How do I do I install Mountain Lion on a new, blank SSD?
I've ordered a SSD for my MacBook Pro. I don't want to copy my hard drive to the new drive. How do I install a new system on a blank SSD when you need to have at least some type of system runnning to run an update or install from the App store? Thanks!
Well, first you're going to have to format the drive. I would suggest buying an inexpensive USB enclosure for your old hard drive (OWC has tons of them - and I have three that I purchased from OWC). Then install your SSD into your hard drive bay and put your old hard drive into the enclosure and boot from your old drive. Then you can format your SSD using Disk Utility from your old drive.
Now as to installing ML on that new SSD. Since you'gve already purchased it, you can download it to your old HD before you even begin switching out drives. After it downloads, it will try to install. Quit the installation and you'll have a file named "Install OS X Mountain Lion.app" in your Applications folder. You can use this app to install ML on your new SSD.
Pretty simple, really - sorry of I make it seem complicated. I'm assuming that you're going to start 'clean' on this SSD and not clone your old HD to your SSD? You can do that, if you like... see https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4741.
Good luck,
Clinton
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Restarted the MacBook ... Same problems!!! Even worse now!!! PLEASE APPLE ... solve the problems with Mountain Lion!!!
MacBook Pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
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How do i do it?
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Ever since I installed Mountain lion on my new imac everything seems to be working really slowly. iphoto takes about 5 minutes to start and once it has started up it is really slow. Same thing happens with itunes. I have repaired disk permisions many times and also have run my Mac Keeper program as well.None of these things seem to help and it seems to be getting worse. Has anybody else have this trouble? Any ideas would really be appreciated. Thanks
Bucknut wrote:
and also have run my Mac Keeper program as well.
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Cheers
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Firstly, you need to partition and format the SSD. You need to be able to boot the computer from another drive that has a bootable OS X system installed or a Snow Leopard DVD installer that works on the computer.
Install Lion/Mountain Lion on a New HDD/SDD
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your external hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
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