I installed Mac OS Mojave on the wrong partition. How do I go back?
Hey there,
In the past, I had messed up when trying to format my iMac Retina 5K Late 2014 and ended up with 2 different partitions for the two drives that are in the computer (one for the SSD, one for the HD) instead of 1 fusion drive. I installed Mac OS on the SSD, alongside my apps, etc, and was using the bigger HD for the rest of my files.
Yesterday, I wanted to install Mojave. The install selected by default the HD instead of the SSD as the disk for the installation, and I didn't think twice and pressed next. Once the installation was finished, it asked me to create a password, etc and that's when I realized my mistake. I now have two installs of Mac OS on two different partitions.
What should I do? I see two options:
- Backing up all my files to some external hard drives, and re-formating everything to have the original iMac setup (with a single fusion drive instead of 2 partitions for each drive). Then re-installing Mojave. I have no idea how to do all of that.
- Finding a way to boot on my SSD partition with High Sierra, where I have all of my apps and files, and erase the HD partition that has Mojave on it. Then install Mojave on the SSD. Not sure how to do that either.
iMac, macOS Mojave (10.14)