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To fix? Or to sell? MacBook Pro
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1773612"><p>Any external drive will do. You can even get an SSD in an enclosure to use to boot from. Connects to your MBP through the Thunderbolt port. You'd have to find a way to install macOS on it, but you said Recover mode worked, so that's possible. Then to boot from it hold down Option through the power on process until you get a screen showing all the bootable drives and select the external one. With TB interface and an SSD external, the speed would not be terrible. Of course, portability takes a hit, but it's still sort-of portable if you get a smaller external enclosure. The bigger issue would be power for the external drive as I would not want to rely on the power from the Mac to be sufficient for an external drive, even SSD. Others may have differing opinions on that, however.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1773612"] Any external drive will do. You can even get an SSD in an enclosure to use to boot from. Connects to your MBP through the Thunderbolt port. You'd have to find a way to install macOS on it, but you said Recover mode worked, so that's possible. Then to boot from it hold down Option through the power on process until you get a screen showing all the bootable drives and select the external one. With TB interface and an SSD external, the speed would not be terrible. Of course, portability takes a hit, but it's still sort-of portable if you get a smaller external enclosure. The bigger issue would be power for the external drive as I would not want to rely on the power from the Mac to be sufficient for an external drive, even SSD. Others may have differing opinions on that, however. [/QUOTE]
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