Select the External drive in the sidebar (the next step won’t work if you only select the volume – in the screenshot above you would need to select the SanDisk, not the NO NAME).Now you will see the root drive in addition to the external volume below it. Choose Show All Devices from the options. Before this next step – if you are running High Sierra or later you will need to click on the View drop down below the close/minimise buttons.Launch Disk Utility (press Cmd + spacebar and start to type Disk Utility).Connect the external drive to your Mac.If you want to use the external installation as if you are running it on your Mac we suggest you get the biggest USB C/Thunderbolt 3 drive you can afford.įor more buying advice, take a look at our guide to the best external drives for Mac for some cheaper, non SSD options. Take a look at our round up of the best SSDs. It’s a bit harder to find a Thunderbolt powered SSD, and unfortunately they are a lot more expensive. You can get hold of a USB flash stick pretty cheaply, such as this San Disk USB Type-C drive with 128GB for $24/ £16.49. It’s also worth investing in a USB C or Thunderbolt 3 drive as this will offer the fastest connection. Make sure that you opt for flash storage because Apple’s APFS (Apple file system) is optimized for SSD and the computer will be sluggish if you attempt to boot from a hard drive. If you want to run macOS on an external drive you will need a few things including a drive with a good amount of storage available. Run macOS on the external drive by pressing Alt/Option at start up on an Intel-powered Mac, or pressing and holding the on switch on an M1 or M2-series Mac.Get the macOS install files – we’ll show you how.Prepare the external drive for the installation using Disk Utility.
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