Even when keeping the old one and using it for different task, I've always kept the stuff on there and started the new one with it's stuff.
I haven't had a clean copy of any Mac OS in years because although I've owned a lot of Macs, rather it be iMacs or MacBooks, the whole time I've been using Time Machine and my new Mac picks up where my old one left off. Also I could take the old one out and put it in that enclosure and apparently it has really fast write and read times to make it an external.
Notice it comes with an enclosure so I could format it and download OS to it before I put it in the computer. Opinions on this drive? Here is the link:Ī: OWC 1.0TB Aura Pro X SSD For MacBook Pro (Retina, Late 2013 - Mid 2015) and MacBook Air (Mid 2013 - 2017), w… This is the SSD I've decided on, I have 512GB right now, this one is 1TB, it's supposed to fit in my MacBook, it's quite expensive but I'd consider it worth it, both for peace of mind and to have some extra space besides externals. It could be because Thunderbolt is fairly fast.
I just don't want to sacrifice too much speed but I wasn't noticing a whole lot of difference like I did when I first got an SSD. I'd finally be able to actually keep everything on my Dropbox right on my Hard Drive. It's tempting to just use it as my main drive because I'd have 6TB. However, it is still just a 7200RPM drive. The Thunderbolt 2.0 drive seems to be very fast.
I ask this because after getting this 6TB drive to be a boot drive via Thunderbolt, I wouldn't mind not using it for anything except recording music and it'd be kinda nice to have a drive that has the operating system as well as Logic with 6TB of projects. How does it work as far as iCloud or downloading things?įor example, if I want to run Logic Pro X on an internal drive and an external drive, is there a limit on how many Mac's I can put it on? Now I can select when turning the computer on which drive I want to use.Īlthough it acts like a completely new computer when a new hard drive is being used, as there are only stock apps, etc. Interesting, however I found the way I did it to be quite nice, I downloaded High Sierra from the App Store, formatted my hard drive which is plugged up via Thunderbolt cable, then I clicked install, show all drives, and installed it to my other drive. Mine does have the recovery drive, however where is that located? I always thought it was located on the internal drive, meaning when I take out the drive and put in a new one, where is the recovery drive coming from? From the Ram you say? It does seem to think it's two different computers, the 6TB Lightning drive acts like a totally different machine, not connected to my internal SSD at all, and its pretty easy to switch over.Īlthough it is a little bit slower than SSD, 6TB is becoming tempting as well.
So, I think I know how to do this with a new SSD, I just need to figure out if it's E-Sata or what kind of connection it has on it. So, this now has me thinking if there would be anyway to get some kind of desktop bay that could hold a boot drive, being SSD, as well as other drives and just hook inside the MacBook to the E-Sata, I know the MacBook back wouldn't close well but again I use it as a desktop set up. I only use my MacBook Pro these days as a desktop computer, I use an iPad Pro as a laptop. The lightning 6TB drive worked well and was a bit faster than I thought it was going to be compared to the SSD. I installed Mac OS High Sierra on it and I was able to restart my computer, hold down the Option key and then select which drive I wanted to use, the internal drive or the 6TB drive I set up. I did a test run with an external drive that is a Lightning drive. The SSD modules in Late "13 MacBook Pro's are E-Sata correct? I believe I found a way, using an E-Sata to USB 3.0 cable. Therefore you have to do all of that before you put it in the computer.
A clean install does work for an SSD but the issue is, if you just take the old SSD out of the computer, (Which has Mac OS on it), and then put in a new SSD, not only will it not have OS on it but it won't even be formatted correctly.