boot drive

Im thinking of getting the standard MacStudio, without upgrading the drive to the 1TB SSD. Better to save $300 and keep the 512GB drive that comes as standard cause i already have an external 1TB SSD and i was thinking of using it as a primary drive to boot connecting it using a MacStudio TBbolt...

The last two mornings, I've come into the office to find a MacOS notification admonishing me to properly eject my boot disk <Mac_SSD> before removing it. If seems, then, that for some unexplained reason, my boot SSD appears to be un-mounting itself in the middle of the night and then remounting...

I tried updating my os x and it got stuck halfway after the install reset my computer. I tried practically everything except restoring my drive because I don't want my files to be deleted, booting it up results with a "required download missing" prompt or "can't upgrade this version because a...

When pressing the power button, it starts to boot up, but about halfway through it gives me a “no access” sign (photo attached). I’ve tried booting in safe mode, but sadly with the same result. I’m apprehensive about turning it in for repair since my back-up was erased at the store last time I...

I bought a 2010 Mac Pro to replace my dying 2006 Mac Pro. However, I've never considered using a drive exclusively as the boot drive, and all the other drives as storage. Since I already have many TBs of HDD storage, and my new Mac includes a SSD, it's a no-brainer. But how do I do it?

Hi All, I'm looking to buy an external SSD and make it bootable for my late 2015 iMac. I'm open to any suggestions, but I'm thinking of this as a single dedicated drive (I don't need multidrive units). It's a 5k display, with USB 3 and Thunderbolt 2 ports. I'm looking for the fastest option...

I just bought a brand new 1TB SSD for my late 2012 Mac mini, and I want a clean install of it with Mojave after I replace my old drive. Should I reformat the SSD to journaled using an external adaptor first? Asking this because this is not the first time I upgrading drive for Mac, the system...

Hello! I am going to install MacOS on an External SSD and I need some advice. Should I install it normally with APFS? OR Try to install it with HFS? The reason why I am debating over this is because I have heard of APFS having issues like data loss, performance issues, or the fact that it's...

Hi there. I recently installed Mojave on my main device and attempted to create a boot drive for my older iMac which is in need of repair. Like most of you known, Mojave no longer shows previously purchased macOS in the app store. Apple has even come out and said to use devices with High Sierra...

Hi people, I have a Mac Pro 1.1 with an ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card (the pc flashed one), 6GB of RAM and the original 2 x 2,66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors, and I have been trying to install anything newer than Lion on it but I've had no success. The last OS I tried to install is...

Hi! So my SSD (mid-2012 MBP) crashed a couple days ago. I was running Bootcamp, and it looks like it was the Windows partition that crashed, because I had to connect the drive to a Windows machine to delete and format it. Anyway, i put the drive in an USB enclosure, connected it to my Mac...

Hi, Short request-i need to make an external drive non-bootable on a macbook pro running 10.10.4. long story: I have an external 2tb drive that i used to use as an internal macbook pro boot drive, i replaced it with an ssd then installed caddy to make a second internal hdd in my laptop...

So I will try to be thorough but short here: I have a mid 2007, 20" iMac (7,1) that I bought recently and I decided to upgrade it as much as possible. I did a very large amount of research and decided to go with OWC for a SSD (240 Gb) and 6 Gb of RAM (maximum for this computer according to OWC)...

I have an OS 10.8.5 eSATA startup volume on a sshd connected with OWC card which requires an efi extension to make drives bootable. When I hold command down during startup I do not get a choice of system volumes, just a black screen or it boots from last boot drive. The drive is visible in...