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- Motherboard
- ASRock H97M-ITX/AC
- CPU
- i3-4170
- Graphics
- HD4400
- Mac
I have a Sierra build running on an ASrock H97M-itx board with a spinning HDD as the boot / storage drive (there is a 64GB partition on the drive for the OS). I'm getting ready to update to High Sierra and as part of this process would like to install a SSD as a new boot drive.
I'm thinking that the process to follow would be:
Thanks in advance.
I'm thinking that the process to follow would be:
- Install the new SSD on one of my spare SATA ports.
- Clone the existing 64GB partition that hosts the OS to the new SSD (using SuperDuper)
- Install the latest version of Clover to the new SSD (using MultiBeast)
- Mount the EFI partition for the existing 64GB Sierra and copy the EFI folder to the desktop. Unmount the EFI partition.
- Now mount the EFI partition of the new SSD and copy the EFI folder from the desktop to the EFI partition of the SSD
- Modify BIOS boot options so that the system boots from the new SSD
- Follow the guide to do a direct update from Sierra to High Sierra
Thanks in advance.