Cloning Tool to transfer my Mac OS X from one machine to another

I am a Mac user and according to my experience one very common and frequently asked question that Mac OS X users have is "How to copy or transfer Mac OS X installation from one hard drive/machine to another?" 

 

So, users search the question in two cases:

1. Those who bought a new (larger) hard drive example: SSD,Hybrid drives need to move their data from old drive to new one.

2. In case of Mac users who have bought a new Mac machine and need to transfer Mac OS X and all system files and applications from their old Mac machine to the new one.
 

So, you can move your Mac OS X, and all installed applications and files by cloning (not copying), from one machine to another so that it should boot up and work properly. Now, here you should ask why I said to 'clone' instead of copying, why we can't do this by simply copying. This is because unlike Mac OS 9, where you have to just drag and drop by selecting all your files and copying them to the connected drive or another machine. 

 

Problem: While copying app by finder and Terminal:

• It requires special tools to do this job.

• There are many invisible files in Mac OS X. Recovery HD of OS X Lion and mountain Lion is also hidden and therefore can't be copied by Finder.

• Sometimes infact we can't assure that all files will be copied because of some permissions issues in Mac OS X.

Copying Using Terminal: 
 

In these situations, Terminal can help you. 
Using commands over this you can copy each and every single file to your preferred location. However, mostly people don't use this method because it is hard to learn a list of commands and its also time taking process. 

 

Another most preferred and recommended approach is using third party cloning tool. And in this case, Stellar Drive Clone utility from Stellar is famous for its additional feature to provide you bootable clone of your Mac drive including Recovery HD. 

 

Now, question arises that how to use Stellar Drive Clone to transfer all of your Mac drive contents including installed applications, files,OS etc to another drive or to another Mac machine.

Now, here is the details to transfer Mac data from one drive/Machine to another using Stellar Drive Clone.

For Transferring Mac OS X between Mac's using Stellar Drive Clone application:

• The easiest transfer media is to use firewire cable which should be available at any electronics store or computer store.
• Connect firewire cable into firewire port on your both machines(old and new).
• Start your old machine normally.
• Hold down T key on keyboard while pressing power button until you see the firewire symbol on the screen of your machine.
   
• Launch Stellar Drive Clone apps in your Mac.
• Click on clone&imaging and then select 'Disk clone'.
• Now, select your old machine as source drive and new mac drive as destination drive in order to create clone of all content, apps of old drive to new drive.
• By this way you can create bootable disk of your old drive at your desired new drive in a fast and efficient manner.