Well this is the first time EVER where I followed instructions on a KZread video to discover that it actually WORKS. Thank you sir.

The steps were explained well and it worked! The following is differences between my mac and the video to answer anyone else’s questions: My Mac was formatted in APFS, so I erased the SSD to APFS. Also there was “Macintosh HD” and “Macintosh HD-Data” in my internal drive, so I restored “Macintosh HD” to the SSD and it automatically restored “Macintosh HD-Data” with it as well.

@nikitadostoevsky4609

3 жыл бұрын

DAMN MAN! I should have gone to the comment section right away. I spent 30 minutes looking for this info in google. bless you!

@zekethep1umber

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I needed this information too

@jdewrecords7304

3 жыл бұрын

So all the data from your old hard drive are now on your ssd? How do I prevent this? My Mac is also formatted in APFS but I still want to make a clean install..

@oliverqueen5508

2 жыл бұрын

Wish I saw this. I am in the middle of things right now. I saw both and picked -Data and restored from there. We'll see how it turns out.

@MACLima

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that, mate. Gonna test it now.

Thank you very much - especially for mentioning that the format types must be noted on the internal hard drive when formatting the SSD - I had a complete nightmare doing this missing that point trying to do after watching other videos but you mentioned that very clearly and that was very useful without which I couldn’t have done this 🙏🙏

Just updated my 2011 macbook pro to 16 gig ram and 1tb ssd. New battery as well. Thanks for the clear instructions and no suspect 3rd party cloning software. One of the best tutorials available.

Thanks a lot, you managed to explain everything in 7 minutes. I started to watch other videos with unnecessary BS and had to stop them. Your video is the best, good job Bro!

Thanks for the video. I used a Crucial 2TB drive & followed your instructions. I had almost 400GB of data on my old drive. It took most of the night to transfer the data across a USB line, but it worked flawlessly. My old iMac is faster now than when it was new!

Man just a great all around video. Instructions were clear and very helpful you didn’t leave out any details. Keep doing your thing man

One of the best descriptive step by step explanations out there. Great job.

Awesome video. Simple step by step instructions with excellent production value. So refreshing an very informative! Thank you.

Great tutorial here on how to configure your new SSD drive for your old MAC. I am in the process of changing out my old HDD in my 2009 iMAC and bought a kit from OWC with a 500GB drive. There are a lot of posts on how to physically change the drives out, but not much on how to clone your old drive before you change it out. This one was very complete and comprehensive and I am now booting and running on the new SSD (externally connected temporarily. The only thing not covered here is if you are replacing your old drive with a new one with less storage. My original HDD is 1TB, the new SSD is 500GB, so I did have to partition the old drive before cloning.

Great video and very clear steps shown in the video. I’m restoring a 2011 iMac with a failing harddrive. With help from a Mac OS usb I was able to startup and repair the old drive. Surprisingly it wroked! Now I’m cloning the old Hdd to the new ssd, hopefully it will work. Thanks for the help

I just upgraded my iMac by closely following your instructions. Everything is working like a dream, thank you very much. Your videos are the best!

@beefmaster_james

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jay. Really appreciate the comment.

Thank you! I'm new to Mac file system (although my first owned computer was Apple IIe clone), and your video helped replacing HD to SSD on 2014 iMac.

As always another great video, this covers all the basics of a semester in Tech school after you cut away all the fluff.

This is really easy to follow. So many will toss a word salad trying to sound more intelligent than they are, and being a retired auto mechanic who was also an instructor, I learned that if you talk over your student's heads, you taught them nothing other than how you stroke your massive ego. Thank for for this refreshing and useful information.

@beefmaster_james

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the post. I wish you had taught some of my classes back in the day. We need more teachers like you.

This weekend I will be installing a 500GB SSD, 16 GB memory and new battery on a Macbook Pro 2011 15". This is by far one of the best videos and easiest ways to migrate/clone the data. Much thanks!!

@beefmaster_james

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. Hope it helps your upgrade.

This video was a HUGE help. I followed it step-by-step and the drive worked perfectly. Thank you so much for your time putting it together. Thanks again for the great video.

@beefmaster_james

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking time to comment. Really appreciate it.

I have watched several videos from KZread, but I did not understand clearly. With this video everything became clear to me. Excellent video, short, clear and very easy to understand. Thank you a thousand. The Beef

@beefmaster_james

3 ай бұрын

Yessir, Mr. Samuel. I'm glad it helped you out.

Nice video, one comment for users on older versions of OS X. I'm running 10.11 El Capitan and didn't have the Restore button as an option in my Disk Utility. I had to click on the "Edit" menu at the top and found Restore there. Rest of the steps are the same.

@beefmaster_james

2 жыл бұрын

Great tip. Thanks for sharing.

Brilliant tutorial on how to clone an Imac to a SSD drive, very nicely spoken with clear and concise instructions, thank you 😀

Well presented clear walk through- thank you !

Thank you so much for sharing this recovery method using Disk Utility! The Apple folks were ONLY offering the OS retore from the Apple Store and because the used iMac I had bought was NOT in my profile, the restore was not working! Serioulsy annyoing restriction they have set up on retores working unless you have that specific model and OS in your profile! And Apple Support would not add that OS to my profile when I asked. So, finding this by sheer accident today was a life saver! I am posting this message as the new SSD is being restored!! Thanks again for sharing this.

Great tutorial! Short and precise. Thanks a lot!

thank you for this simple yet clear explanation.

I'm using the exact same Mac and I am about to do this operation. The only thing I'm debating on is whether I want to wait around for it to move around 50 gigs of data through USB2, which is slow, but I may just go with it considering how easy you showed this to be. Well done!

wow, thanks, this time no one talking for ages about nothing. You got it right, excellent documentary on how to do without the fluff. .

Extremely helpful and clear. Thank you!

Excellent job with the instructions. Thx bossman!!!!!!

I've just completed a HDD to SSD upgrade on my mid 2010 iMac 21.5" following your instructions. OMG, so easy to follow and complete. However, it took over 5 hours to clone all my data from the old HDD. I've upgraded the RAM to 16GB too now and it's like a new machine. I think I need to get back inside though - there is some fan noise, that's annoying

@pavelt.104

2 жыл бұрын

Did you fix the fan noise ?

@partywallsurveyor

2 жыл бұрын

If you've changed the internal hard drive to an SSD then you'll need a fan sensor. The original HDD has the sensor built in so when you replace it with an SSD the machine doesn't know the temp and just runs the fan at full speed. Easy repair OWC do the sensor.

@mxoh

2 жыл бұрын

@@partywallsurveyor "Easy repair OWC do the sensor" can you explain? it doesn't make sense

@juicer52

2 жыл бұрын

@@mxoh OWC is NOT a thermal sensor. It is a piece of firmware that tricks the Mac into thinking that you are using a genuine Mac HD. The $50 OWC cable/sensor is unnecessary. There is an ssd fan speed controller that you can install. Watch kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKRrmcZpg8-cdtI.html for the free download and instructions. Saved you $50. Pass it on.

@mxoh

2 жыл бұрын

@@juicer52 nice

Works perfectly on my late 2015 iMac running Big Sur. Thanks!

Awesome It worked for the MacBook Pro 2012 Mid year version too.. Solid state device rocks at rocket speed than HdD👍🏼

Excellent tutorial. Easy to understand for me since this is my first Mac.

Excellent video, nice pace and clearest video yet.

OKAY SO THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO ON THIS SUBJECT....LEGEND YOU GET ALL CAPS

@beefmaster_james

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro. The all caps is a great honor.

Worked like a charm. Thanks dude.

Great video. It was easy peasy with these instructions. Thank you for a straight forward guide, I completed the cloning without any issues.

so helpful video brother..

This video saved my upgrade and my mini has new life! Thank you for posting. Upgraded my 2012 Mini to a 1TB SSD. First method I tried failed miserably but the cloning method shown here worked like a charm. Only difference in the process is that I had the new SSD already mounted in the mini before I started, with the old drive connected externally via SATA cable. The copy took 5 hours. Thanks again!

Thanks for being super clear. Worked perfectly!

@winnyjstew

3 жыл бұрын

What operating system do you have ? High Sierra?

Appreciate this video. Perfect information & steps. Very informative & to the point. You rock!

Thanks for great video. Worked great. Finally found a solution how easily create bootable USB OSX drive. Upgraded 2011 MBP SSD and needed to instal older version of OSX (high sierra). Instaling over internet did not work, because the OSX for 2011 MBP was too new.

Excellent video. Very useful. I used on my late 2010 Mack book pro and worked perfectly

Unbelievable! I have, or had, a super slow beachball spinning iMac(2017). Bought a scan disk ssd, followed your instructions, and wham! Fast Mac. Thanks a lot. I'll subscribe.

@beefmaster_james

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Tim. Greatly appreciate the comment and subscription.

you are the man!!!! Nobody will tell me what tool i need it to clone the hard drive !!!thank you. thank you, and thank you!

Great and easy to follow tutorial. Thank you.

Beautifully explained. Thank you.

You saved me on this one! I was having trouble getting everything figured out. Your video definitely clarified everything for me. My 2012 Mac mini is super fast now. Thank you!

Thanks for the instructions. worked well on my thinkpad x260 cloning monterey to another ssd.

Thank you. It took a while but it works. My old 1tb hdd is beginning to show errors, so hopefully just in time. Also I am using a windows Bluetooth keyboard, so not so easy to access the menus.

Excellent BeefMaster, well spoken and good description - Thanks a lot 🆗

You are awesome. Thank you for sharing such a valuable and useful information. You are precise, clear and steady. Thank you very much!

Perfect video. Very helpful. Thanks 👍

Installed new Samsung SSD 1TB hard drive. I can’t put into words how satisfied and impressed I am! Feel like I’ve gone to light speed! Thanks for making life on my 2011 iMac better!

@beefmaster_james

2 ай бұрын

You are awesome. Thanks for sharing. Glad it made your Mac run faster 🖥️ !

@hhawki3

2 ай бұрын

@@beefmaster_james one question for you James, after installing new hard drive, when I try to access Mavis Beacon typing, I get an error message saying “cannot access

@hhawki3

2 ай бұрын

“Cannot use iTunes library because it is missing”. Any suggestion on how I can remedy this? Thanks.

Thanks! Really helpfull! For those trying for the first time, it will take about 5h (500gb) to complete.

Excellent! Worked like a charm.. Thanks.

Super helpful, thank you!

Thaks for an excellent video tutorial. I followed the instructions and saved myself a couple of hundred pounds in chamging the drive myself. Keep up the good work!!

explained well in details, thank you so much.

Great vid and tutorial... very concise and well explained. Thank you Sir ...

Thank you so much. It worked like a charm!

I love it. I did exactly as in the video. Awesome. thanks

Thank You! I followed your video and it worked flawlessly. I was just about to shell out $1500 for a new Mac.I am $1400 to the good right now!!!

@beefmaster_james

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting. Love to see comments like this.

Very easy to follow..nice job

Thanks very much for the video, I was nearly there as how to do it but wanted to be sure, other tutorials just go to fast, Thanks again

As someone who runs a 2010 MacBook Pro, thank you! This worked perfectly. Saved me $$$ on a new product. So cool

@beefmaster_james

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. It makes a huge difference to upgrade. Glad it help you.

Grazie mille, conciso e preciso !!

Very helpful thanks!

Thank you so much for this!!!

you saved my Imac bro, bless you🌺🙏🙏🙏

AWESOME video, thank you!

Your tutorial is better than many others out there. It teaches us that you do not need a "clone" software to migrate the data from your internal drive into the new one. I am going to use external SSD drives for both my iMac late 2011 and Mac Book Pro Retina late 2013. Not so much for speed, but for capacity. Both my internal drives are almost full, and I am using external HDDs for additional storage capacity. I attempted to replace the internal SSD of my Mac Book Pro Retina late 2013, with one sold by iFixit. Installing the new SSD (480 Gb) to replace the existing 256 Gb was very easy. I had also purchased the tools to do it. Penta and torx screw drivers. However, I incurred a lot of problems with the Apple reinstall option (Command + Option + R). I got several error messages, before I got to the 4 options menu as shown on your video. All the error messages happened along the reboot process: "apple.com/support-5101F" or -2005F, or 2100F. It took me several attempts to get to see the disk utility option. None of the above errors are documented. I found a Reddit thread that suggested to do a (Command + Option + P + R) that solved my problem. Conclusion; most of the videos shown on KZread, treating the same subject are always perfect cases. It would be great if you mentioned what can be done in situations when not everything goes as per your demonstration.

Thank you so much for this video! Super easy to follow and helped me out a lot! My Mac is so much faster it's unreal!

Good Video Thx really worked on point.

Superior tutorial ! thank you !

THANKS, THANKS, and THANKS again!!! Although I have done this many times, it’s been years since I last did and I just couldn’t remember how! 👍😁

You are the best man. Great video

Thanks a lot!! Trying to switch from HDD to SSD on my mid 2012 MacBook Pro

nice video brother

Thanks. Have a nice day

Excelente! Muito obrigado!

Thank u man that really helped!

Very helpful its working thanks

Thanks, you made it easy 👏

Thanks for the very clear instructions. I now feel confident enough to upgrade my mid 2012 MacBook Pro. First I'll install the SSD drive then check the improvement. Next purchase will be the RAM then a new battery.

@taurofr

3 жыл бұрын

Just a follow up. I replaced the HD’s with a SSD and the 2 8 Gb Simms and battery all Amazon. It’s amazingly fast now.

@Jeramithehuman

3 жыл бұрын

@@taurofr thanks for the update. I have the exact same thing. I’m currently waiting on the OS to download. Did you clone or did you start fresh? I don’t have anything to save really only use it to edit videos

Appreciate info worked like a charm

Wow man thanks for this !!! Great video!!! Work perfect... I have a question now that I have the clone and my time machine backup on another Hard drive with 10T should I format my IMac ? Since everything is save on my SSD and my 10 T time machine? Or this is not recommended? Thanks 🙏🏻

Best explanation. To the point. Much appreciated👍🏽

@beefmaster_james

Ай бұрын

yessir. glad it helped you out.

Thank you so much!!!

Your voice is so happy!

Congratulations! Very clear information and easy ... bye

thank you, this worked , however my MBP late 2011 took a whooping 10hours to transfer 470GB to a 1TB SSD , i think i would have done a manual transfer with a fresh install if i knew this, or leave it over night , hope this info is useful for others

Very well explained

Great video. Thank you.

Just followed the steps and got all done

Just used this procedure to upgrade my mid-2012 MBP and it could not have been easier.

Just Great!

Thanks for this step by step video 🙂

@beefmaster_james

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Stephen. Glad I could help you out.

This is simply the best and straight-forward steps provided to non-nerd iMac users to upgrade the speed of old iMac. Bravo ! One question I have is that, if I use the 1st method, could I stick to copying just the older Mac Operating system already in use in the internal hard drive ? Or I will automatically prompt to push installation of the latest OS ? Thank you once again for the clear instructions.

Thanks! I love your voice

Thanks so much this video!!