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Putting a Bootable Copy of Mac OS X on External HD
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ncmason
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How can I put Mac OS X on my external hard-drive so it's bootable?
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Either clone your internal drive to the external one (using CarbonCopyCloner), or if you want just the OS, atttach the drive and use the original OS DVD to install the OS on it.
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I would add SuperDuper to jmiddel suggestions, worth a look.
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Either install OS X from the installer DVD directly onto the external disk or clone your existing installation.
Cloning made easy:
• /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility > click on the 'Restore' tab
• Drag your OS X volume onto 'Source', drag your external volume onto 'Destination'
• Hit the 'Restore' buttondi
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Originally Posted by ncmason 
How can I put Mac OS X on my external hard-drive so it's bootable?
Hi ncmason,
Make sure your your external HD has FireWire 400 or 800. You will not be able to boot from a USB only external HD.
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Originally Posted by voicebox
Make sure your your external HD has FireWire 400 or 800. You will not be able to boot from a USB only external HD.
Intel Macs can boot from USB HDDs. Of course the disk has to be GPT partitioned but that applies to FW or internal HDs as well.
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Originally Posted by Simon
Intel Macs can boot from USB HDDs. Of course the disk has to be GPT partitioned but that applies to FW or internal HDs as well.
Hi Simon,
I have'nt moved to an intel Mac yet - still using a G4 PowerBook running 10.4.9, so thanks for the info!
best
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ncmason
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Originally Posted by jmiddel
Either clone your internal drive to the external one (using CarbonCopyCloner), or if you want just the OS, atttach the drive and use the original OS DVD to install the OS on it.
I took your suggestion and used CCC and it is now a bootable drive! Thanks so much.
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