MacBook Pro mid-2010 upgrade 500gb SSD to 1TB SSD?

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MacBook Pro mid-2010 upgrade 500gb SSD to 1TB SSD?

I have a MacBook Pro mid-2010 (8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 RAM) and just bought and installed a new Samsung EVO 1TB SSD.

My friend has a copying dock, which successfully transferred my existing Samsung EVO 500g drive contents "as is" to the new 1Tb drive – and that seemed to work fine, but the my System Info does not recognize the additional space available, and still sees only 9gb of storage left (out of the orig. drive's 500g ).

I intend to also upgrade my Sierra OS to High Sierra, but my Mac still says "not enough space" to upgrade, although the drive icon says "Samsung 1 TB" on it.

Is there something else I must do to keep all my files intact and still utilize the additional space that is "there"on my new 1TB drive?

Thanks,

Jackisi

MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12.6), 13" 2.4 ghz Core 2 Duo

Posted on Feb 21, 2018 11:12 AM

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y_p_w

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Feb 23, 2018 10:03 AM in response to Jackisi

Jackisi wrote:

However, I'm wondering if I should first use Terminal to create a bootable OS on my flash drive as a "safety" in the event I can't boot up afterward (I've got plenty of space on my USB flash stick, though it will take a long time to download/save 11-12gb thru a USB 2.0 connection)?

I'd recommend a backup. I prefer something bootable, but Time Machine works fine. With a bootable clone if there's anything that prevents you from using your current drive, you can run it immediately as an external boot drive. In fact you could probably just get an external enclosure for your old SSD and use that in case of an emergency.

It sounds like that copier basically created an exact copy down to the partition size. I thought that they were primarily used for large scale copying, such as with computers in a factory being prepped.

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Kappy

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Feb 21, 2018 12:04 PM in response to Jackisi

Did you do this first:

Drive Partition and Format - El Capitan or Later

Open Disk Utility in the Utilities' folder.
After Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the side list.
Click on the Erase tab in the Disk Utility toolbar. A panel should drop down.
In the drop down panel set the partition scheme to GUID. Set the Format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
Click on the Apply button and click on the Done button when it is activated.
Quit Disk Utility.

If you install or have installed High Sierra, then change Format type to APFS for the SSD. Do not make this change for Sierra.

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y_p_w

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Feb 21, 2018 12:26 PM in response to Jackisi

I might be better to just use Time Machine or clone to your new SSD in an external enclosure. The drive copier seems pretty convenient, but it sounds like it's doing something odd.

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Jackisi Author

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Feb 21, 2018 4:06 PM in response to Kappy

Thank you Happy. It sounds easier than I thought.

It seems I can allow the integration to a full 1 TB (single partition) by clicking "Apply" in Disk Utility (I looked).

I am in Sierra now but plan to upgrade to High Sierra afterward.

However, I'm wondering if I should first use Terminal to create a bootable OS on my flash drive as a "safety" in the event I can't boot up afterward (I've got plenty of space on my USB flash stick, though it will take a long time to download/save 11-12gb thru a USB 2.0 connection)?

If you think there is any significant chance of a failure (I have my old drive running Sierra if there is) I could wait to create the bootable OS.

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Jackisi Author

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Feb 21, 2018 5:04 PM in response to Kappy

"Kappy" not Happy, sorry, I got autocorrected!

I forgot to answer your initial question – no I did not 'Partition Drive and Format'.

I mistakenly assumed one could clone the old drive to the new one, and be left with the remaining space free.

If I follow your suggestion, then it seems I have to reformat the 1TB first and then, after installing the OS 10.12.6 currently in use from a flash drive, try to restore from the old 500g drive using (?) Time Machine.

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MacBook Pro mid-2010 upgrade 500gb SSD to 1TB SSD?

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