boot from ssd

After the Fusion Drive in my iMac (Late 2014) began to slow down, I installed Catalina on an external SSD which booted flawlessly until Big Sur. Repeated attempts to install Big Sur on the external SSD (which was erased) resulted in error messages. I called Apple Support and was told that...

Hello! I have a qestion. I have iMac with usb external disk with MacOS High Sierra. ( No APFS ). When i power up imac, i see black screen. After 10 seconds, the apple logo appears and the booting from the external usb disk. All works fine but i need boot default from external USB ( save the 10...

So, I have a late 2015 5K iMac with a 1TB 5400RPM HDD and would really love to be able to boot from an SSD. I have a few questions I can't find the answer for, even when searching the forum etc. Will running my OS from an external SSD be better than the internal HDD I currently have? If yes -...

Hi guys I'm want to start booting my MBP (late 2011) from an external SSD and have been looking at the fastest options. I was thinking of a 1TB Glyph Raid However I note the following paragraph Unless your Mac is a shiny new 2016 MacBook Pro, you’re not going to feel the speed increase...

Model: Late 2013. OS: macOS Sierra 10.12.5 Below are the list of things I tried: 1. SMC Reset 2. PRAM RESET 3. Safe mode(failed): Stuck on Apple logo. 4. Recovery Mode(failed): Skips showing the disk utility and starts booting again(Shows apple logo). 5. Internet Recovery mode(failed): After...

Hello, could anybody recommend me which brand/model would be ideal to run latest mac os? I'm not looking for anything more than 500GB max... Thank you!

Hey guys, I've just been wondering if there's any possibility to boot MacOS from an external SSD and installing Windows 10 on an internal HDD? I have an iMac late 2013 with internal 1TB HDD. I bought an external 240GB SSD from which I am booting MacOS atm. Everything works fine but now I have...

Hi all. I know there are already threads and tutorials for this but I need some clear advice. I have a 2014 mini with the crappy 5400 HDD. I've now gotten a 240gb ssd and usb 3 enclosure. Im want to run the mac and apps from the ssd. My query is this - My HDD is 1tb and we as a family have 5...