Q: Best way to use a non-Apple SSD
I have an external SSD drive with 250GB. It is more than ample for installing El Capitan (I am already on El Capitan, booting from my 1TB internal Macintosh HD.)
My user folder, however, has 450GB, so it won't fit on the SSD. It is so large, mainly because my Pictures folder has 300GB. I am asking about a safe and efficient way to install El Capitan on my SSD, along with everything in my user folder EXCEPT the Pictures folder. I would install El Capitan using the recovery function, and would like to know what to expect from the migration aspect of that installation and whether it will allow me to have most of my user folder on the SSD, but leave the Pictures folder on the internal HD.
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11), 27" iMac 24 GB memory
Posted on Oct 8, 2015 9:00 AM
