Booting macbook air from CCC

ricede · 08-21-2011, 04:13 AM

im am not sure which section to put this in - please move if ive got it wrong.

i am thinking of trading in my MBPro 17" for a 13 " MB Air as i no longer need the power or screen size of the pro & want something much lighter & smaller to carry around with me.

if i use carbon copy cloner to make a complete backup of my 2011 Macbook pro (lion installed) - will i be able to boot a 2011 macbook air from it? i ask this because i have Disk Warrior installed on the 17" ( and this will also be on the ccc clone ) i know i shant be able to boot from the DW disk in the MB Air which has not disk facility. i do not wish to buy a separate burner at the moment. my concern is that a clone made on the MBPro will not boot a MB Air. does anyone have any idea if this will work.

the · 08-21-2011, 06:29 AM

may not work as the air is a more recent manufacture - try it before you erase the MBP

if you just want to boot from an alternative disk make a usb boot drive with lion on it ($Mb should be sufficient - instructions in these forums

acme.mail.order · 08-21-2011, 06:31 AM

Just try it - connect the two machines together with a thunderbolt cable (usb does NOT work, ethernet does NOT work, and your Air doesn't have a firewire port) and boot the MBP in target disk mode. Boot the Air with the option key, select the MBP drive and see if it works.

ricede · 08-21-2011, 06:46 AM

thank you both - i shall give it a try in target disk mode through a thunderbolt cable.

appleman_design · 08-21-2011, 07:39 AM

I would install Lion on the MBA and then use migration assistant to move over your data to the Air.

ricede · 08-21-2011, 07:52 AM

thanks appleman_design - thats a better idea. that will copy disk warrior onto the MBA from the MBPro. then i can use ccc to make a bootable system of the MBA on an ext disk which will include Disk Warrior, enabling me to DW the MBA afterwards.

08-21-2011, 04:13 AM	#1
ricede All Star Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 507	Booting macbook air from CCC im am not sure which section to put this in - please move if ive got it wrong. i am thinking of trading in my MBPro 17" for a 13 " MB Air as i no longer need the power or screen size of the pro & want something much lighter & smaller to carry around with me. if i use carbon copy cloner to make a complete backup of my 2011 Macbook pro (lion installed) - will i be able to boot a 2011 macbook air from it? i ask this because i have Disk Warrior installed on the 17" ( and this will also be on the ccc clone ) i know i shant be able to boot from the DW disk in the MB Air which has not disk facility. i do not wish to buy a separate burner at the moment. my concern is that a clone made on the MBPro will not boot a MB Air. does anyone have any idea if this will work.

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08-21-2011, 06:29 AM	#2
the Prospect Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 44	may not work as the air is a more recent manufacture - try it before you erase the MBP if you just want to boot from an alternative disk make a usb boot drive with lion on it ($Mb should be sufficient - instructions in these forums

08-21-2011, 06:31 AM	#3
acme.mail.order League Commissioner Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tokyo Posts: 6,050	Just try it - connect the two machines together with a thunderbolt cable (usb does NOT work, ethernet does NOT work, and your Air doesn't have a firewire port) and boot the MBP in target disk mode. Boot the Air with the option key, select the MBP drive and see if it works.

08-21-2011, 06:46 AM	#4
ricede All Star Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 507	thank you both - i shall give it a try in target disk mode through a thunderbolt cable.

08-21-2011, 07:39 AM	#5
appleman_design Hall of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,550	I would install Lion on the MBA and then use migration assistant to move over your data to the Air.

08-21-2011, 07:52 AM	#6
ricede All Star Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 507	thanks appleman_design - thats a better idea. that will copy disk warrior onto the MBA from the MBPro. then i can use ccc to make a bootable system of the MBA on an ext disk which will include Disk Warrior, enabling me to DW the MBA afterwards.