Q: Yosemite fails to load onto new SSD
Hi - I just purchased a Crucial BX100 SSD for my perfectly-healthy 2008 aluminum Macbook.
I am not a techie, but it didn't seem too difficult. I read all the instructions. I made a bootable USB of Yosemite using diskmakerX. I have my time machine (and crashplan) backups. I didn't have a SATA-USB cord so I didn't make a clone, but I feel adequately backed up with multiple copies of my stuff.
Install seemed painless. Everything seemed fine. I've since gone back and checked the hookup - seems fine.
But when I turn on the computer and hold down the <option> key, it starts up with no notice of my (Yosemite boot) USB. I get the little black arrow icon on a clean white screen.
I tried holding both the <option> and the <command> keys: I get the black apple logo (yay!) and progress bar for about 5 seconds - then the computer shuts down.
I plugged in the external with the Time Machine backup, holding down the <option> key. My drive's name and icon pop up (yay!) with an arrow below it (not the same arrow as described above). I click on that. I get the black apple logo (yay!) and progress bar for about 5 seconds - then the computer shuts down.
I feel like nothing is seriously wrong, but I seriously don't know what to try next.
Any ideas?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Posted on Jul 9, 2015 2:49 PM
There are a lot of instructions about making a bootable external drive, but Apple's are pretty simple and straight forward: OS X: Installing OS X on an external volume - Apple Support
Posted on Jul 9, 2015 2:57 PM