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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1810700" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>Hi and welcome.</p><p></p><p>May I suggest another way of doing this?</p><p></p><p>You could make a clone of your current Internal Hard Drive (IHD) on to the WD External Hard Drive. Install the SSD and reclone from the WD to the SSD.</p><p></p><p>A clone is an exact replica of your IHD (OS and everything else), so you should end up with an exact copy on your SSD of what's presently on your IHD.</p><p></p><p>There are two products that can achieve this and they both offer free trials so you need not be out of pocket - although you might, later on wish to purchase one of these as they are very highly regarded in the Mac world.</p><p></p><p>The products are: Carbon Copy Cloner found here: <a href="https://bombich.com/download" target="_blank">https://bombich.com/download</a> - and - SuperDuper! from here: <a href="https://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html" target="_blank">https://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html</a></p><p></p><p>Make sure you get the version best suited to your Operating System (OS).</p><p></p><p>BTW, if you definitely want to use the WD Drive for Time Machine, it <strong>HAS</strong> to be formatted HFS+ also know as OS X Extended (Journaled) irrespective of whether the source (ie your Mac's IHD) is formatted APFS or HFS+/OS X Extended (Journaled)</p><p></p><p>And finally, as your daughter's OS is different from yours, she will need her own WD Drive for Time Machine or cloned BU. In fact, she needs her own BU even if your OS was the same.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1810700, member: 83420"] Hi and welcome. May I suggest another way of doing this? You could make a clone of your current Internal Hard Drive (IHD) on to the WD External Hard Drive. Install the SSD and reclone from the WD to the SSD. A clone is an exact replica of your IHD (OS and everything else), so you should end up with an exact copy on your SSD of what's presently on your IHD. There are two products that can achieve this and they both offer free trials so you need not be out of pocket - although you might, later on wish to purchase one of these as they are very highly regarded in the Mac world. The products are: Carbon Copy Cloner found here: [url]https://bombich.com/download[/url] - and - SuperDuper! from here: [url]https://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html[/url] Make sure you get the version best suited to your Operating System (OS). BTW, if you definitely want to use the WD Drive for Time Machine, it [B]HAS[/B] to be formatted HFS+ also know as OS X Extended (Journaled) irrespective of whether the source (ie your Mac's IHD) is formatted APFS or HFS+/OS X Extended (Journaled) And finally, as your daughter's OS is different from yours, she will need her own WD Drive for Time Machine or cloned BU. In fact, she needs her own BU even if your OS was the same. Ian [/QUOTE]
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