I bought a new Mac that had a 320GB HD. Prior to getting rid of my old Mac, I did a Time Machine backup and also a Carbon Copy Clone. When I booted up the new Mac for the first time, it asked if I wanted to import data from back up. I plugged in the external HD that contained the latest backup. After it was completed and I booted up the new Mac again, my photos, music, documents were missing as well as other things and the new Mac looked nothing like the old one.
I then used the Carbon Copy Clone and booted off it and cloned the new Mac from the external HD that was cloned from the old Mac.
Everything looks and works just like the old Mac EXCEPT...the old Mac only had only about 80GB on it. I checked then new HD on the new Mac and it shows 170GB free space. It should show about 230GB free. The only explanation I can think of is the backup I originally installed made up the missing 50GB difference. I installed disk inventory X and it showed 80GB on the HD but when I check the mac HD, it showed 150GB. I have no idea why there is a difference or for that mater how to remove the 50GB that's floating around some where. I know what you're all saying. Why don't you erase the HD on the new Mac and re-clone it from the external HD you used to clone it after you tried to use the backup. No can do. I erased the clone after I got everything back to normal on the new one.
Anyone have any ideas? I checked shared users and did not find anything there to account for 50GB
I then used the Carbon Copy Clone and booted off it and cloned the new Mac from the external HD that was cloned from the old Mac.
Everything looks and works just like the old Mac EXCEPT...the old Mac only had only about 80GB on it. I checked then new HD on the new Mac and it shows 170GB free space. It should show about 230GB free. The only explanation I can think of is the backup I originally installed made up the missing 50GB difference. I installed disk inventory X and it showed 80GB on the HD but when I check the mac HD, it showed 150GB. I have no idea why there is a difference or for that mater how to remove the 50GB that's floating around some where. I know what you're all saying. Why don't you erase the HD on the new Mac and re-clone it from the external HD you used to clone it after you tried to use the backup. No can do. I erased the clone after I got everything back to normal on the new one.
Anyone have any ideas? I checked shared users and did not find anything there to account for 50GB