Help required! iMac Thunderbolt boot up

[cedricquey]

Hi guys,


Are u guys able to provide steps on how u all set up ur Mac to boot up from external drive? And do u guys delete the os from ur internal drive after doing it?
And how do I just install programs on my ssd and keep all the other files like pics and movies and songs on my internal drive. I own a late 2012 imac.

Can I check for those using time machine as backup. How do u go about backing up the ssd data and the internal drive data? Thanks

I just bought a 256gb 840pro and the 2.5 inch seagate thunderbolt stand.

Please advice.
Thanks

 

[Nuke61]

Use either Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! to make a clone of your internal drive to the external drive. Go into preferences and set the SSD as the boot drive. I boot from an external SSD and use the internal drive as a backup using SuperDuper!

 

[LongSticks]

And with Bootcamp?

Use either Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! to make a clone of your internal drive to the external drive. Go into preferences and set the SSD as the boot drive. I boot from an external SSD and use the internal drive as a backup using SuperDuper!

Can you confirm whether doing the above will break windows Bootcamp and mean I have to reload it?

 

[Nuke61]

Can you confirm whether doing the above will break windows Bootcamp and mean I have to reload it?

I don't have any idea; I use Parallels to run Windows, not BootCamp.