It shouldnt take more than an hour or 2 either.

It booted up to Windows 10 just fine, connected to wireless just fine and even started installing updates(everything was working). How to Upgrade your Mac Once you have purchased all the parts, youll just need to assemble it like you would a DIY project.

I experimented further and pulled the hard drive out of a Lenovo laptop(with Windows 10) and installed it into a Macbook Pro. I tried 'cloning' that drive to different Macbook's & iMac's and each time it worked just fine. I had a image(clone) of a 2012 Macbook Pro w/ El Capitan on it. When we had down time at my last IT job, we'd experiment with computers we had laying around. But, as you have another Mac, you can use it to follow the procedure outlined in my previous link to produce install media.Īctually. In general, you can't just clone a disk from one Mac and use it on a different one (any more than you can with Windows). Send us a message128GB SSD Upgrade -2.5' inch Laptop DriveLoaded with OS 'Catalina 10.

This will take a chunk of space on your HDD before creating the USB drive. I actually tried cloning my wife's 2008 MacBook by using a clone copying app but when I tried to use it on her laptop it said I needed an older generation operating sust because her laptop is ox lion 10.5 You’ll need to download the OS, then run a terminal command to create the bootable installer on a USB thumb drive. You can make a clone of the old HD to the new SSD. SAMSUNG 870 QVO SATA III 2. Some Macs have a hard drive or SSD that can be upgraded easily, others have storage that 'unofficially' can be upgraded with some effort, and still others have soldered storage that cannot be upgraded at all after initial purchase of the Mac.

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