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Sweet! it's 525 GB. The HD is I think 2TB, but was partitioned by the shop I got it from in to two 1TB guys. It's very possible I don't need this extra SSD at all, as one of the 1tb guys is showing 770GB of space, the other one is maxed out though. Have backed up what I need I think. As you can tell I'm not a computer guy, this stuff burns my brain. What's the next logical step?
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Right... of course you need the SSD! it'll change the way your machine performs drastically.
What version of macOS are you on?
Why was the HDD partitioned?
Whats on each?
What are they called?The easiest thing for you to do would be to download macOS from the App Store and then run the installer, but selecting your SSD for the instal not your current HDD's. Once installed you will be able to access your HDD but you boot from your SSD (this is an option selected in "Start up disk").
To satisfy my OCD I'd wipe then HDD and then restore what you need onto the SSD and set up the HDD as a single partitioned storage drive - unless there was a good reason to have 2 partitions?
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It was something to do with transitioning the machine from mountain lion to Mavericks, they thought the machine might not take to the new era OS or... something like that, was a long time ago. Ok I'll do the first step now...
The second step sounds risky, and will there be enough room on the SSD for all that stuff? Given the HDD unpartitioned is 2TB and the SSD is 525GB?
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Ok, well sounds like not, I'm off now but will reply in the morning, step 1 is super easy and won't touch your other data, lets talk step 2 after that.
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cheers dude
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yo, so downloading Sierra again, it didn't give me an option to choose where to download to, hoping it will at some point?? Also left it on downloading last night but it must have stopped at some point. Prick.
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Ha, dont stress it, it'll download to Apps or downloads. Where are you downloading from? I think your Mac will only go up to Mavericks (maybe). Do you have the App Store? Also, can you go to...
Settings > Startup Disk
...and tell me what you see?
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@chrisbmx116 Yeah I've actually already got Sierra on the HDD, downloading from the App store, I'll have a look at start up disk now
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Ok cool, can you also tell me what your "about this Mac" says. Cheers.
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start up disk
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about
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Ok, from your description I assumed they had made one partition for your old OS and one for the newer one they installed, but obvs not. Can you screen grab me storage from "About this Mac", just the pretty GUI not the full tech specs you've shown below.
How do you use each partition? Storage? Movies?
Get downloading from the App Store (Sierra) and lets get it on your SSD.
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It's downloading now, I don't really even utilise that it's partitioned, I just use it for photoshop, illustrator and the internet
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Yeah but whats filling the space?
On a Dif note, GTA V @1920 x 1200 60 FPS on my MacBook with eGPU...
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Good question! Old work... applications... don't know
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So jelly.
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Looks like I'm getting shot of my Dell work laptop for a MBP after so much complaining. Pretty chuffed about that. Though I suspect it'll be 15" (yay!), non-touch bar version (boo!).
One thing I love though about my Dell is the dock. 2 monitors to work on and the laptop open for Outlook. I'm always out and about and dropping the Dell onto the dock is such a convenience. Everyone around me with Macs have a desk like a shit-tip of cables and adaptors.
Is there a go-to recommended equivalent for that model of MBP? I see Henge stuff...the horizontal ones look nice, but I'm confused over the Apple display options (my monitors are boggo LG, currently 1x VGA, 1x DVI). Can mix mini-display port and HDMI? And have the laptop open for a 3rd screen?
Work will give me the laptop and proabably any adaptors I declare necessary, but probably aren't likely to pony up the cash for a dock because I find it preferable to a next of cables, so this may be coming from my pocket.
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Display port to Mini Display port cable. Job done?
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You can get those thunderbolt boxes with all the ports.
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But in my Dell dock, I have 2 x monitor cables, power, ethernet, keyboard, mouse, headphone (mini-jack), Skype headset (USB), iPhone charge cable, Garmin charge cable.
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You don't buy a Mac for its vast array of ports.
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Ha. I had the same set up. What you need to do is instal macOS onto your ssd. What size is it and what size is your other drive? Also, do you have a back up?