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Installed new SSD in iMac. Attempting recovery and it just sits at spinning globe showing internet connection?

Installed new SSD in iMac. Attempting recovery and it just sits at spinning globe showing internet connection

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Nov 10, 2022 11:42 AM

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Posted on Nov 10, 2022 1:34 PM

What year model is that iMac?


Do you have the stock drive and was it working when you swapped drives?


Did you reformat the SSD and then install macOS or clone the old drive to it externally before installing it in the iMac?


If the old drive was working, put it into a USB enclosure or on a USB to SATA adapter and plug that into the iMac. Then startup from the recovery partition on the old drive, so that you can format the SSD. Then install macOS or optionally clone the old drive to the SSD using CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper.

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Nov 10, 2022 1:34 PM in response to rick7924

What year model is that iMac?


Do you have the stock drive and was it working when you swapped drives?


Did you reformat the SSD and then install macOS or clone the old drive to it externally before installing it in the iMac?


If the old drive was working, put it into a USB enclosure or on a USB to SATA adapter and plug that into the iMac. Then startup from the recovery partition on the old drive, so that you can format the SSD. Then install macOS or optionally clone the old drive to the SSD using CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper.

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Installed new SSD in iMac. Attempting recovery and it just sits at spinning globe showing internet connection?

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