I know that something similar to this question has been asked and answered previously, but there is a slight difference of circumstance in my question.
Using Open Core Legacy Patcher, I installed Monterey on my early 2009, 24-inch iMac. It seems to have been successfully installed, even though it was installed on a spinning platter hard drive. Emboldened, I then paid to have a SSD installed, and thought that the Monterey installation could be easily cloned over to the SSD. I used Carbon Copy Cloner, but it did not work, and I now realise that Monterey will need to be installed all over again, on the SSD. (Also, since trying the cloning, Monterey will not boot any more.)
My question is: Ought the SSD to be formatted as APFS, or should it be Mac OS Extended (Journalled)? And if APFS, would it be possible to drag files etc over from folders that exist on a data-storage-only partition? (This partition exists on the spinning platter hard drive.)
With thanks in hopes of some informed advice,
C.H.
Using Open Core Legacy Patcher, I installed Monterey on my early 2009, 24-inch iMac. It seems to have been successfully installed, even though it was installed on a spinning platter hard drive. Emboldened, I then paid to have a SSD installed, and thought that the Monterey installation could be easily cloned over to the SSD. I used Carbon Copy Cloner, but it did not work, and I now realise that Monterey will need to be installed all over again, on the SSD. (Also, since trying the cloning, Monterey will not boot any more.)
My question is: Ought the SSD to be formatted as APFS, or should it be Mac OS Extended (Journalled)? And if APFS, would it be possible to drag files etc over from folders that exist on a data-storage-only partition? (This partition exists on the spinning platter hard drive.)
With thanks in hopes of some informed advice,
C.H.