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    iM 4,1-14,4 Old HDD to SSD iMac late 2006 24"

    Hello! I installed an SSD in a 2006 24" iMac, when I tried to install the operating system with bootable USB 2.0 it said it took 2 hours and 30 minutes. Is this normal? I don't remember it taking that long with the old HDD. The SSD is crucial 500gb from the official page but I did put a 3.5...
    • marosa32
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    • imac 2006 imac core 2 duo new ssd old imac ssd ssd adapter white imac
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Early Intel Macs
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    Restore and upgrading OS issues after replacing hard drive

    Hi I'm new to the forum, not exactly a techie, so forgive me for my ignorance here. I have a late 2015 27" 4 Ghz Intel Corei i7 iMac, with 32Gb Ram with a 2TB Fusion Drive. My hard drive was making very strange noises, so I created a partition on my 8GB external drive (Western Digital 8GB)...
    • slackerlad
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    • new ssd time machine backup upgrading os
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  3. Ben Love

    MBP 13 inch early 2015 randomly restarts

    Hi all! Hope you’re all well? After installing a 1TB SSD in my mates laptop swapping out the apple 128GB one, for him the machine sometimes randomly restarts. The SSD that I put in was a crucial P5, could this be that it takes time for the new SSD to adjust to the machine, or is this apple being...
    • Ben Love
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    • crucial p5 mac os monterrey macbook pro 2015 mpb earlly 2015 new ssd randomly restarts
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    New SSD (restored from TimeMachine) not detected internally — but is detected externally

    Hello — hope to get some advice. I have a mid-2011 21.5 inch iMac running on High Sierra and I attempted to replace the HDD with a new 2TB Crucial SSD (CT2000MX500SSD1) but am experiencing a non-detection error — an alternating question mark folder icon with the Apple logo and a cross icon...
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    New SSD in MacBook Air 13" Mid 2013 - Can't install MacOS

    Hi all, because memory was running out I bought a new SSD (Samsung PM981 512GB NVMe M.2, with adapter) for my MacBook Air 13" Mid 2013 (A1466). Before the installation I made a TimeMachine-Backup on an external SSD. I also created an installation USB stick for macOS Catalina (is also currently...
    • tb1204
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    • install macos macbook air new ssd
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Air
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    New SSD on Early-2015 Macbook Pro 13"

    Hi everyone, I just upgraded from a SSD 128GB HD to a Crucial P1 500GB SSD using a Sintech Adapter. I plugged in a bootable USB Mojave flash drive and an external hard drive with a time machine backup and in MacOS Utilities the new hard drive is found. I have tried rebooting through the USB...
  7. tedwill

    Cannot Install Catalina

    Hello. I have an issue with installing Catalina on my 13” 2013 MacBook Pro. Two years ago, I upgraded the hard drive to a 1gb SSD (OWC Aura). When I installed other OS upgrades since then, I never had a problem. However, today, I received this error: MacOS cold not be installed on your...
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    MacBook Pro + new SSD = continious restarts?

    Hi, hope someone here can help me solve this: I have a 2012 MacBook Pro 16gb RAM, running the latest Mojave OS X. I had a 500gb SSD drive seemingly go bad. Replaced it with a new 500 gb SSD. Running fine until a few days in when screen goes blank and MacBook restarts then 5 seconds later...
    • Kurtco
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    • 2012 macbook pro mojave 10.14 new ssd restart every 5 seconds
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  9. lantern

    Repair of late 2006 iMac w/ new ssd stalls while installing Snow Leopard

    RESOLVED Hi. I get a "There was an error while installing Mac OS X..." during install. I feel like I'm sooo close to bringing this imac back to life after weeks of struggle...but it wants to fight me at the last mile. It's a brand new ssd. Late 2006 iMac. 1GB RAM. 120GB SSD. I set the...
    • lantern
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    • imac install new ssd snow leopard
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: iMac
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