How To Set Up New Hard Drive Mac

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This post isn't about how to physically upgrade the Hard Drive on your Mac (ifixit.com gives a great tutorial here) I wanted to give an overview of how to perform a HD upgrade.

• You currently have a MacBook Pro with a fast Intel processor but an extraordinarily slow hard drive. Your failed hard drive was your computer's main performance bottleneck. Replace it with a fast SSD from a reputable manufacturer like Samsung or Intel, and your computer will perform far better than new.
• Step 4: Installing OSX on the New Hard Drive Install the NEW hard drive back into Mac. Before you do this, there are a couple of screw-in pins that are in the sides. Connect the OLD device to the SATA/IDE connector, connect the USB to the Mac and turn on the power to the new hard drive Hold down.

I just purchased a larger SSD and had to make a decision on whether I was going to mirror my current boot drive, a 256 Gig SSD drive, onto my new 750 Gig SSD or start from scratch, reinstall the OS, and move over my data only. Choices, choices. I decided it was time to start from scratch and do a fresh install because I haven't done so since I installed my first SSD. Here's my roadmap:

1. Backup all data — I have multiple external drives that I use to clone my HD's using Carbon Copy Cloner. This gives me an exact, bootable, and easily recoverable version of my data.
2. Install Mavericks on my new drive. I just purchased a Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 750GB 2.5-Inch (not made anymore, get a 1T SSD here). It has (had) a 5-Star rating with over 1,800 reviews (not too shabby). The Samsung 1T SSD is even cheaper now.
3. Check for Updates on the Mac App Store. Since your data is coming from an updated version of Mavericks (and software like iPhoto, iTunes, etc) you'll want to update Mavericks until there are no more updates before copying your data over (since your data goes with the latest versions of the software).
4. Copy over my data. I kept my data on the 750 gig HD that came factory in the MacBook. All I needed to do was copy the various folders and files over to the new installation.
5. Install all the programs from scratch. I want a clean install so there's no baggage laying around.
6. Tweak it back to the way I like it. I was amazed at how many of my own blog posts I needed to revisit in order to remember how to get things back the way they were–it sure is handy!

Step 1: Backup all data.

How Do I Make My Seagate Work With a Mac? One thing you should know first. When setting up your new Mac I'd do this. Run through the usual setup process. Once you've completed that process connect the drive you'd like to save your data to.

I am a big fan of Carbon Copy Cloner. It takes advantage of the unix framework underlying Mac OS X and makes a perfect bootable copy of your HD that could be cloned right back. Carbon Copy Cloner used to be freeware but a couple years ago they switched it to commercial software. It is worth EVERY PENNY in my opinion. They don't sponsor me or anything but you can buy it here for $39.95 (as of April 9, 2014). To back up your HD run Carbon copy cloner and pick the hard drive you want to back up in the left side drop-down menu and the location you want it copied to in the right drop-down menu:

The drive you are copying to needs to be at least big enough to hold all your data but it can be a larger drive (and can be a different brand too). Click the 'Clone' button when you are ready. If you've never cloned to that drive it will pop up asking you if you want to create a recovery partition. You ought to go ahead and do this.

Step 2: Install Mavericks on the new drive.

In my case I connected the new drive on the outside of my computer to do this:

You must have a drive to boot from to get the deal started so this works great. If you don't have a tool for connecting a raw drive to your Mac you can install the blank drive into your Mac and then start it up and take the time to download Mavericks but I still had it downloaded from before. You can also run your mac off the backup drive you created in step 1. To boot off an external drive first shut off your Mac. Then press the power button and immediately press and hold the option key. Eventually the OS will give you the option to boot from any of the connected bootable drives. Once you're up and running you can download Mavericks from the Mac App Store for free:

When you have it downloaded you can find it by typing 'Mavericks Installer' in the spotlight window or open up Launchpad and you will be able to find it there. It should be located in your Downloads folder but it will automatically delete itself after you install it and I can't find my copy of what I used to install it from the other day.

Once you launch the Mavericks Installer it will ask you where you want to install the OS. Pick your new hard drive. The rest will be easy.

Step 3: Copy your data.

Typically this will consist of copying your documents, pictures, video, and music.

Documents

For me, I keep almost all my personal data in the Documents folder in my user account. When I move to a different machine, or upgrade in this case, I just copy the entire contents of my Documents folder into the new HD's Documents folder after I've logged in. If you are looking at the backup of your hard drive from step 1 then you'll want to look for a folder in the following path:

Mac printer help and support virus. Macintosh Backup Drive Name > Users > your-username > Documents

Desktop

I tend to always have some important stuff that I dropped on the desktop. The files on your desktop are located in the following path:

Macintosh Backup Drive Name > Users > your-username > Desktop

Pictures

If you use iPhoto (which I do) then you will want to copy your iPhoto library to your new HD. Your iPhoto library is located here:

Macintosh Backup Drive Name > Users > your-username > Pictures > iPhoto Library

'iPhoto Library' is a 'package' and actually contains tons of folders with all the pictures, videos, slideshows, and everything else you see when you open up iPhoto. You only need to copy the one file. If you're like me it's a doozy–mine is 314 GB and getting bigger!

Video

If you've created any iMovies they are by default stored in the following folder:

How to play fortnite with xbox controller on mac. Macintosh Backup Drive Name > Users > your-username > Movies

You can copy the contents of that entire folder into your new Movies folder.

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Music

I use iTunes. If you use something else then you'll need to look for instructions elsewhere as to where your files are stored. Your iTunes music library is located in the following folder:

Macintosh Backup Drive Name > Users > your-username > Music > iTunes

Copy everything from inside the iTunes folder into your new iTunes folder in the same path.

Those are the basic types of files you'll have on your Mac. If you save files in different locations then you'll need to copy those the files from those locations. Also, if you have multiple users then you'll want to create those new user accounts on the new install of OS X and then repeat the steps above for each account. Chrome new version download for pc.

Step 4: Install your software from scratch.

You'll need to round up the software install CD's or DVD's if your software uses them or download new copies of the latest versions of the software you want to install. I made a screenshot of my dock on my old hard drive so I could remember which programs I used the most (yes I keep my dock loaded, but I have a 17″ screen so it's not so bad): Blender visual programming.

Step 5: Tweak your settings to get things back to normal.

For me this involves these things and more:

• Speeding up the trackpad. System Preferences > Trackpad > Tracking Speed
• Setting the desktop image. System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver
• Setting a 'hot corner' in the top left for the screen saver. System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver
• Setting the Mac to require a password when it wakes up and when the screen saver is activated. System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Hot Corners…
• Installing all my Printers. This is SO EASY on a mac compared to a PC–whew, I'm glad I'm a mac user. I didn't need to do anything but select the printer and it went out and automatically downloaded all the drivers for me.
• Set up Time Machine

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As I think of more things I'll add them but that should get you going pretty well.

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These instructions apply only to Mac computers with an Intel processor.
Erasing your Mac permanently deletes all of its files, so make sure that you make a backup of any files that you want to keep. If you're attempting to restore your Mac to factory settings, first learn what to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac.

Start up from macOS Recovery

Access Hard Drive On Mac

Turn on your Mac, then immediately press and hold these two keys until you see an Apple logo or other image: Command (⌘) and R. You may then be asked to select a user you know the password for. Select the user, then click Next and enter their administrator password.

Use Disk Utility to erase your disk

1. From the utilities window in macOS Recovery, select Disk Utility and click Continue.
   
2. Select Macintosh HD in the sidebar of Disk Utility. Don't see Macintosh HD?
   
3. Click the Erase button in the toolbar, then enter the requested details:
   • Name: Continue to use Macintosh HD as the name, or enter a different name.
   • Format: Continue to use APFS or Mac OS Extended (Journaled), as recommended by Disk Utility.
4. Click Erase Volume Group. If you don't see this button, click Erase instead.
   
5. If Find My is turned on for this Mac, you may be asked to enter your Apple ID to authorize the erase. Forgot your Apple ID?
6. After the erase is done, select any other internal volumes that may be listed in the sidebar, then click the delete volume (–) button in the toolbar to delete each volume.
   You don't need to delete the Macintosh HD volume you just erased, or any external volumes or disk images.
7. Quit Disk Utility to return to the utilities window.
8. If you want to start up again from the disk you erased, you should now reinstall macOS on that disk.

If you don't see Macintosh HD in Disk Utility

Your built-in startup disk should be the first item listed in the Disk Utility sidebar. It's named Macintosh HD, unless you changed its name. If you don't see it there, choose Apple menu  > Shut Down, then unplug all nonessential devices from your Mac and try again.

If your disk still doesn't appear in Disk Utility, or Disk Utility reports that the erase process failed, your Mac might need service. If you need help, please contact Apple Support.

Learn more

For more information about using Disk Utility, see the Disk Utility User Guide. Photoshop like free download.