Software I installed over many hours at my Hacki!!!

Too much trouble for not enough profit. I upgraded my Mavericks MacBook Pro to Yosemite via the App Store on an encrypted drive in about 1 hour of download/install (download took longer than install), switch from update tab to purchases tab, download Yosemite versions 8 apps (Garage Band, iMovie, etc.) that came with it and install them, get latest iTunes update, download X-Code and half a dozen other paid for or free apps and install them and done - all in about 2 hours from start to finish.
 
Read my Post!

I wanted to avoid reinstalling all my Programs!
Esp. the installation of the Adobe CC 2014 Apps with Updates and including the cracking procedure alone took a hole day of time!!!!!

And by the way... My clone Method as described took about 1 hour!
 
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