Thanks, Martin, perhaps that's the encouragement I require. I presume you've also copied your Home folder (all your apps, photos, docs etc) to the SSD too? Or does it just boot from there and get the docs from the Fusion? I'm still a bit nervous but interested in Monterey, so tempted as a summer project!
On Thursday, 16 June 2022 at 16:38:47 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > For what it’s worth, I downloaded Mac OS (not the latest Big Sur > unfortunately) to a 1tb ssd for my 2012 with 3tb fusion drive. If I can > do it anyone can! I boot off of the ssd and it works perfectly. Easy to do > and worth doing > Martin > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 16 Jun 2022, at 11:50, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've had decent results from starting older macs from SSDs even with USB 2 > so it's worth a try as with USB 3 or 4/thunderbolt it ought to be okay. > > As for shares, I remember wondering about buyng a few (have never bought > shares) in about 1997, when they were $11 IIRC! > > I've pretty much settled into only upgrading a macOS once or twice, then > putting it off. The performance hit is too great even when they are > supported officially. And I've learned to buy more RAM than I imagined I > could ever need, as even with swap to SSD you notice the difference. > > cheers, > Jason > > On 16 Jun 2022, at 11:06, mac98aop wrote: > > Thanks, Paul. That's helpful. Don't think I'll risk upgrading my iMac as > whilst it's just about young enough it has a Fusion Drive and it's > struggled of late which is a shame. One day I think I'll make an external > SSD the boot disk. Oh, to make time to find time for such fun! > > I think WWDC22 has been encouraging and certainly the software updates > look really good and Mac hardware also back on track. > > If only I had bought those shares back in 1997 ;) > > But looking forward to hitting 'update' in the not too distant future at > least! > > On Friday, 10 June 2022 at 09:33:39 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > >> This page gives all the supported devices for the upcoming Venture and >> iOS, 16 etc. I just about scrape by with all my devices, even my iPhone X >> which is a nice surprise. In general it appears any Mac built before 2017 >> will not be compatible. >> >> The list is different to which Macs supported Monterey, so don’t think >> because you’re running Monterey you can necessarily run Ventura. >> >> https://tidbits.com/2022/06/09/real-system-requirements-apple-2022/ >> >> Paul Owen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/08a0fa52-6b50-4438-97dc-280718515528n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/08a0fa52-6b50-4438-97dc-280718515528n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > Cheers, > > Jason > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/5916505C-C42B-4E10-A570-58486A3CDC11%40me.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/5916505C-C42B-4E10-A570-58486A3CDC11%40me.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/ed2f0722-1470-4277-9d6f-bcf4490521f3n%40googlegroups.com.
