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Q: Is Mac OS X v10.8.5 fully compatible with SSDs?

I'll be replacing a client's dying HDD to a 500+ GB SSD later today. I will be restoring from his external USB2 HDD's Time Machine backup to it.

 

Thank you in advance.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), 13.3" (9,2/MD102ll/A)

Posted on Oct 3, 2015 10:38 AM

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Q: Is Mac OS X v10.8.5 fully compatible with SSDs?

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Oct 3, 2015 10:47 AM in response to antdude
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    Oct 3, 2015 10:47 AM in response to antdude

    Yes, it is.

  • by antdude,

    antdude antdude Oct 3, 2015 10:58 AM in response to Kappy
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    Oct 3, 2015 10:58 AM in response to Kappy

    Kappy wrote:

     

    Yes, it is.

    Thanks.

     

    I assume I can boot up from the external USB2 HDD and run its Time Machine to do a full restore directly, right?

  • by Kappy,Helpful

    Kappy Kappy Oct 3, 2015 12:22 PM in response to antdude
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    Oct 3, 2015 12:22 PM in response to antdude

    I would remove the old drive and place it in an external enclosure. Install the new SSD. Boot from the external's Recovery HD using OPTION boot:

     

      1. Restart the computer.

      2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the

          "OPTION" key.

      3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.

      4. Select the Recovery HD on the external drive.

      5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.

     

    Select Disk Utility from the Utilities Menu and click on the Continue button. Partition and format the SSD Mac OS Extended, Journaled. Clone the external drive to the SSD:

     

         1. Select the destination volume from the left side list.

         2. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.

         3. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it

             to the Destination entry field.

         4. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to

             the Source entry field.

         5. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.

     

    Destination means the new SSD. Source means the external drive.

  • by antdude,

    antdude antdude Oct 3, 2015 12:23 PM in response to Kappy
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    Oct 3, 2015 12:23 PM in response to Kappy

    Kappy wrote:

     

    I would remove the old drive and place it in an external enclosure. Install the new SSD. Boot from the external's Recovery HD using OPTION boot:

     

      1. Restart the computer.

      2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the

          "OPTION" key.

      3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.

      4. Select the Recovery HD on the external drive.

      5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.

     

    Select Disk Utility from the Utilities Menu and click on the Continue button. Partition and format the SSD Mac OS Extended, Journaled. Clone the external drive to the SSD:

     

         1. Select the destination volume from the left side list.

         2. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.

         3. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it

             to the Destination entry field.

         4. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to

             the Source entry field.

         5. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.

     

    Destination means the new SSD. Source means the external drive.

    Ah, we need to partition and format it first. Wait, don't we need another partition for its recovery partition?

  • by Kappy,Solvedanswer

    Kappy Kappy Oct 3, 2015 12:58 PM in response to antdude
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    Oct 3, 2015 12:58 PM in response to antdude

    No. The OS X installer creates the Recovery HD partition first thing.

  • by antdude,

    antdude antdude Oct 3, 2015 1:08 PM in response to Kappy
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    Oct 3, 2015 1:08 PM in response to Kappy

    Kappy wrote:

     

    No. The OS X installer creates the Recovery HD partition first thing.

    Ugh. So, I have to install Mac OS X v10.8.x first and then do the restore? I was hoping Time Machine would restore that recovery partition too.

  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Oct 3, 2015 1:38 PM in response to antdude
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    Oct 3, 2015 1:38 PM in response to antdude

    The retail versions of widely known clone utilities from at least two makers

    offer various abilities, so if you want to clone the system AND its recovery

    partitions to another drive, check into the details and compare what those

    clone utilities offered by SuperDuper (shirtpocket software) and Carbon

    Copy Cloner, since these offer demo versions that have limitations, yet for

    a fee you can get the better featured versions. I'm uncertain right now which

    one, in its fuller retail version, has the ability to clone all OS X partitions to

    another hard drive... So an existing complete installation may be cloned.

     

    http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html

     

    http://bombich.com/  advance topics= http://bombich.com/kb/ccc4

     

    Since I've used both makers products in older Mac OS, but not in newer OS X

    the need to clone the Recovery Partition is yet on the horizon in my computing.

     

    Good luck in any event!

  • by antdude,

    antdude antdude Oct 3, 2015 1:43 PM in response to K Shaffer
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    Oct 3, 2015 1:43 PM in response to K Shaffer

    K Shaffer wrote:

     

    The retail versions of widely known clone utilities from at least two makers

    offer various abilities, so if you want to clone the system AND its recovery

    partitions to another drive, check into the details and compare what those

    clone utilities offered by SuperDuper (shirtpocket software) and Carbon

    Copy Cloner, since these offer demo versions that have limitations, yet for

    a fee you can get the better featured versions. I'm uncertain right now which

    one, in its fuller retail version, has the ability to clone all OS X partitions to

    another hard drive... So an existing complete installation may be cloned.

     

    http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html

     

    http://bombich.com/  advance topics= http://bombich.com/kb/ccc4

     

    Since I've used both makers products in older Mac OS, but not in newer OS X

    the need to clone the Recovery Partition is yet on the horizon in my computing.

     

    Good luck in any event!

    Thanks. I guess I will have to do  a clean install of Mac OS X v10.8.x and then do a Time Machine restore from the external USB2 HDD backup.

  • by Csound1,Helpful

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 3, 2015 1:48 PM in response to K Shaffer
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    Oct 3, 2015 1:48 PM in response to K Shaffer

    Carbon Copy Cloner will create a recovery partition (or transfer an existing one), SuperDuper won't