Yeah, when I upgraded my wife's MB Pro to an SSHD last month, I used the Recovery Partition to access Disk Utility and then Restore the contents of her hard drive onto the SSHD as a bootable clone......not quite as simple as I would have liked, but effective.
That's where having a clone comes in handy.
As far as validating your comments, I'm not here for that.....your comments stand on their own. Your processes as you've described them are obviously functional to your needs and have worked for a good while.....doesn't necessarily make them the ONLY way to get the job done and doesn't necessarily make them right or wrong if someone else has a different solution.
Glad to see you here.
I probably used some "incorrect" terminology, but I certainly DID NOT mean that my way is the only way. Heck, in one of my posts above, I agreed with Ira L's comments, and I still would echo those same thoughts. I am definitely trying to keep things cordial, ie, "Go along, and we'll get along". So far, I firmly believe I am accomplishing that. I think you are misinterpreting my statements, and I hope that changes based on what I am saying. And to put it more succinctly: honestone's way is
NOT the only way.
In any event, glad to participate cordially in this discussion. I feel all of us can make various contributions to this discussion.
