03-19-2016, 02:18 PM
How nice - a digital Spring Cleaning!
I'd take an external hard drive and build up your programs. Make that a template build that you can test and then use to clone onto your machines.
The hard part will be the archives. You are likely going to want bootable clones of each old drive just in case you lose something in the cleaning. Could be a single drive with separate partitions.
You will also want to think about your time machine archives. I'd start fresh with new TM backups from the new builds.
This is a little complicated, but your machines will run faster.
Finally, keep in mind that some hardware is not supported by EC like some printers. Just be sure to check before you wipe!
I'd take an external hard drive and build up your programs. Make that a template build that you can test and then use to clone onto your machines.
The hard part will be the archives. You are likely going to want bootable clones of each old drive just in case you lose something in the cleaning. Could be a single drive with separate partitions.
You will also want to think about your time machine archives. I'd start fresh with new TM backups from the new builds.
This is a little complicated, but your machines will run faster.
Finally, keep in mind that some hardware is not supported by EC like some printers. Just be sure to check before you wipe!