MP 7,1 How do I Boot my OS from PCIE NVME SSD?

[AtRisk702]

I purchased a 2TB OWC ACCELSIOR 1M2 PCIE NVMe M.2 SSD for my 7,1. I know everyone says booting from the SSD improves speed and performance but I have no idea how to begin the process. Ive been looking at guides and videos and I'm not following the process. I can seem to get to my recovery screen or a boot menu by using CMD+R or CMD+D. not sure if I'm supposed to use Disk Utility or BootCamp? I'm kinda lost If someone could point me in the right direction that would be awesome. THX

 

[bax2023]

Have you installed any supported macOS for 7,1 on that drive ?
If you had, then it should be available as boot device in boot menu (hold Alt or Option key on boot).

 

[Mac3Duser]

You have to disable secure boot first

 

[chrfr]

I purchased a 2TB OWC ACCELSIOR 1M2 PCIE NVMe M.2 SSD for my 7,1. I know everyone says booting from the SSD improves speed and performance but I have no idea how to begin the process. Ive been looking at guides and videos and I'm not following the process. I can seem to get to my recovery screen or a boot menu by using CMD+R or CMD+D. not sure if I'm supposed to use Disk Utility or BootCamp? I'm kinda lost If someone could point me in the right direction that would be awesome. THX

I don’t think “everyone” says booting from another SSD is faster- the Apple SSD in your Mac may be faster than the OWC disk.
What guides and videos have you looked at which didn’t help?