How To Clone iMac HDD to SSD

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@theendoftimesministry 8 месяцев назад

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

@matthewdavis4629 3 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

Yes I needed this information too

@jdewrecords7304 3 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

Thanks for that, mate. Gonna test it now.

@3dulimited952 3 года назад

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 🙏🙏

@Funky_Astroman 2 года назад

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

@joepadua Год назад

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!

@InCountry6970 2 года назад

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

@hhawki3 4 дня назад

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 4 дня назад

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

@hhawki3 17 часов назад

@@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 17 часов назад

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

@satwatchers 3 года назад

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

@mattw.3084 2 года назад

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.

@samuelrivera2499 Месяц назад

I have watched several videos from RU-vid, 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 Месяц назад

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

@andrewmaksimovich2432 2 года назад

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

@obiwan19771 2 года назад

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 года назад

Thanks for taking time to comment. Really appreciate it.

@cdtynes Год назад

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!

@jeffob8785 Год назад

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.

@kashpatel9979 6 месяцев назад

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

@CLAYNPOTTER1 3 года назад

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.

@jascam1 Год назад

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

@jaystepien921 2 года назад

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 года назад

Thanks Jay. Really appreciate the comment.

@cambike Год назад

Excellent video, nice pace and clearest video yet.

@PerrynBecky 2 месяца назад

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 2 месяца назад

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

@alobo57 Год назад

Great tutorial! Short and precise. Thanks a lot!

@jakebevington7319 2 года назад

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

@rlam6750 2 года назад

thank you for this simple yet clear explanation.

@p215j 2 года назад

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

@jsnichols1 2 года назад

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 года назад

Thank you for watching. Hope it helps your upgrade.

@syedsameer1990 Год назад

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

@williaminnes7574 2 года назад

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

@lutyhayes4466 Год назад

Extremely helpful and clear. Thank you!

@Mr.P001 2 года назад

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

@subacchi123 3 года назад

Well presented clear walk through- thank you !

@swapnilnarendra 2 года назад

Beautifully explained. Thank you.

@dougiezelidon2665 Год назад

Great and easy to follow tutorial. Thank you.

@itsAag99 3 года назад

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

@logointro271 3 года назад

so helpful video brother..

@N1CMUV 2 года назад

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

@xelionrud 3 года назад

Grazie mille, conciso e preciso !!

@phuturephunk 3 года назад

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!

@joegonzalez805 2 года назад

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

@aowens27 3 года назад

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

@talldave7799 10 месяцев назад

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.

@petervernon6503 5 месяцев назад

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!!

@raminmehr4257 6 месяцев назад

explained well in details, thank you so much.

@silegnav 2 года назад

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 года назад

Great tip. Thanks for sharing.

@bubblepopinc5 3 года назад

Thanks for being super clear. Worked perfectly!

@winnyjstew 3 года назад

What operating system do you have ? High Sierra?

@aldito35 2 года назад

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!

@FernandoMagaldiCachoeiro 3 года назад

Excelente! Muito obrigado!

@pinkipromise 2 года назад

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

@DIGOOfficial 3 года назад

Worked like a charm. Thanks dude.

@guillermoarlandaericsson2872 Год назад

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

@kenbenson-clarke2753 9 месяцев назад

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

@henmolina 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing this very useful information. It was very helpful for me...

@TheDVDCollector Год назад

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!

@halved9 3 года назад

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.

@robertogomez8100 3 года назад

Nice!!, I have mac ios and windows running from the same drive do you know if it clones the drive with both OSs as it is?

@ulissespacifico 3 года назад

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 🙏🏻

@DeJotaGamer Год назад

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

@ergunkurtulmus6259 3 года назад

Perfect video. Very helpful. Thanks 👍

@enoshkhani2 5 месяцев назад

you saved my Imac bro, bless you🌺🙏🙏🙏

@gherbetto 2 года назад

Great video! Very helpful!

@michaelknowles5535 2 года назад

Super helpful, thank you!

@liamrrh-s4273 2 года назад

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

@beefmaster_james 2 года назад

Thanks bro. The all caps is a great honor.

@liamwhitcher9059 3 года назад

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.

@mehrdadabbaszadeh9307 2 года назад

Thank you so much. It worked like a charm!

@jeffbizzos2424 Год назад

You are the best man. Great video

@SharperEdge-Ralph 3 года назад

Very easy to follow..nice job

@accessvito Год назад

Fantastic vid thanks Do you have info on the temp sensor? Thanks so much

@habibalali9622 3 года назад

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

@vaioyG 7 месяцев назад

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.

@ac_junior72 Год назад

AWESOME video, thank you!

@LouieVguitar 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this!!!

@kristhianbertrand Год назад

Superior tutorial ! thank you !

@davidhanson6308 3 года назад

Good Video Thx really worked on point.

@Karfix 3 года назад

Very helpful thanks!

@lincolnbrandao1440 8 месяцев назад

Thank's guy, your video was very important for my work.

@beefmaster_james 8 месяцев назад

Yessir. I'm happy it helped you out.

@Tannerxcsoaring 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@ZillaYT Год назад

Thanks. For copying an old HD to a new but bigger HD, do I use same steps?

@RedFalcra 3 года назад

Great Vid. I have a particular situation. I have both a mac OS and Windows system on the same NVMe on my macbook air which I desperately need to change out. So my question is, if I clone the mac os will the windows partition and its content also get copied? Will it boot normally? Thanks!

@bicerhukuk 3 года назад

Very helpful its working thanks

@QuavoEnt 2 года назад

Appreciate info worked like a charm

@txtitans06 2 года назад

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

@andywebstone3833 3 года назад

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

@top_tech.500k 9 месяцев назад

*Thanks for the great informative video 👍 ✨ ✨ ✨*

@TonyKrav 2 года назад

Phenomenal video. Thanks.

@p6x2 3 года назад

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 RU-vid, 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.

@darthonutube 2 года назад

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! 👍😁

@cesarblanco Год назад

Great video. Thank you.

@wprates2007 3 года назад

Congratulations! Very clear information and easy ... bye

@TechSpecsYT 2 года назад

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!

@natepierce1281 3 года назад

I have a 4t ssd Lacie I was using for external storage, when my hard drive went bad in my 2012 iMac I had apple replace the drive with a non ssd. Can I keep the 1t of stored documents and pictures on the lacie and copy a new os to the Lacie or will it need to be cleared to do this? I don't want to lose the files and am green in this area. thanks for making these videos and helping out.

@brandonfranklin6636 2 года назад

Excellent instructions good video. Left out the fact that if your hard drive is encrypted you will need to decrypt the hard drive before you can complete this process. Great video everything worked as expected

@aronbraund363 Год назад

Do you know how to decrypt the HD?

@thomassilberg9843 Год назад

@@aronbraund363 Hi Brandon - I succeeded to make a clone and it work - but everytime my macbook starts it asks for the PW for the hdd - any advice how get rid of that?

@dwest8245 Год назад

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

@beefmaster_james Год назад

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

@ninnymuggins2006 2 года назад

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!

@phillean Год назад

Very well explained

@almedogjurgji Год назад

I wanted to ask if the disk utility or any other function in apple does give you the possibility to shrink the main drive that’s going to replace the older one (but not only in this occasion) into one ore more partitions and after that choose what you’re going to put into one partition and not the other, or install the macos into one choosen partition. Thanks

@Jus4ueasy Год назад

Thanks, you made it easy 👏

@snitra. 2 года назад

Thank u man that really helped!

@grill182 2 года назад

Thanks so much this video!!

@moonster8 2 года назад

Thanks for this step by step video 🙂

@beefmaster_james 2 года назад

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

@steelimplants 2 года назад

Hi it worked perfectly by the way how do you rename the SSD TO YOUR preference at moment the only way I can tell which one to boot from is the color

@samgreenwood9595 8 месяцев назад

hey, thanks for the video its very helpful. do you still need to do the restart into cmd R? its seems to be fine just doing it without restarting, or am I missing something?