Do the recovery tools load? If so, then it is a success! Test that your Recovery Partition still works (it should), by rebooting with Command+R held down.Don't erase the external yet, in case something went wrong.
Reboot, from the internal hard drive (fusion drive, yeah!).Copy the contents of the external clone back to the Mac (using SuperDuper or CCC) again.You can always use something simpler, and rename the drive later in the Finder. Sudo diskutil cs createVolume jhfs+ 100% Note: should have spaces and special characters escaped. Partitions on the HD will likely appear as follows below. Determine your disk ID's by typing diskutil list at the prompt.I used OWC's 'Data Doubler kit,' and am quite happy with it.
Create recovery partition mac os x install#
Install the SSD per OWCs excellent install videos. (Hold down the Option key when booting for a menu of available boot disks)
Create recovery partition mac os x how to#
There are many step-by-step guides on the internet that explain how to add an SSD to an existing Mac, and create a 'Fusion Drive' that has the speed of an SSD, but also the capacity of a Hard Drive.