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I have been advised that before I can upgrade to Mavericks, my SSD needs a firmware update. However, the firmware updater doesn't work, so the vendor wants me to send them the SSD to have the firmware updated by them. I can't go without the machine for the 5 days turnaround, so I bought a new SSD to replace the current one. My current setup is an SSD internal as boot drive, with a spinning HD in the Optical bay holding my data files. I use Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner to back up the two internal drives to two separate external drives.
So my plan is to install the new SSD, then install Mavericks as a clean install, restore from a Time Machine backup my files that were on the SSD. That should, I think, get me to a state with Mavericks running and still having my personal files on the internal spinner. Then I'll send the removed SSD to have the firmware updated. When it returns, I was going to clone the internal spinner to the SSD with CCC and then replace the spinner with the SSD. That should give me a blindingly fast internal system. The spinner will go into an enclosure to give me another external drive.
Will that sequence work? I can't see any holes in it, but it is a lot of moves.
EDIT: I have already created and tested a bootable Mavericks USB stick installer, so I can boot with the new SSD in place from the USB and do the install. At least that's the plan.
So my plan is to install the new SSD, then install Mavericks as a clean install, restore from a Time Machine backup my files that were on the SSD. That should, I think, get me to a state with Mavericks running and still having my personal files on the internal spinner. Then I'll send the removed SSD to have the firmware updated. When it returns, I was going to clone the internal spinner to the SSD with CCC and then replace the spinner with the SSD. That should give me a blindingly fast internal system. The spinner will go into an enclosure to give me another external drive.
Will that sequence work? I can't see any holes in it, but it is a lot of moves.
EDIT: I have already created and tested a bootable Mavericks USB stick installer, so I can boot with the new SSD in place from the USB and do the install. At least that's the plan.