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Loading my old Hard Drive into my new SSD HD

I'm not able to upload my data from my old Hard Drive to my new SSD on my 2013(late) iMac.

Any thoughts!

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 16, 2024 11:03 AM

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Nov 16, 2024 11:18 AM in response to flawlessnyc

How are you trying to move the data?


Have you properly formatted the new SSD?

Use Disk Utility to format the SSD with a GUID partition scheme and the APFS format.

Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support


If the SSD came with any utilities from the manufacturer, DO NOT use those. They are unnecessary and often cause problems with the OS.


Loading my old Hard Drive into my new SSD HD

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