Booting the Mac from an external USB drive

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Booting the Mac from an external USB drive

I was under the impression that you could only boot a Mac from an external firewire drive. However, I have just successfully booted my new MacBook from an external SuperDuper backup connected via USB.

Aluminum Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Nov 4, 2008 12:40 AM

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Niel

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Jan 18, 2011 12:51 PM in response to tonydenson

I was under the impression that you could only boot a Mac from an external firewire drive.

That basically only applies to Mac OS X on PowerPC Macs, not on an Intel Mac such as a MacBook.

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ivan54

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Jan 18, 2011 12:51 PM in response to tonydenson

Yep, for more details, see Starting from an external USB storage device (Intel-based Macs)

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tonydenson Author

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Jan 18, 2011 12:51 PM in response to tonydenson

Thanks

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