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For that reason, I use a cloner monthly to update the external. For me, the external sits on a shelf for use only in "emergencies" should the internal fail. CarbonCop圜loner is another popular tool for this, though you can simply do a manual new OS install on a mounted external drive as well. I use SuperDuper to clone my insternal drive to an external as a backup. What happens (exactly) after you press the power on button? What makes you think the drive has failed? If the original drive inside was a platter-based HDD, you won't believe the increase in performance until you try it. Then, set up the SSD with the OS, applications, and your "basic" accounts.īy "basic", I mean leave large libraries of movies, music and pictures on another drive (they don't need speed). Get a "bare" SATA SSD and either a USB3 enclosure (make sure it supports UASP), or a USB/SATA dock, or even a USB3/SATA adapter dongle like this: Get either a "ready-to-go" USB3 SSD such as this: I've been booting and running my late 2012 Mac Mini from an SSD (in a USB3/SATA dock) since the first day I took it out of the box in January 2013. "Can I run a mac entirely off an external hard drive?"