I want to put Mohave on an External SSD drive so I can keep my 32 bit accounting/invoicing software.
If I update my iMac Late 2015(17,1) to Monterey, will I still need to actually boot into the external SSD drive to access Mohave.
I thought I read somewhere it's possible to access other drives in Monterey without rebooting. Of course I may be wrong, that's why I'm asking.
Any input appreciated.
Probably not a very smart question, but of course I'll ask anyways. Why do you need to boot into external drives. What is the reason they are not treated as any other file system.
Example: Why can't you simply go to the Finder, select the drive you want to access without a reboot.
Joe Gramm wrote:
Why do you need to boot into external drives. What is the reason they are not treated as any other file system.
That's what I was trying to explain previously. It doesn't matter where Mojave and Monterey are located. They could both be installed on the same drive. However, you can only run one OS at a time. As noted, you could create a Virtual Machine of Mojave which you would run like an application.
Quick research shows Virtual box to be interesting. Appears to be free for personal use.
So is this how it would work: Install Virtual Box on iMac. Install base Mohave OS/Install accounting App
Then how do I use the accounting. Do I simply open/log into Virtual Box and there it is..
If so, potential issue is my accounting app is licensed for 1 machine. I wonder if it would recognize Virtual Box as a second machine.
Regardless of where you install Mojave or Monterey, you have to boot into one or the other.
That's what I figured.. Trying to figure out a way to upgrade Mohave and keep my 32 bit accounting app without having to boot into an external drive to access it.
Thanks for confirming.
You can also install Mojave on a virtual machine like VirtualBox and they just boot up that Mojave installation and use that.
VMware Fusion Player is free for personal use and IMHO it is much easier to setup than VirtualBox.
Monterey on iMac and Mohave on an External SSD Drive
