With the SSD plugged in to your system you'll need to run Disk Utility to partition the drive with GUID and format it with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition. You'll need to get a SATA to USB adapter so you can connect your SSD externally to your system.
Mavericks and newer OS's have firmware updaters within the OS installer. Hint: the last digits (after the last dot) are hexadecimal so you'll need to convert it to decimal to know if your systems version is newer or older than the T/N.You might have something still newer depending on your OS version. The next step is to download from the Apps Store the OS installer.įirst thing I would do here is make sure your systems firmware is upto date. The SSD plugged in to your system you'll need to run Disk Utility to partition the drive with GUID and format it with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition.
