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BigSur USB installer for SSD upgrade giving errors 'Sudo... not found'
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1912815" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>You may be getting a bit bogged down in the details there.</p><p> If I understand correctly you want to transfer the contents of a 250GB internal SSD to a 1TB SSD that will be installed into your 2014 MBP?</p><p>If that is the case there is no need to download Big Sur, create a bootable installer, not to mention using Terminal for that process, the most difficult manner I can think of. There are several 3rd party apps like Install Disk Creator that will create a bootable USB installer on a thumb drive in one step.</p><p>Instead I suggest you use the free, no obligation, 30 day, fully functional trial of Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) to create a <strong>bootable </strong>clone of your 250GB drive on to a suitable size EHD. See; <a href="https://bombich.com/kb/ccc6/cloning-macos-system-volumes-apple-software-restore" target="_blank">Creating legacy bootable copies of macOS (Big Sur and later) | Carbon Copy Cloner | Bombich Software</a></p><p>Install your new SSD.</p><p>Boot your MBP from the clone.</p><p>Use the CCC app to clone the contents of your 250GB SSD onto the 1TB SSD (simply by swapping the source and target).</p><p>This will include the operating system as well as your settings, preferences and user data.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1912815, member: 204485"] You may be getting a bit bogged down in the details there. If I understand correctly you want to transfer the contents of a 250GB internal SSD to a 1TB SSD that will be installed into your 2014 MBP? If that is the case there is no need to download Big Sur, create a bootable installer, not to mention using Terminal for that process, the most difficult manner I can think of. There are several 3rd party apps like Install Disk Creator that will create a bootable USB installer on a thumb drive in one step. Instead I suggest you use the free, no obligation, 30 day, fully functional trial of Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) to create a [B]bootable [/B]clone of your 250GB drive on to a suitable size EHD. See; [URL='https://bombich.com/kb/ccc6/cloning-macos-system-volumes-apple-software-restore']Creating legacy bootable copies of macOS (Big Sur and later) | Carbon Copy Cloner | Bombich Software[/URL] Install your new SSD. Boot your MBP from the clone. Use the CCC app to clone the contents of your 250GB SSD onto the 1TB SSD (simply by swapping the source and target). This will include the operating system as well as your settings, preferences and user data. [/QUOTE]
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