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SSD and HDD in MacBook Pro, Help Please.
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<blockquote data-quote="Stretch" data-source="post: 1233081" data-attributes="member: 25432"><p>Make sure you have a current backup before you start.</p><p></p><p>Once the new hardware is installed, you'll want to install OS X on the SSD. Once the install is finished, boot up holding down the Option key to select the SSD as the start-up disk. Create your account, identical to what it was before the SSD install.</p><p></p><p>The way I'm going to do it, is keep my home folder on the HDD, and the system and applications on the SSD, so directions will be for that.</p><p></p><p>Delete everything except the Users/Home folders on your HDD. Then go into Accounts in System Prefs. Right-click on your account, and on the Home Directory line navigate to your old Home folder on the HDD. Once set, restart the computer and you should be booting from the SSD, and have your account on the HDD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stretch, post: 1233081, member: 25432"] Make sure you have a current backup before you start. Once the new hardware is installed, you'll want to install OS X on the SSD. Once the install is finished, boot up holding down the Option key to select the SSD as the start-up disk. Create your account, identical to what it was before the SSD install. The way I'm going to do it, is keep my home folder on the HDD, and the system and applications on the SSD, so directions will be for that. Delete everything except the Users/Home folders on your HDD. Then go into Accounts in System Prefs. Right-click on your account, and on the Home Directory line navigate to your old Home folder on the HDD. Once set, restart the computer and you should be booting from the SSD, and have your account on the HDD. [/QUOTE]
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