I'm using iMac 2017 with Big Sur OS installed. I'm trying to prepare, a new SSD HD formatted Mac Extended Journaled, for my daughter old MacBook Pro 2012 to replace its HD. When I download Yosemite, it doesn't allowed to install it in my app folder since my iMac will not allow. Is there any other way to get prepare this HD?
Thank you in advance.
iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 11.7
connect that SSD HD to the MacBook Pro in question as an external drive.
do the install on it as an external drive.
Get everything (except portability) to your liking.
Then do the surgery to place in inside.
also, I suggest 10.11 El Capitan will give you less trouble, because it newer than the httP: abyss when Internet encryption died (2015).
connect that SSD HD to the MacBook Pro in question as an external drive.
do the install on it as an external drive.
Get everything (except portability) to your liking.
Then do the surgery to place in inside.
also, I suggest 10.11 El Capitan will give you less trouble, because it newer than the httP: abyss when Internet encryption died (2015).
Actually I asked this question because I don't have the MacBook physically here. So there is no way to use my iMac 2017 for that purpose. No problem I will wait until I reach this old MacBook. Grant, you're suggesting El Capitan, will this not slow the laptop since it is 2012? Thanks in advance.
All up through 10.11 El Captain are comparable in their load on the hardware. 10.14 Mojave can be a little quirky because it transitions to Metal graphics, which a a bit more demanding.
Installing an old OS on USB using a new iMac
