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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1836199" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>@Jake - Maybe I misunderstand something here.</p><p>If I install macOS on the external drive and boot from it, doesn't that then become the "boot drive"?</p><p>Does macOS even know or care if the drive it has booted from is physically inside the Mac and connected to the processor via an internal bus or in an external enclosure connected via high speed FW or USB?</p><p>I didn't think so from my exerience.</p><p></p><p>@chscag - So Microsoft has taken steps to actually try to prevent installing and running Windows on an external drive. That is good to know, thank-you</p><p>I had installed Mojave on an external to try it out and play with it a little bit to see if there are any obvious gotchas before I consider upgrading everyone in the family from ElCapitan to Mojave. Also to test the mod I have for the "Save As..." issue. That all worked fine booting from the external.</p><p>I was toying with the idea of installing bootcamp and Windows the same way for the very, very odd occasion where I might need it to test something, but that doesn't now seem to be a good idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1836199, member: 67742"] @Jake - Maybe I misunderstand something here. If I install macOS on the external drive and boot from it, doesn't that then become the "boot drive"? Does macOS even know or care if the drive it has booted from is physically inside the Mac and connected to the processor via an internal bus or in an external enclosure connected via high speed FW or USB? I didn't think so from my exerience. @chscag - So Microsoft has taken steps to actually try to prevent installing and running Windows on an external drive. That is good to know, thank-you I had installed Mojave on an external to try it out and play with it a little bit to see if there are any obvious gotchas before I consider upgrading everyone in the family from ElCapitan to Mojave. Also to test the mod I have for the "Save As..." issue. That all worked fine booting from the external. I was toying with the idea of installing bootcamp and Windows the same way for the very, very odd occasion where I might need it to test something, but that doesn't now seem to be a good idea. [/QUOTE]
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