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<blockquote data-quote="WW4B" data-source="post: 1810684" data-attributes="member: 395638"><p>Update.</p><p>Running mac os High Sierra. Purchased a WD My Passport for Mac external HD to back things up using time machine and my buddy reconsidered and is selling me his Samsung - 860 EVO 500GB Internal SATA Solid State Drive. Got both for $95. hope I did well !</p><p>Will hook up the WD external to the laptop up tonight and back everything up and than install the the Samsung SSD. </p><p>Question..after the install of the SSD and formatting the drive, should I and can I do a fresh install of High Sierra from the app store and than transfer my backup to the new HD ? Or just transfer all from the backup ! When formatting the the transition to a new start disk should I format using APFS which I understand is the preferred method !</p><p>Also, my daughter has a 13" 2013 MBP running Mojave. Will she be able to also use the same WD external HD to back up her MBP ? </p><p>Any feed back would greatly appreciated, new to all of this and can't afford any distractions or issues. Gotta start the resume and job search process !</p><p>This forum has been great..I thank you all very much !</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WW4B, post: 1810684, member: 395638"] Update. Running mac os High Sierra. Purchased a WD My Passport for Mac external HD to back things up using time machine and my buddy reconsidered and is selling me his Samsung - 860 EVO 500GB Internal SATA Solid State Drive. Got both for $95. hope I did well ! Will hook up the WD external to the laptop up tonight and back everything up and than install the the Samsung SSD. Question..after the install of the SSD and formatting the drive, should I and can I do a fresh install of High Sierra from the app store and than transfer my backup to the new HD ? Or just transfer all from the backup ! When formatting the the transition to a new start disk should I format using APFS which I understand is the preferred method ! Also, my daughter has a 13" 2013 MBP running Mojave. Will she be able to also use the same WD external HD to back up her MBP ? Any feed back would greatly appreciated, new to all of this and can't afford any distractions or issues. Gotta start the resume and job search process ! This forum has been great..I thank you all very much ! [/QUOTE]
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