Remove the HDD from inside the computer and replace it with the SSD. If all is well, remove the SSD from the enclosure. Click on the arrow button under the drive icon.Release the key when the Boot Manager screen appears.Immediately at or before the chime press and hold down the ' OPTION' key.Reboot the computer from the SSD to assure it works.ĭestination means the external SSD.When the copy is completed you should see a Done button.Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.This is your HDD's 'Macintosh HD' entry or whatever you have named it. Select the source volume from the drop down menu in the panel.Select Restore from the Edit menu of Disk Utility.The volume will be indented below the Container entry. Select the destination volume from the left side list.Select Disk Utility from the Utility Menu then press the Continue button.Restart the computer and at or before the chime press and hold down the Command and R keys until the Utility Menu appears.Upon completion do the following to clone the HDD to the new SSD:Ĭlone El Capitan and Later using Disk Utility Click on the Apply button and click on the Done button when it is activated.Set the Format type to APFS (SSDs only) or Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) In the drop down panel set the partition scheme to GUID.Click on the Erase tab in the Disk Utility toolbar.

After Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the side list.

Open Disk Utility in the Utilities' folder.

Do the following:ĭrive Partition and Format - El Capitan or Later You should be alerted that the external disk is not yet initialized. Install the SSD into the enclosure and connect it to the computer. Get an external enclosure supporting USB 3.0. Please forgive all the questions don't want to screw anything up, and don't do this every day :-) Then I copy to my new SSD using Carbon Copy Cloner, yes?Īfter that, is there any way I can get High Sierra? And if so, what do I need to do to put that on the new SSD? Can I download it, then use CCC to transfer that over to the new disk, then install it on the new SSD? Perhaps then boot from the drive to make sure that all is OK, then just install it in my MB Pro? (Mid 2010, core 2 duo, which Apple says will run High Sierra) So just to be clear I use Disk Utility to 'Erase' the drive on the new SSD? Do I use 'Journaled'? Extended Journaled? With GUID partition map, yes? I have an OWC Mercury Electra 1 TB I have it because I want to add some software that needs High Sierra, and a larger capacity to also run Elementary OS I have CCC to copy El Capitan to my new SSD from my current one (SanDisk 256 GB) Format new OWC Mercury Electra SSD want to put High sierra on it.

Mid 2012 macbook pro ssd upgrade