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  1. Z

    external SSD as a boot drive?

    Im thinking of getting the standard MacStudio, without upgrading the drive to the 1TB SSD. Better to save $300 and keep the 512GB drive that comes as standard cause i already have an external 1TB SSD and i was thinking of using it as a primary drive to boot connecting it using a MacStudio TBbolt...
    • zoran
    • Thread
    • boot drive mac studio ssd
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Mac Studio
  2. Valdaquendë

    MP 1,1-5,1 Boot SSD periodically unmounting/remounting?

    The last two mornings, I've come into the office to find a MacOS notification admonishing me to properly eject my boot disk <Mac_SSD> before removing it. If seems, then, that for some unexplained reason, my boot SSD appears to be un-mounting itself in the middle of the night and then remounting...
  3. StacyBee

    OS X Frozen Update/Required Download Missing

    I tried updating my os x and it got stuck halfway after the install reset my computer. I tried practically everything except restoring my drive because I don't want my files to be deleted, booting it up results with a "required download missing" prompt or "can't upgrade this version because a...
  4. Michelle Raun

    Won’t boot up.

    When pressing the power button, it starts to boot up, but about halfway through it gives me a “no access” sign (photo attached). I’ve tried booting in safe mode, but sadly with the same result. I’m apprehensive about turning it in for repair since my back-up was erased at the store last time I...
  5. aaron321

    How do I use a SSD as boot drive only?

    I bought a 2010 Mac Pro to replace my dying 2006 Mac Pro. However, I've never considered using a drive exclusively as the boot drive, and all the other drives as storage. Since I already have many TBs of HDD storage, and my new Mac includes a SSD, it's a no-brainer. But how do I do it?
  6. plasticbag01

    External Bootable SSD Late 2015 iMac

    Hi All, I'm looking to buy an external SSD and make it bootable for my late 2015 iMac. I'm open to any suggestions, but I'm thinking of this as a single dedicated drive (I don't need multidrive units). It's a 5k display, with USB 3 and Thunderbolt 2 ports. I'm looking for the fastest option...
  7. serious.person

    Forced to do Internet Recovery?

    I just bought a brand new 1TB SSD for my late 2012 Mac mini, and I want a clean install of it with Mojave after I replace my old drive. Should I reformat the SSD to journaled using an external adaptor first? Asking this because this is not the first time I upgrading drive for Mac, the system...
    • serious.person
    • Thread
    • boot drive clean install internet recovery mojave
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  8. E

    Installing MacOS on External SSD

    Hello! I am going to install MacOS on an External SSD and I need some advice. Should I install it normally with APFS? OR Try to install it with HFS? The reason why I am debating over this is because I have heard of APFS having issues like data loss, performance issues, or the fact that it's...
  9. At_Op45

    Backup USB Bootdrives

    Hi there. I recently installed Mojave on my main device and attempted to create a boot drive for my older iMac which is in need of repair. Like most of you known, Mojave no longer shows previously purchased macOS in the app store. Apple has even come out and said to use devices with High Sierra...
    • At_Op45
    • Thread
    • backup boot drive macos usb drive
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS
  10. d3vCr0w

    2006 Mac Pro (1,1) Change boot.efi on pre-installed Yosemite Hard Drive

    Hi people, I have a Mac Pro 1.1 with an ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card (the pc flashed one), 6GB of RAM and the original 2 x 2,66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors, and I have been trying to install anything newer than Lion on it but I've had no success. The last OS I tried to install is...
    • d3vCr0w
    • Thread
    • ati 5870 boot drive boot error boot fail mac pro (2006) macpro 1.1 piker piker-alpha bootloader yosemite yosemite 10.10.5
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: OS X Yosemite (10.10)
  11. ravenvalley

    SSD won't show up in Disk Utility when connected via SATA, even though it is formatted correctly

    Hi! So my SSD (mid-2012 MBP) crashed a couple days ago. I was running Bootcamp, and it looks like it was the Windows partition that crashed, because I had to connect the drive to a Windows machine to delete and format it. Anyway, i put the drive in an USB enclosure, connected it to my Mac...
    • ravenvalley
    • Thread
    • boot drive ssd ssd disk
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  12. alyousha766

    making a drive non-bootable

    Hi, Short request-i need to make an external drive non-bootable on a macbook pro running 10.10.4. long story: I have an external 2tb drive that i used to use as an internal macbook pro boot drive, i replaced it with an ssd then installed caddy to make a second internal hdd in my laptop...
  13. M

    OS X Installation Failed: "got error in writing to minstallconfig.xml"

    So I will try to be thorough but short here: I have a mid 2007, 20" iMac (7,1) that I bought recently and I decided to upgrade it as much as possible. I did a very large amount of research and decided to go with OWC for a SSD (240 Gb) and 6 Gb of RAM (maximum for this computer according to OWC)...
    • mbryanroy
    • Thread
    • boot drive imac installation error os x restore
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  14. M

    eSATA and startup manager

    I have an OS 10.8.5 eSATA startup volume on a sshd connected with OWC card which requires an efi extension to make drives bootable. When I hold command down during startup I do not get a choice of system volumes, just a black screen or it boots from last boot drive. The drive is visible in...
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