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How to install a clean Mavericks on a new SSD?
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Are you talking about keeping your home folder on the hard drive, or just maintaining some of your data on the hard drive.
As for installing OSX on the SSD, boot the Mac up into Recovery Mode (cmd-r), partition and format the drive using Disk Utility and then load Mavericks.
As for installing OSX on the SSD, boot the Mac up into Recovery Mode (cmd-r), partition and format the drive using Disk Utility and then load Mavericks.
Yes, i just need to keep some of my data on my HDD, but i want a clean install on my ssd. Does that mean i don't meed to create a bootable usb drive with the mavericks installer on it, i can do everything with the recovery tool and after the install, all of my data will be on the hdd as usual?
get external hdd caddy
Why don't u get an external hdd caddy and use it to connect your old hard drive into your mac externally and copy your data to the new ssd.
Why don't u get an external hdd caddy and use it to connect your old hard drive into your mac externally and copy your data to the new ssd.
My idea is to create a bootable mavericks installer, install a clean mavericks on my ssd. Then, when i start my iMac i can choose which mavericks should i start, the old one from my hdd or the new one from my ssd. This is how it should work, or am i missing something?