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MacBook HHD to SSD swap issue

Hi all, I am having a problem with installing a new SSD into my old MacBook Pro (mid-2012). Got it formatted and partitioned( Mac-Journaled). Transferred all the files to a new drive from the old one. Installed it, but no booting. “Question file folder” is on the screen. I’ve opened a disk utility in a recovery mode. SSD and a data disk are shown there. But when I go to a startup disk menu it doesn’t show any disks I can choose from. After shutdown and restart the same “question mark” is appearing on the screen. What puzzles me is that I am able to boot and load OS X with the same SSD if use it as an external drive. Has anyone experienced similar issue? Has anyone found a solution? Appreciate if you can share your experience in resolving it? Thank you

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Posted on Aug 4, 2021 9:45 AM

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Jeff_W.

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Posted on Aug 5, 2021 6:45 AM

Hello Macomplicated,

Thanks for reaching out through the Apple Support Communities about your Mac booting to a question mark.

Does that still continue after following the steps from this article? If your Mac starts up to a question mark

If so, you’ll want to reach out to Apple Support so they can look into this further: Contact Apple Support

Hopefully that puts you on the path to getting this addressed.

Take care.

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