![]() If you select the external disk (the disk itself, not a partition on it) in Disk Utility then select "Get Info" from the right-click menu it will tell you how it is partitioned. ![]() With that proviso, you don't need to wipe the disk, just use blank space to create a new partition. This appears under the "Advanced" options when you partition the disk. ![]() The disk that you clone to also needs to be GPT formatted (so that you can create a bootable partition on it). If all of the above is incorrect or will result in some sort of catastrophe, what could I do to transfer all my data onto my new SSD? Will a Time Machine backup be sufficient for a full clone, or do I need to use another method to clone the old HDD onto an unassigned partition on the external drive, which I can then use as a source drive to clone to the SSD? I don't have an external enclosure for my old drive, but I do have an external drive that I can partition. I was wondering if this link was an accurate step by step process for what I'm trying to do. When I bought this SSD the description claims that the drive is okay for Mac OS X, but I'm wary due to what was said in that thread. I've read in this thread that a non-Apple OEM SSD requires some specific software to run in a Macbook or any Apple computer. ![]() I would like to replace the drive with a 240 Gb Crucial M500 SSD. I have a late 2008 Aluminum Macbook with a 5400 RPM 160 Gb HDD running Mac OS X 10.9.3. ![]()
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