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Re: It has begun!! Operation Mini Resurrection - I have it open - Jerry® - 02-25-2024
Fritz wrote:
[quote=gadje]
" ..... Good Luck and Godspeed"
still
miley-laughing001:
Y’all laughin’ at me or with me? LOL!!
Re: It has begun!! Operation Mini Resurrection - I have it open - Jerry® - 02-25-2024
Fritz wrote:
says in MacTracker you can go to 10.15.7 - Catalina.
As far as the update before TM, I would try without first and see if it flies.
If not, you know your way back and can update.
I suspect some apps won't work, but hopefully, with an update after the TM, all will be back to normal in 2012.
OH and to be clear I didnt buy it in 2012. I bought it around 2015/2016 of eBay. I was told by forum members that it would be somewhat “future proof.” LOL
Re: It has begun!! Operation Mini Resurrection - I have it open! - anonymouse1 - 02-25-2024
So your new SSD is stick, rather than a 2.5" rectangle?
If so, then I'd disconnect the old spinner, just to be on the safe side.
Re: It has begun!! Operation Mini Resurrection - I have it open! - Robert M - 02-25-2024
gadje,
I created the thumb drive for Jerry and gave him the Crucial M500 960GB 2.5" SSD.
The flash drive is a Sandisk Extreme USB 3.0 flash drive. 64GB. It's formatted as APSF with two partitions. Both partitions are 32GB. One partition has a full complete installation of Mac OS 10.14 Mojave. Not crippled in any way. Full installation with a user and all the bells and whistles.
If you boot off the flash drive, you choose a user, enter a PW and reach the desktop. You can open the Utilities folder and run Disk Utility. The second partition has a copy of the OS 10.14 Mojave installer. A full installer.
The Crucial M500 960GB drive I gave to Jerry is a 2.5" ssd. It is formatted as an APSF-GUID Partition. It was installed in a 2.5" USB 3 enclosure. It was 100% ready for Jerry to use.
The installer on the partition is the one I anticipated Jerry using to install the OS on the Crucial M500 he installed in the mini. The goal was to do that and then migrate everything from the Time Machine backup to it.
Robert
Re: It has begun!! Operation Mini Resurrection - I have it open - Tiangou - 02-25-2024
Jerry® wrote:
QUESTION: It's installing El Capitan on the new SSD but right before my mini died it was using the latest version of High Sierra. So, do I need to update the OS before attempting to restore from my TIme Machine backup?
Yes, you'll need to install the new OS.
You can't migrate from Time Machine to a lesser version of the OS than was used to make the backup.
Re: It has begun!! Operation Mini Resurrection - I have it open! - Jerry® - 02-25-2024
anonymouse1 wrote:
So your new SSD is stick, rather than a 2.5" rectangle?
If so, then I'd disconnect the old spinner, just to be on the safe side.
No the new SSD is a 2.5 SATA rectangle
Re: It has begun!! Operation Mini Resurrection - I have it open! - Jerry® - 02-25-2024
Robert M wrote:
gadje,
I created the thumb drive for Jerry and gave him the Crucial M500 960GB 2.5" SSD.
The flash drive is a Sandisk Extreme USB 3.0 flash drive. 64GB. It's formatted as APSF with two partitions. Both partitions are 32GB. One partition has a full complete installation of Mac OS 10.14 Mojave. Not crippled in any way. Full installation with a user and all the bells and whistles.
If you boot off the flash drive, you choose a user, enter a PW and reach the desktop. You can open the Utilities folder and run Disk Utility. The second partition has a copy of the OS 10.14 Mojave installer. A full installer.
The Crucial M500 960GB drive I gave to Jerry is a 2.5" ssd. It is formatted as an APSF-GUID Partition. It was installed in a 2.5" USB 3 enclosure. It was 100% ready for Jerry to use.
The installer on the partition is the one I anticipated Jerry using to install the OS on the Crucial M500 he installed in the mini. The goal was to do that and then migrate everything from the Time Machine backup to it.
Robert
I had to use the stick Peter sent me with El Capitan installer because I misplaced the stick you sent me Robert. I’ve been trying to find it all day. It was on my computer desk but it’s vanished. UGH!!!!
Re: It has begun!! Operation Mini Resurrection - I have it open - Jerry® - 02-25-2024
Tiangou wrote:
[quote=Jerry®]
QUESTION: It's installing El Capitan on the new SSD but right before my mini died it was using the latest version of High Sierra. So, do I need to update the OS before attempting to restore from my TIme Machine backup?
Yes, you'll need to install the new OS.
You can't migrate from Time Machine to a lesser version of the OS than was used to make the backup.
Ah ok. So after it installs El Capitan I upgrade to HIgh Sierra (which is what my TM backups were using).
Re: It has begun!! Operation Mini Resurrection - I have it open - Jerry® - 02-25-2024
Tiangou wrote:
[quote=Jerry®]
QUESTION: It's installing El Capitan on the new SSD but right before my mini died it was using the latest version of High Sierra. So, do I need to update the OS before attempting to restore from my TIme Machine backup?
Yes, you'll need to install the new OS.
You can't migrate from Time Machine to a lesser version of the OS than was used to make the backup.
EDIT DISREGARD - IT IS WORKING.
I’ve gotten up to the part of the installation that tells me I need to AGREE to the terms - but the AGREE button is grayed out. I tried scrolling though the whole agreement text to see if that was necessary but it's still grayed out....??
Re: It has begun!! Operation Mini Resurrection - I have it open - Jerry® - 02-25-2024
Tiangou wrote:
[quote=Jerry®]
QUESTION: It's installing El Capitan on the new SSD but right before my mini died it was using the latest version of High Sierra. So, do I need to update the OS before attempting to restore from my TIme Machine backup?
Yes, you'll need to install the new OS.
You can't migrate from Time Machine to a lesser version of the OS than was used to make the backup.
How do I update from El Capitan to High Sierra? I went to the Apple in the upper left corner and did software update but it's only updating some device thingies and a newer version of El Capitain.