I dont have ilife on my macbook air, i tried installing it with the reinstall drive still its not happening what should i do?, i dont have ilife on my macbook air, i tried installing it with the reinstall drive still its not happening what should i do?
i dont have ilife on my macbook air, i tried installing it with the reinstall drive still its not happening what should i do?, i dont have ilife on my macbook air, i tried installing it with the reinstall drive still its not happening what should i do?
Hi,
use Carbon Copy Cloner http://www.bombich.com/ to clone the OSX from your internal SSD to the external USB-connected one.
Boot OSX from the external harddisk and install what programs/apps you want.
No need to buy another OSX as Apple explicitly allows such usage.
I don't have a MBA so I can't comment on the USB-hub.
Regards
Stefan
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