

Leave your computer for a while and go do something fun! It’ll take a while for everything to copy.Now click Restore, which will start the process of restoring (“copying”) your data from your existing storage drive to your new SSD.You can verify that you selected the right partition by looking under the Internal section on the left navigation because your existing drive is inside your Mac and the existing drive’s partition will appear here. In the dropdown menu that appears, select the name of your existing drive's partition (if it doesn’t automatically appear as the default choice).


Click on the Apple® icon in the upper left corner of your screen, then click About this Mac which will display your version number.

There are many versions of the Mac operating system (called macOS), and you need to determine which version you’re using. When handling your SSD, try not to touch its gold connector pins with your fingers. Using a SATA-to-USB cable, attach one side to the SSD and the other end to your computer. Set it aside for now – it won’t come into play until later in the process, and based on your type of Mac system, you may not even need it.īefore starting the install process, save any important files on your computer to a USB flash drive or external storage drive. In the box with your SSD is a spacer (it looks like a black bracket).
