Q: Move macbook pro SSD to mac pro
Forgive the lack of knowledge.
I am looking to buy a 2008 Mac Pro on eBay. it's sold without a HDD so just boots to the screen with a folder and ?.
I have a Macbook pro 2010 with a 128gb SSD with my operating system & apps on.
Would it be possible to just plug my SSD straight in to the Mac pro without formatting and re-installing OS?
Thanks,
Dave
Posted on Jan 17, 2015 1:51 PM
I think it is unlikely that it could kill a disk, but when a computer is not in a booting state who knows what could be wrong with it. Boot a few times into kernel panics or forcibly shut it down a few times it could corrupt the boot partition etc.
Whilst that is not fatal it is not something I would like to do with my only copy of my data.
I didn't intend to scare you off the idea, just warn you about ageing disks & the possibility of bad things happening. Your new SSD negates part of that, just make enough backups & you should be fine
Posted on Jan 17, 2015 3:42 PM
