With the difference in speed between usb2 and sata2/sata3 you'd get a lot
better performance by swapping the internal drive and external ssd.
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> On 19 Apr 2016, at 23:08, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Typically installng means running on the machine you got the disk for. So you
> have to start the iMac up in Target disk mode, connect to the MacBook Pro as
> a firewire disk, and then install by booting the MBP from the DVD.
>
> I repeat something I said a while ago, that running an older Mac with an SSD
> as an external back up is remarkably successful. My son had a Mac Mini (2010)
> which was unusable but still runs effortlessly thanks to an external
> enclosure with an SSD.
> That's preferable as a) it's much easier b) your software doesn't have to be
> out of date.
>
> I set theirs up to clone the external disk to the internal one daily so there
> was always a start-up if the external disk got disconnected.
>
> On 19 Apr 2016, at 9:01, mac98aop wrote:
>
> Hi there
>
> The old iMac we were donated is on Yosemite and slow to the point of
> impossible to use. Alas, it's come with no original discs etc.
>
> My MacBook Pro came with OSX Lion I believe - can I clean install with that
> DVD?
>
> Or, is there anyway of getting an older OS on the iMac? My MacBook runs
> Mavericks, could I somehow clone it on to the iMac perhaps, USB to USB?!?!
>
> We just need it for simple surfing and the children doing very basic
> primary school assignments. Alas, homework books and a pencil seem a thing
> of the past!
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
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