07-27-2021, 07:33 AM
GGD wrote:
Unless things have changed radically over the years, you should be able to use the Startup Disk system preference to select the external boot drive, and as long as it's powered on, it should boot from it on restarts and power ons.
Exactly. Its always powered on, since its a bus powered drive. =)
Choosing the correct drive at startup requires no more than holding down the option key at startup and choosing the correct drive.